Compare and contrast two films (movies)

Compare and contrast two films (movies)

Compare and contrast two films (movies)

Star Wars: A New Hope

When Star Wars was first released on the Wednesday before Memorial Day in 1977, it reached in theaters with good reviews and very good accelerate word. It didn't take long for it to become a occurrence (although, admittedly, 1997's promotion for the Special Edition dwarfs that of the initial 1977 release). It was a factual family movie -- flawless for kids and parents, a throwback to the space serials of the past and a gaze ahead to what the future might hold. Adults treasured Lucas' masterful, magical movie-making. Children loved all the strange creatures. Suddenly, Star Wars was everywhere; there were bed sheets, midday serving of food boxes, dealing cards, activity figures, comic books, image books, posters, records, and just about any thing else you could imagine.

The Star Wars fad, such as it was, lasted into the early '80s, and the initial movie obtained two added theatrical runs. Then it was on to the small screen. But observing the video on videotape, which has been the exclusive examining know-how of just about any individual under the age of 20, isn't the same as seeing it in a crammed theater. Now, although, with the advent of the initial movie's twentieth anniversary and the promise of new films in another two years, Star Wars is as warm as it has ever been. Those forecasting any thing less than a economic windfall for the Special Edition don't have the world's pulse.

During its initial time span of theatrical release, Star Wars' special effects were described as everything from "eye popping" to "mind blowing". And, really, for their time, they were. (Keep in brain that King Kong's rather cheesy visuals had won the Academy Award just two months before Star Wars was released.) In detail, they're not awful even by today's standards. But "not bad" wasn't good sufficient for Lucas, and his vision of what they should have been fills the screen in the Special Edition. This is most prominent throughout three key sequences: Luke and Ben's application into the town of Mos Eisley, Han's heretofore unseen hanger embayment gathering with Jabba the Hut, and the last strike on the Death Star. However, in scenes both with and without effects improvements, Star Wars is just as convincing and invigorating a video know-how today as it ...