The film that changed the way movies are made!

Rating: 10/10 (7 February 2003)

The film that changed the way movies are made! A bold statement but nevertheless this is one of the few that by their creation made a difference. Talking pictures, color, cinema-scope and then Star Wars, computer integrated film. I remember standing in line at a Century 21 theater in San Jose for the third showing with some friends (I had to work for a living so I wasn't at the first). There we listened to a teenager who had seen the first and second showing and was going for the third. The enthusiasm was overwhelming. I had seen the previews on a local Saturday night movie program, Creature Features, and the host, Bob Wilkins, claimed this was the movie of the decade. He was right. Now don't get me wrong, there have been better movies before and after, some with more action, some with better acting, some with better plots. This one was a turning point. The proof is George Lucas's fifth entry in this series - a fully digital movie, another first. Truly the dawn of another age of movies. Jim