Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

For me, this instalment of the Star Wars is the one I watched the most. I watched it over and over again as a child and I was always satisfied. The story was so unique that it filled my free time for many micro decades of time. And it will probably still entertain me for some time. The first, respectively the fourth episode, has a pretty simple story as it introduces the world and the characters in it. You either fall in love with it, or you should not even watch the other instalments. (05/11/2015)

Pleasant adventure that gradually got out of control in the following parts, reaching strongly grand dimensions. Although Lucas relies more on humor and details in the first half rather than on the narrative pace, it is still not very difficult to engage in his game. However, the main part of my admiration lies in the fact that he earned the right to shoot this exactly in 1977. A space fairytale with a wise old man, naive boy, mischievous smuggler, beautiful princess, chatty android, beeping tin can, and most of all, with the best villain in the universe. The most modest installment in the series is ultimately the weakest after years, but despite the noticeable flaws, it still has a huge dose of nostalgia. 70% (07/06/2005)

There are few films that I can say without exaggeration that I know by heart, including their soundtracks. This is one of them, and even though I know it so well that I just can't find anything new in it anymore, I still enjoy watching it. Again and again. It's a beautiful space fairytale (I wouldn't really use the term sci-fi - at least not until someone invents the lightsaber) with a great atmosphere, for everyone, big and small, with likable actors, revolutionary special effects, and a bombastic John Williams, without whom it would all be half-hearted at best. That's what films are for, to take the audience to fantastic places they will never get to themselves. (01/02/2016)

It has cardboard models and visual effects made on a shoestring, but this episode is far more impressive than episodes I and II, which are packed with digital effects. This is not nostalgia on my part, but the fact that Lucas has forgotten how to make a good film. If it's true that he wants to cut newly shot scenes with Natalie Portman into the original episodes (nothing against her otherwise), Lucas is done for good. That would be a crime against a legend. (04/13/2003)

Although it is not as strong as when I first saw "Star Wars," still it fits so beautifully. This is simply a masterpiece of sci-fi in the sense of how Lucas was able to create such a rich universe with this one film, not to mention the other movies. Right from the beginning, his intention is to immerse you in something big, and he succeeds. (03/22/2015)