The Force Is With This

Rating: 9/10 (17 February 2007)

Wow. When I was ten years old, my dad came home and said "It's time to watch some REAL movies." He brought home Raiders of the Lost Ark, Kelly's Heroes... and 'A New Hope'. I was astonished. Raiders of the Lost Ark had the most impact on me, but Star Wars was just as good, if not better - a true epic for all ages.
It's so good it's influenced many films over the years - Serenity, Spaceballs, The Last Starfighter - and some less obvious - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (a cocky young rogue teams up with an innocent boy to save a princess from an evil supernatural warlord - sound familiar?) - and it really does live up to its reputation.
It's cast of memorable characters - Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Leia Organa, C-3PO, R2-D2, Chewbacca, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Vader... brilliant. If you look for it, there's even a shot of smoking corpses on Tattooine. How that got past the censors...
Anyways, buy some popcorn. Put it in the DVD. Sit on the couch. Immerse yourself in the greatest science-fiction film of all time.
The force will be with you... always