Star Wars Trilogy (Widescreen Theatrical Edition)
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Movie Reviews of Star Wars Trilogy (Widescreen Theatrical Edition)
Movie Review: Sure, today you want it on Blu-Ray. In five years you'll buy it again in a new improved format yet to come
Summary: 5 Stars
Lucas will probably release these on to Blu-Ray DVD's when something better than Blu-Ray comes out. And then you can buy the new format again and again and again and again and again and so on and so on.
Do you think video quality improvement is going to end with Blu-Ray? I'll bet they are working on something better than Blu-Ray as we speak so that maybe 5 years from now when everyone's replaced their favorite DVD's with Blu-Ray discs, they'll expect us to start replacing our favorite Blu-Ray movies with, yet again, another improved format.
See where I'm going with this? You are probably going to buy Star Wars over and over again til the day you die! I'll stick with the DVD's that I have. They all look fine, and there is no reason to buy them again. That goes for "Star Wars" as well as my other 600 or so movies that I can barely find time to watch as it is.
Getting the best picture of your favorite movies over and over again, year after year, is compulsively expensive and is hardly, realistically, not very necessary.
Get a life people! Get off the couch!
Movie Review: The Star Wars Trilogy
Summary: 5 Stars
In the 6th grade, we read a novelization of The Empire Strikes Back(1980) at school. Afterwards, we were treated to the movie on VHS. I watched the Star Wars trilogy many times on VHS and my siblings and I saw the 1997 re-release of the Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition. This DVD set is worth the money and it deserves space in your DVD collection. Everything from Starcrash(1978) to Battle Beyond the Stars(1979) to the original Battlestar Galactica(1978) have tried to emulate it.
Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope(1977): Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Han Solo try to rescue kidnapped Princess Leia. They must also destroy the Death Star(a diabolical weapon that can destroy planets).
Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back(1980): The Rebels are on the run from Imperial troops. Luke Skywalker meets Jedi Master Yoda for the first time.
Star Wars Episode VI Return of the Jedi(1983). Han Solo is frozen in carbonite and sold to Jabba the Hut. Luke and Leia must travel to Tatooine to rescue him. The Rebels still struggle to free the galaxy from the Galactic Empire.
Movie Review: You can't please everyone...
Summary: 5 Stars
Star Wars has one of the largest fan bases of any Hollywood phenomenon out there, so it comes as no surprise that they break off into little cliques to decide how its legacy should live on. There are those who claim that nothing should be done to the original since that's what they fell in love with, and there are those who want to be selective about the updating done to them, and then there are those who want them to be retconned entirely so that they fit the prequels more. George Lucas can't win.
I was born in '87, but my first exposure to Star Wars was in fact the original film. Personally, I have found all of the enhancements to be enjoyable (well, okay, Han shot first, but aside from that...), and expect there to be many more enhancements made in my lifetime because Lucas is an artist who will never be completely happy with his work, partly due to the fans incessant whining. People will always find something wrong with these movies.
I enjoy Star Wars in all its forms, and look forward to future updates from Lucasfilms. 5 out of 5.
Movie Review: Great box set for people who enjoy watching the series.
Summary: 5 Stars
The first time I watched Star Wars I knew that these would probably be my favorite movies for my whole lifetime. Now I have probably watched the movies about 30 times or so, and I am still wanting to watch it right now. I have been watching the Star Wars Trilogy (Special Edition) [VHS] many times until just a year ago, when I finally bought them on DVD. I haven't really played around on all the Discs, just watched the movies on them. After watching my first minute of the movies I knew that I made a great decision to upgrade from the VHSs that were getting old and starting getting those fuzzy strips throughout the movies, to the DVDs. The Box set includes all three of the original movies plus the remastered/updated versions of the movies. The remastered/updated versions are entertaining and add more realism to the movies. I am very happy with this set, but I am also waiting for all the Star Wars movies to be in Blu-ray. For now though, I am content with this set.Movie Review: worth the upgrade
Summary: 5 Stars
I just bought this set today - and paid too much for it at K-Mart ($40.00). But I'm happy anyway. I came home and immediately played the first disc on a blu-ray player and an LCD widescreen (32 inch). When this saga ever comes out on real blu-ray, I can't imagine how it is going to be any better than the clarity of this set. Although I was there (32 years ago) for the original release and remember very well the awesome impact of the original, I like the expanded edition and the upgraded special effects. Sometimes, when you go back to a movie you loved, you find the effects dated and disappointing. So hats off to Lucas for doing the work to keep his beloved trilogy current and entertaining. It's also convenient to have the thin cases to make room in an overstuffed bookcase. As for the content, which practically everyone knows, Star Wars is a fairy tale of good guys, evil villains and magic enchantment. To be honest, I prefer it to the prequels where good guys go bad and the innocent suffer. My advice: sell your old copies here on amazon and buy this set.