The Best Film Ever Made.

Rating: 10/10 (13 July 2001)

Star Wars is absolute genius.
The characters, scenery, action, pacing, and rich mythological symbolism combine to create a story so compelling that few are not swept away. I saw Star Wars when I was seven years old, and have seen it at least once a year since then. (Some years many, many, more times than that, but lets not get started.)
One of the things that is so brilliant about this movie is that it works on every conceivable level. At seven, I didn't even fully understand the plot, but was still in awe. At seventeen I began to understand the movie on a deeper level. At 23 I had read "The Hero with 1000 faces by Joseph Campbell, and I understood that Star Wars was nothing less than the "Proto-Cultutral Myth." Star wars is the communal dream made glorious reality by the genius of its creator, George Lucas.
Today, as a writer, I am constantly awed buy this film. The way the plot subtly hooks the audience in from the very first instant is undeniable. The way the film makes the audience care about characters within minutes of their introduction should be studied by every future writer.

Star Wars is the Prolegomena to any Future Film.