Star Wars: An Intergalactic Joyride "Star Wars" is the highest grossing movie of all time. It is also one of my favorites. It was released in May 1977 and re-released in a restored and enhanced Special Edition just last month. There are many different criteria that can be used to describe Star Wars ’ appeal. Gary Arnold and Edward Rothstein‚ two movie critics who had the opportunity to review this great movie‚ explain its appeal in very much the same way. There is a difference though
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Star Wars is one of the best modern epics of its time. Starting with the world famous "in media res..."(The story starts in the middle of the action‚ in media res‚ and at a critical point; the events that happened before the narrative’s opening are introduced later on.) It is an epic with a great hero‚ setting‚ and a lot of captivating action. Although many people still think that epics were only written in ancient times‚ interestingly enough‚ many great epics are still being written today. The
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style characters? The score to the Star Wars movie broke all the traditional rules to writing music for sci-fi films. The Star Wars Main Title‚ introduces the idea of using the Romantic style instead of modernistic music for films. This choice reflects the composer’s influences from that musical period and features key musical elements that are easily remembered by audiences. In 1975‚ director George Lucas was ready to select the music for his new film Star Wars. Lucas had heard of the great modern
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David Anholzer 6/10/12 Willis Essay In the movie “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace” music is used to enhance the mood of the film. All of the scenes in the movie had music to represent what was happening at that point. For example‚ Leitmotif is a term which came from German opera to represent a character‚ place or idea being used in that clip. Also through composed is used in the movie which is music that has common forward motion. Leitmotif is very influential on the movie because
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Star Wars: Ever since Star Wars‚ the iconic film series that stuns audiences with its beautiful scenery and action‚ came out in 1977‚ it has been called one of the best movie series of all time by many fans. The original Star Wars (Episode IV: A New Hope) shot the top of off the box office and has been a classic since then. In a galaxy far‚ far away‚ a man named George Lucas has been directing a movie of his called American Graffiti‚ while filming the movie‚ he gets a great idea‚ a movie‚ a
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I think Star Wars is better than Star Trek. Why? It’s simple. Star Trek is for wimps! Yes‚ I said it. WIMPS! Star Trek is an old television show that is about a society traveling through outer space on the Starfleet Enterprise and takes place in the distant future. Not a lot happens and there isn’t a lot of action. In other words‚ there isn’t a lot of fighting and intensity. Star Wars is high intensity and loaded with actions! It is full of colorful characters and you watch it on the big screen.
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A comparison of Macbeth and Star Wars Shakespeare wrote the play‚ Macbeth‚ which features the character‚ Macbeth who turns evil. Lucas made the Star Wars movies which feature the hero‚ Anakin Skywalker‚ who succumbs to the dark side. Both men have conflicting issues that lead to their downfall. Anakin Skywalker and Macbeth were both once heroes. Anakin Skywalker had done many heroic acts. He saved many lives. Anakin had always wanted to help everyone he could and this is what made him
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“Star Wars Episode 8” spoilers reveal that Disney and Lucasfilm are using drones to shoot down paparrazi spies during the filming in Croatia. After news broke out that “Star Wars Episode 8” spoilers have leaked out aerial photos of the very open and public set in Croatia‚ securities were implemented to ensure spying doesn’t happen during the filming of the eighth installment. Making Star Wars has explained that there is an elite “Star Wars” team that will willingly go to drone warfare with people
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is a great tragedy. Although very well beyond the time of modern readers; Macbeth’s classical themes of betrayal‚ guilt‚ and revenge are still shown in most modern tragedies. The play of Macbeth seems to very similar to the modern sci-fi films Star Wars (Episode 1-6)‚ written and produced by George Lucas‚ for the sheer fact that both heroes of the stories turn to the dark side‚ which inedibility leads to their destruction. Although the main character‚ Macbeth‚ starts off as a good man eventually
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The movie saga “Star Wars” seems to be known by many as the movie that “created” tThe sScience fFiction film genre and is claimed to be unique‚ but there are many similarities between the seven main films. During your time in the class‚ “History on Film B” you will watch eventful movies based on different genres that define that genre and their time period. My class had the genre of “Science Fiction” and we watched two Star Wars movies‚ one of them being “Star Wars: A New Hope” which came out before
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