'Star Wars: Episode IV - A new Hope'. The movie scores especially with its charm and atmosphere. You get the feeling that an incredible amount of time went into creating the worlds, the characters, the spaceships and everything around them.
The technical realization is really outstandingly good, considering that this movie was made in the late 1970s. The effects are handmade and you can tell. If you look at the movie today, the ravages of time have gnawed at it in some places, but that doesn't bother at all.
It's fun to watch the movie and accompany the characters on their adventures. For Luke, many things are new, as well as for the viewer. It's relatively easy to connect with him.
Narratively, the wheel is not reinvented, it's a classic good versus evil story. The motive of the antagonists is simply more power. Why this goal is being pursued is not really clear. In addition, all the typical character traits are represented. The suspense arcs are rather short and why the Death Star can be destroyed so easily is also not clear. You have to accept that first.
What struck me positively is the way the Force is introduced. The Force is simply thrown into the room as a reason for something in many places in the movie, but Obi-Wan explains relatively at the beginning what it has to do with the Force. This was solved much better than, for example, in Episode I, when Qui-Gon fails to explain the Force.
Star Wars Episode IV managed to create a fascinating world despite a simple story and to draw the viewer in, thus forming the basis for the Star Wars myth.
The technical realization is really outstandingly good, considering that this movie was made in the late 1970s. The effects are handmade and you can tell. If you look at the movie today, the ravages of time have gnawed at it in some places, but that doesn't bother at all.
It's fun to watch the movie and accompany the characters on their adventures. For Luke, many things are new, as well as for the viewer. It's relatively easy to connect with him.
Narratively, the wheel is not reinvented, it's a classic good versus evil story. The motive of the antagonists is simply more power. Why this goal is being pursued is not really clear. In addition, all the typical character traits are represented. The suspense arcs are rather short and why the Death Star can be destroyed so easily is also not clear. You have to accept that first.
What struck me positively is the way the Force is introduced. The Force is simply thrown into the room as a reason for something in many places in the movie, but Obi-Wan explains relatively at the beginning what it has to do with the Force. This was solved much better than, for example, in Episode I, when Qui-Gon fails to explain the Force.
Star Wars Episode IV managed to create a fascinating world despite a simple story and to draw the viewer in, thus forming the basis for the Star Wars myth.