A different view on the "great" Star Wars

Rating: 6/10 (22 August 2002)

August 22, 2002. That's today. That's the day I first saw Star Wars. I have one reason for seeing it: I am a film major and before I start this semester I figured I had to see a movie with such historical value. Plus, so many people have put it over as being the best movie of all time. I never had interest in the sci-fi genre, but I figured if it was good, I'd like it.
Nope. Sorry. Now, I only fell asleep once, and just for a few seconds. I quickly woke up, rewinded, and decided it's best to stay awake. After all, it's the last time I'll watch the movie.
I understand completely the historical value this movie has. 25 years ago this film was groundbreaking. The effects were pretty good, even by today's standards. But the movie itself is not very good. It's just average. The plot wasn't very interesting. I was given no reason to care about Luke Skywalker whatsoever. And all I kept thinking throughout the whole thing was "Wow, I never realized how much Independence Day took from Star Wars... but that movie did it so much better!"
I expect a ton of Star Wars nerds to send me hate mail for not totally digging this "Great" movie. WAKE UP people. There's so many better movies out there.