Setting the Bar...

Rating: 10/10 (19 January 2005)

Stanley Kubrick's captivating release of the film 2001 showed filmmakers around the world that sci-fi films didn't have to be corny or underdone. 2001's grand scale visuals were just a taste of what was to come. Hence: Star Wars, THE film that revitalized the box office and showed the world that movies could be fun again.
With the release of Star Wars, sci-fi would never be the same. Gone were the tin can space ships flown on fishing string. With Star Wars, the bar was set so high that no other film in history has yet to match its lure and ever-growing popularity some 30 years later.
Star Wars is the mark by which all other films intend to reach, but none have. A true triumph of film and cinema. If you've not seen this one of a kind classic, you don't know what you're missing. It came at a time when audiences cheered aloud in the aisles for their heroes and booed their villains. Movie-goers waited online for hours and went back again and again to see this monumental film. Check it out. You'll be glad you did.