Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: May 25, 1977

8.8	USER SCORE Universal acclaim based on 2613 Ratings

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gfssDec 1, 2021

Better if it wasn't in space. Also, The Rock should be in it. Bad film. 2/10

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sil3nt_nickMar 24, 2013

The year the film was made (an excuse for the lacking special effects) does not explain the fact that this was a boring and mediocre film.

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likedislikeSep 4, 2015

Sorry to the fanatics, who will no doubt hate me, but I absolutely love sci fi and fantasy, but just can not bring myself to like any star wars film. The cheesy characters, terrible muppets (specially those in the music band in the bar) theSorry to the fanatics, who will no doubt hate me, but I absolutely love sci fi and fantasy, but just can not bring myself to like any star wars film. The cheesy characters, terrible muppets (specially those in the music band in the bar) the camp robot, silly Yoda etc. Also there is never any sense of fear from the hero's, no one dies, no matter how many battles they get into. Don't even get me started on the later movies, Jar Jar Binks, omg what a movie wrecker.… Expand

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Delta_AssaultSep 28, 2011

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Well, you have the film start with that really annoying and ponderous scroll up the screen. Not a fan of that. Then we're introduced to C3P0 and R2D2. Even way back at the tender age of 5 when I first saw the movie, I could sense that there was some sort of homoerotic partnership going on between those two droids. Very uh, very dainty mannerisms. Of course, it was pissing me off that R2D2 just made a bunch of clips and beeps. Didn't find him cute at all, just indecipherable. What's up with that? Who needs a trashcan with some beeping noises?

Then we get the firefight that has a bunch of stormtroopers running in and dying because their armor does absolutely **** all. Luckily, the Rebel guards have about the same level of marksmanship and no armor. Darth Vader comes in... he's not bad, he's kinda cool looking. But uh, then we get to Princess Leia. And ya know, I just don't find Carrie Fisher attractive. She's not a good looking woman. Not a fan of her. You kinda get the sense she's trying really hard to stay skinny by vomiting after meals or something.

Annnd then we get the two droids walking around this barren desert and bickering at one another. I dunno... it just seemed really... boring and mundane. Not much of a crowd pleaser. It's also a very one sided conversation, since the little **** can only make beeps and clicks. **** him... I really thought it was good that he got tasered or whatnot.

So yadda yadda yadda and... we finally come to the hero of the entire film... Luke ****ing Skywalker. Our protagonist, if you will. A little whiny farm boy. Oh my God I cannot stand Luke. Or maybe it's Mark Hamill. Maybe Mark Hamill was the problem, but I didn't like him. And this was before his face got all mangled up in ESB. Dude really resembled some sort of mongoloid then. But in ANH, he was just really whiny and annoying and hard to stomach. The way he would just stare at those two setting suns like he'd never seen them before in his ****ing life. You just didn't see why we should care about this guy, who whines about wanting to go join his friends at some academy. Or he's going to Toshi to get water vapor machines or something... it just doesn't inspire any sort of liking to this guy. Later on, we find out he also has a thing for his sister. What the ****.

We meet Obi Wan Kenobi. Ridiculous name, of course. I can't see why anyone would think that's a name at all. Just **** But whatever. He rescues Luke from those sand people. Which was sad, cause I really wanted them to kill Luke and maybe eat his entrails? But no, we get treated to more of Mark Hamill's hammy ass acting as he acts surprised to learn more about his father. We see the first scene with the lightsaber, which looks awful of course, because this was the original version of the film I saw, back on VHS. No special edition with the CGI yet. So yea, it just looks kinda like a bright snow sword at times.

We go to the town and find Han Solo. Han Solo... really **** and smarmy. Not as bad a character as Luke, but still not all that likeable. Plus, he hangs around with this walking bigfoot ripoff named Chewie, who again like R2D2 doesn't actually say anything we can understand. That's just annoying, sticking in characters that can't talk. Then again, this is from a guy who gave us great lines like "I don't like sand. It's rough. Not like your skin, it's smooth. Not like sand." Or something to that effect.

The Force. Sooooooo ridiculous. Crazy mumble jumble. What is it, what does it do? I dunno, whatever George Lucas pulls outta his ass, apparently. New Age mysticism turned into a pithy little catchphrase in cinema. And that's the thing with Star Wars, it's not sci-fi, it's just sci-fantasy. A wizard did it, it doesn't have to make sense. Whatever, I hate fantasy.

The Death Star. Oh god, the Death Star. Why would you build a ginormous battle station with this one vulnerability that allows the entire thing to blow up? That doesn't seem like a very good design. The shaft somehow goes straight into the main core. Of course it does. It's the size of a small moon but they couldn't be bothered to have the shaft deviate in some sort of manner. It just goes straight. And no filters in between. Nothing to stop a missile or torpedo.… Expand

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MichaelH.Aug 12, 2008

Only a cult nerd would enjoy this poorly composed film, George Lucas, please don't make any more movies!

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JaredC.Aug 21, 2007

The boringest, terribly edited Sci-Fi film to date.

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Intention__PlayJul 27, 2016

Хренотень, и другими словами не сказать, вот, я в натуре не понимаю Джорджа Лукаса, его ставят, как величественного режиссера-постановщика всех времен и народов, но, чёрт возьми, почему в его кино хронике нету популярных фильмов, кроме,Хренотень, и другими словами не сказать, вот, я в натуре не понимаю Джорджа Лукаса, его ставят, как величественного режиссера-постановщика всех времен и народов, но, чёрт возьми, почему в его кино хронике нету популярных фильмов, кроме, разве, что Звездных Войн, мать их, а именно 4 эпизод, который в самом деле раздражает тем, что этот фильм скучный и полнейшая бредятина, персонажи какие-то невнятные, постольку-поскольку вы не поймете данное кино, это просто дебильный фильм, где просто ничего смотреть, актерская игра на уровне Дмитрия Куплинова, когда он любит орать в своих прохождениях, как резанный, это просто бесит, ну что ж, а если говорить кратко, то фильм просто, как два пальца обосрать.… Expand

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fefekoMay 22, 2023

A New hope may have started the franchise, but it is in no way close to the best film in it. Almost insultingly simplistic and very boring in many places, this is clearly from a time where people expected much less from cinema (notA New hope may have started the franchise, but it is in no way close to the best film in it. Almost insultingly simplistic and very boring in many places, this is clearly from a time where people expected much less from cinema (not surprising, it comes from cinema's worst decade). The acting is pretty awful throughout and the plot is basic. Still, it's a decent chapter in the Saga… Expand

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