The greatest movie of my lifetime

Rating: 10/10 (10 December 2016)

And I'm really not that much of a George Lucas fan. But I had this on recently during one of the Turner station's celebrations in light of the new release, and I thought you know this was the best AND most enjoyable movie that was made during my lifetime. There was so much about this movie that was innovative and different and exciting, and the special effects for the times were just grand. I can remember being in the theater even after this was out for awhile and rising with the entire audience and applauding wildly at the end. Not to mention that this movie probably had a bigger impact on the industry than any I can remember. In some ways, although Phantom Menace had its moments, this was the real achievement that Lucas rode on through the first and second set of movies, I really wasn't that hot on some of the plot twists (such as the relation between Vader and Luke) that showed up down the line. But this one clearly stands on its own as great cinema.