I'm just glad Star Wars massively influenced the film industry and merchandising sales, a true business juggernaut.
I'm glad Harry Potter massively influenced splitting the last chapter because the source material ran out, a true film gimmick.
You mean because the best selling Deathly Hallows book had so much content that the film makers knew that a split could result in two incredibly successful films the later becoming one of the top 10 biggest films of all time
I wasn't around then but I heard that the first SW movie was nominated for ten Academy Awards (including Best Picture) and won seven? Yikes @ some others that didn't even get nominated.
It's paltry compared to, say, LOTR if we wanna talk about big movie hit franchises that don't have the automatic stigma of being about kids.
Episodes Five and Six were just noted for Sound and Visual Effects.
Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations (1946), Fagin in Oliver Twist (1948), Col. Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor), Prince Faisal in Lawrence of Arabia (1962), General Yevgraf Zhivago in Doctor Zhivago (1965), and Professor Godbole in A Passage to India (1984)
It's like [Abrams] put Episodes IV, V, and VI in a blender. It's an act of love, no doubt about it. ... [But it] lacks any image of its own that is truly iconic.
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This is very similar to the first Star Wars film, but it isn't as family friendly. Hope and optimism are lacking in this reboot. What it lacks in optimism, it makes up for with hype, having been promoted along with every product known to man.
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What Abrams delivers here is still a pretty good start to this new trilogy, but you can't help but think how great it might have been if they had done their own thing and given us something new.
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It does exactly what it needs to be a crowd-pleaser in that regard. But whether it breaks any new ground ... not so much. 4/5
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J.J. Abrams has, for the most part, taken the safe road, not re-inventing the wheel, but building a solid, respectful and, at times, darn entertaining reboot.
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The story is compelling. The acting is great. The technical aspects are solid. But it's hard to escape the idea that the film is a remix of something else, an attempt to rework story elements that felt more original elsewhere.
Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations (1946), Fagin in Oliver Twist (1948), Col. Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor), Prince Faisal in Lawrence of Arabia (1962), General Yevgraf Zhivago in Doctor Zhivago (1965), and Professor Godbole in A Passage to India (1984)
A cinematic LEGEND.
All of these movies are genuine classics. Like best movies of all time tier. A LEGEND.
Did FourFiveHeads really sell more than Bad Blood?
A first single from a (still) unreleased album, with generic lyrics featuring a Beatles legend and global rapper Kanye West, versus a fourth single from a year old album featuring a local rapper