I was in a "gifted" program in 1977, and I saw it at one of the other student's house. His father was an executive at Sony, and had a Betamax tape of it.
I too was in awe. I was shocked when it didn't win best picture (Annie Hall won that year) and I felt that it got ripped off. I saw the other two (and Episode IV again) in the theater.
I didn't have the toys (we were pretty poor) but I harbored fond memories.
A couple of years ago, I bought the original trilogy on Blu-ray disc, and watched them, hoping to recapture that initial excitement.
Alas, I now know why the "A New Beginning" didn't win the best picture. The script, uh, *sucked*, the acting was terrible (Alec Guiness was far and away the best actor, and I kept wanting to just punch Mark Hammill in the face, he was so bad and obnoxious) Carrie Fischer was just bad.
I no longer romanticize my favorite movies from when I was a kid.
You may have a point, but when you look at "action movies" there were those that came before Star Wars, and everything that came after. Star Wars set the standard and upped the ante. Every Marvel movie today owes a debt to the OG Star Wars for instance.
Yeah, it can seem corny and cliche now. But that's what happens when everything emulates and copies and reiterates the originals over and over and over again.
I was in a "gifted" program in 1977, and I saw it at one of the other student's house. His father was an executive at Sony, and had a Betamax tape of it.
I too was in awe. I was shocked when it didn't win best picture (Annie Hall won that year) and I felt that it got ripped off. I saw the other two (and Episode IV again) in the theater.
I didn't have the toys (we were pretty poor) but I harbored fond memories.
A couple of years ago, I bought the original trilogy on Blu-ray disc, and watched them, hoping to recapture that initial excitement.
Alas, I now know why the "A New Beginning" didn't win the best picture. The script, uh, *sucked*, the acting was terrible (Alec Guiness was far and away the best actor, and I kept wanting to just punch Mark Hammill in the face, he was so bad and obnoxious) Carrie Fischer was just bad.
I no longer romanticize my favorite movies from when I was a kid.
You may have a point, but when you look at "action movies" there were those that came before Star Wars, and everything that came after. Star Wars set the standard and upped the ante. Every Marvel movie today owes a debt to the OG Star Wars for instance.
Yeah, it can seem corny and cliche now. But that's what happens when everything emulates and copies and reiterates the originals over and over and over again.
Oh, no doubt, but 40 years on, it is just so much cheese...