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May 21, 2024, 12:55:23 PM
I enjoyed watching this one very much! It has a lot of the mutants and a lot of action. This movie is just so much fun to watch. After watching this I now feel like watching the 3 previous X-Men movies. But I won't since I need to finish this marathon. I really enjoyed every minute of it... but then I have always liked the character of Wolverine.
 | Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope (1977/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia
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Stars:
Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker
Harrison Ford as Han Solo
Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia Organa
Peter Cushing as Grand Moff Tarkin
Alec Guinness as Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi
Plot:Awards:
Won:
| Academy Award (1977) | Best Art Direction (John Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley (Art Direction), Roger Christian (Set Decoration)) | |
| Academy Award (1977) | Best Costume Design (John Mollo) | |
| Academy Award (1977) | Best Film Editing (Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas, Richard Chew) | |
| Academy Award (1977) | Best Music, Original Score (John Williams) | |
| Academy Award (1977) | Best Sound (Donald MacDougall, Ray West, Bob Minkler, Derek Ball) | |
| Academy Award (1977) | Best Visual Effects (John Stears, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grant McCune, Robert Blalack) | |
| Academy Award (1977) | Special Achievement Award (Benjamin Burtt Jr. (Creation of the alien/creature/robot voices featured in 'Star Wars')) | |
| BAFTA (1978) | Anthony Asquith Award For Original Film Music (John Williams) | |
| Golden Globe (1977) | Original Score (John Williams) | |
| Grammy Awards (1978) | Best Album of Original Score written for a Motion Picture or Television Special (John Williams) | |
| Hugo Award (1978) | Dramatic Presentation | |
| Saturn (1977) | Best Costumes (John Mollo) | |
| Saturn (1977) | Best Director (George Lucas) | |
| Saturn (1977) | Best Makeup (Rick Baker, Stuart Freeborn) | |
| Saturn (1977) | Best Music (John Williams) | |
| Saturn (1977) | Best Science Fiction Film | |
| Saturn (1977) | Best Special Effects (John Dykstra, John Stears) | |
| Saturn (1977) | Best Supporting Actor (Alec Guinness) | |
| Saturn (1977) | Best Writing (George Lucas) | |
| Saturn (1977) | Outstanding Art Direction (Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley) | |
| Saturn (1977) | Outstanding Cinematographer (Gilbert Taylor) | |
| Saturn (1977) | Outstanding Editing (Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas, Richard Chew) | |
| Saturn (1977) | Outstanding Sound (Ben Burtt, Donald MacDougall, Sam F. Shaw) | |
| Saturn (1977) | Outstanding Television Performance (Jonathan Harris) |
| Academy Award (1977) | Best Director (George Lucas) | |
| Academy Award (1977) | Best Picture (Gary Kurtz (Producer)) | |
| Academy Award (1977) | Best Supporting Actor (Alec Guinness) | |
| Academy Award (1977) | Best Writing, Original Screenplay (George Lucas) | |
| American Cinema Editors Awards (1978) | Best Edited Feature Film (Richard Chew, Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas) | |
| BAFTA (1978) | Film Editing (Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas, Richard Chew) | |
| British Society of Cinematographers Awards (1977) | Best Cinematography Award (Gil Taylor) | |
| Directors Guild of America (1978) | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures (George Lucas) | |
| Golden Globe (1977) | Actor in a Supporting Role (Alec Guinness) | |
| Golden Globe (1977) | Director (George Lucas) | |
| Golden Globe (1977) | Picture - Drama (Gary Kurtz) | |
| Saturn (1977) | Best Actor (Harrison Ford) | |
| Saturn (1977) | Best Actor (Mark Hamill) | |
| Saturn (1977) | Best Actress (Carrie Fisher) | |
| Saturn (1977) | Best Supporting Actor (Peter Cushing) | |
| Writers Guild of America Awards (1978) | Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen (George Lucas) |
Extras:
- Scene Access
- Commentary
- Trailers
- Photo Gallery
- Deleted Scenes
- Featurettes
- Interviews
My Thoughts:
This was now the first time, that I have shown my son this movie. He is going to be seven years old soon. I "prepared" him for Star Wars with the Nintendo Switch game "Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga". We started the game with the chapter for this movie (the order of the story how it is supposed to be watched 
). We finished recently the first part of the game which covers this movie. And he is a big fan of the Star Wars LEGO sets.So I tried to show him this movie in the hope he will enjoy it. He managed it in one sitting
And he enjoyed it the whole way through. And I also still enjoy this movie quite a lot.
Rating:
(From Tom's Random Reviews on April 7th, 2023)
Member's TV Reviews
"Stargate SG-1" Marathon, a review by DJ Doena
Season 8
Disc 1
New Order
Synopsis: Jack is still in stasis and SG-1 has no means of contacting the Asgard because the Stargate project is still undergoing an "evaluation process". But Sam can convince Dr. Weir to borrow the Tel'tak that Jack had refitted. As soon as Sam and Teal'c arrive in Asgard space they meet Thor and together they encounter escape Replicators. In the meantime Dr. Weir and Daniel meet representatives of the System Lords. Ba'al has "obtained" the Kull warriors and a great many of Anubis's Jaffa. This poses a potential threat to both the System Lords and Earth.My Opinion: This two-parter was also presented as feature-length film on the DVD. But this episode showed one of the problems of the series: The 30 Ha'taks that attacked Earth were only a small part of Anubis's fleet. Considering the size of our galaxy that sounds logical. But it doesn't explain why Apophis's position amongst the System Lords was weakened a few years ago, just because he had lost 2 ships in the attack on Earth. This is getting out of proportion and it's getting worse in the next season and I will come back to this topic then.
(On the other hand only 39 Federation ships engaged the Borg cube at Wolf 359, but later 650 ships tried to re-take DS9 [the Klingons not included].)
After this episode the spin-off Stargate Atlantis starts and Dr. Weir becomes the project's leader. The newly promoted Brigadier General Jack O'Neill becomes the CO of the SGC and the newly promoted Lt. Colonel Samantha Carter becomes the leader of SG-1. One also sees Replicator-Carter for the first time who is called RepliCarter by the fans.
Lockdown
Synopsis: The newly arrived russian Colonel Vaselov would like to become the fourth member of SG-1. At least he wants to go off-world as soon as possible. But then he collapses and has to be brought to the infirmary. After Daniel has shot two soldiers, Jack seals off the mountain to prevent Anubis (who is responsible for all this) from escaping.My Opinion: A nice hide-and-seek episode but nothing more.
Zero Hour
Synopsis: In five days the president will visit the SGC but Jack's problems are mounting: An alien plant overgrows the entire base and is hard to defeat. And Ba'al is holding SG-1 hostage and wants the System Lord Camulus who has sought asylum in the SGC.My Opinion: I am quite sure that this was supposed to be an homage to M*A*S*H because Sgt. Walter Harriman always answered before Jack had asked his question and he had always everything prepared. That makes him similar to his namesake Cpl. Walter "Radar" O'Reilly. I thought that they matched it very well. And Jack actually reminded me of Lt. Colonel Henry Blake.
I also liked the rest of this Jack episode. Jack hasn't changed much after all.
(From "Stargate SG-1" Marathon on April 20th, 2008)