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Just watched the Theatrical Release and it was so much better. Han shot first, explosions were...well faker looking but I loved it, TIE fighters you could see where they were cut in. Just a beautiful version the way it should be seen.

Siavash Aliparast

15Mar13

HAN SHOT FIRST.

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Sean

22Apr13

He damned well did

charles f stewart

19Feb13

Yes, it's a spectacle. Yes, it probably caused the downfall of the autuer, but you have to admit, it's fun.

CJ Roy

10Apr13

How would Star Wars cause the downfall of the auteur?
charles f stewart

24Apr13

the modern concept of the hollywood blockbuster, and the focus in American cinema on making money, rather than actual films.
CJ Roy

24Apr13

Just say that then, auteurism is much different.

Cineastic

2Feb13

Thanks to this insufferable piece of shit, Hollywood studios threw their auteurs under the bus in favour of spectacle-laden melodramas engineered by obtuse film execs. I can't really blame Lucas for that. However, I can blame him for how painstakingly bad this train wreck is.

Vaida Kazlauskaitė

12Jun12

mad editing skills haha. classic!

Eingya

25May12

Han shoots first

Michael Dallape and 2 others like this

FailedImitator, Pure Fault

Larissa

24May12

Vontade de ver Star Wars agora como adulta. Gostava dos robozinhos e não entendia patavinas da história, oh criança!

wanulk

10Apr12

The more I watch it, the more I love it. Oh, I wish I were born in 70s.

Trickstian Shantih

3Apr12

Star, then wars. Then Chewbaccabra.

James

24Jan12

First full viewing as an "adult." Still pretty enjoyable. The bad elements (Mark Hamill, all of the dialogue) don't detract so much as add an extra layer of scrappy charm. Fine editing too.

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willythesalesman

14Jan12

Starwars IV = Hidden fortress

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WhatsUpWill

25Jul12

more like star wars IV > the hidden fortress

Lynch/Fellini

1Jan12

The rare film that has become more than a film, rather a phenomenon. This is a near perfect film that not many films could rival!

my nigga totoro

21Feb12

I can think of 15 off the top of my head that blow it away.

richmondhill

14Dec11

In two minds here: taken as a single film this is a rollicking adventure filmed with considerable verve and charm, but the corrosive effect of the often juvenile drivel that erupted (and continues to) from Hollywood on the back of the financial success of Star Wars and its ilk reduce too much of mainstream film-making to being great monumental cubes of moulded faeces. What a phenomenal crossroads this was.

pasmith

11Dec11

that film is brillant i love it.

Trevor Tillman

24Nov11

Part of me wishes Star Wars had been less successful, as much as that would deprive me of a lot of my childhood movie-watching experience. I wish George Lucas had continued making standalone films. Star Wars is a great continuation of the themes in THX-1138 and American Graffiti--man is in an unlocked cage, and all he has to do to leave it is will himself to step outside.

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HKFanatic

19Nov11

Watching this film on blu-ray was a bittersweet experience. The transfer looks gorgeous but the CG elements added for the 1997 Special Editions have aged terribly. Lucas should know there's more creativity to the technical limitations filmmakers faced in the 70's and how they overcome them than someone sitting at a computer circa now, adding digital creatures to fill out background shots just for the sake of it.

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Jacob Bearchum, Trevor Tillman

rado

12Nov11

Never underestimate the power of Cool Sh!t™

Canonalan

24Oct11

It's cliche and boring. There are so many films in the same formulaic plot. I don't know what makes it special.

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vladdytrout

4Oct11

A masterpiece. Han shot first!

Judicial Joe

3Oct11

In my opinion, the greatest blockbuster ever made.

Gerald

27Sep11

Mos Eisley Cantina is the kind of place where I would hang out.

Posterocalypse

18Sep11

Great flick...but eesh, the CGI stuff kills me. Why is Lucas trying to destroy his own legacy?

jmfran2

17Sep11

Star Wars on Blu-ray is amazing. The sound quality is incredible and the film has transferred well to hi-def. Worth $86 for the set? I would think so. Now on to episode 5.

VENIMOS LOS JODIMOS Y NOS FUIMOS

16Sep11

Existen muchas definiciones de "Pelicula de culto", para mi, basicamente son tres: A) Clasicas o de culto instantaneo: aquellas que son todo un exito de taquilla, casi todo el mundo las vio en su momento, y que son aquellas que, pasadas hasta decadas de su estreno, los mismos cabrones que las vieron, vuelven a verlas al cine a la primera oportunidad, valiendo madres que ya hayan pasado pinchemil veces por la TV o por su propio reproductor de video. B) De culto a secas: aquellas de las que uno se entera de su existencia a oidas, que no tuvo uno oportunidad de verlas en el cine en su estreno original, ya sean las clasicas (ver el inciso A) o aquellas que por una u otra razon, no tuvieron exito en cartelera, no tuvieron una buena promoción, o, simplemente, nunca tuvieron siquiera una corrida comercial, pero que despues, al paso de los años, son revaloradas (o sobrevaloradas, segun el caso) y se exhiben con un amplio publico. Y por ultimo... C) Las de culto-culto, que son aquellas (y esto ya depende de la pendejez individual o colectiva de cada quién) que no solamente te agradaron un chingo, sino que, además, las vuelves (pendejamente) parte de tu vida cotidiana, entre las cuales se encuentra, sin duda, la presente joyita. Es indudable que el universo creado por George Lucas ha demostrado ser una de las franquicias más redituables de la historia del cine desde 1977 hasta presente, y que este film impuso un nuevo modo de como manejar la mercadotecnia de una pelicula: copias en un putero de salas, presupuestos millonarios, y la consabida parafernalia: discos, juguetes, libros, disfraces, estampas...etc, etc. El pedo del asunto, se trata de que no es lo mismo opinar de una pelicula cuando tienes 8 años, que cuando ya tienes tus buenas peleas en la Coliseo, y es que lo que uno no se explica es el cómo, una saga tan inclusive como esta, ha podido generar el tipo de reacciones que ha tenido en el mundo entero. Clubes de fans,chinguero de paginas web,convenciones anuales, cientos de libros y revistas, decenas de pendejos disfrazados de los personajes del film aglutinando avenida Reforma para celebrar el lanzamiento en Blu Ray, y hasta su pinche religión. El Jedismo (asi se llama la pendejada esa) según un censo hecho en Reino Unido en el 2001, indica que se ha ubicado como la cuarta religion mas importante, con algo asi como 370,000 feligreses que la profesan, mas otros 70,000 en Australia y otra cantidad similar en Nueva Zelanda. Para no creer. Lo cierto es que, viendolo desde un punto de vista critico, esta cosa no pasa de ser una de esas peliculitas para verse en un domingo lluvioso, y ya. No puede considerarse a George Lucas sino un habil mercader que ha sabido vender sus productos, y a lo sumo, si alguna pizca de vision se le trata de ver, esa seria aplicable solamente al punto de vista tecnologico, como el aporte financiero para el desarrollo de nuevas herramientas en el area de los efectos especiales y en el desarrollo de sistemas de sonido, tanto para las grandes salas de cine, como para los home theaters. (vamos, a quien no le gusta presumir de un buen sistema de altavoces con certificacion THX?) por lo demas, no cabe sino reprocharle a su saga intergalactica su ideologia neofascista disfrazada de misticismo, asi como su escasa inventiva en el plano anecdotico.