This is an iconic piece of sci-fi film making as it was a blockbuster hit that was produced on a budget of only $11,000,000 and it blew the world away. This was George Lucas' third feature film and also one of his best. Star Wars tells the story of Luke Skywalker a young boy from an alien planet called tatooine, whose life is thrown into turmoil when his family is murdered and he has to set out to save a powerful princess. At the same time he is also being trained to become a jedi by 'uncle' Ben Kenobi, a former jedi. This film has everything, a wide array of characters which everyone can identify with, a whole lot of action, some drama thrown in for good measure and some excellent one-liners.
Even if the acting isnt that great it has a good cast including Harrison Ford, Alec Guinness and James Earl Jones. These presences alone moree than make up for the lack of acting from some of the more inexperienced cast.
As this film came out in 1977 I wasn't able to see it in the cinema and so I had to settle for watching it on the TV with my family when I was alot younger than now. But now I have bought the original trilogy wich includes the original theatrcal releases of the films, I urge anyone who hasn't got it to buy it as its always good to own a film that will condstantly be remembered as one of the greatest films of all time.
Nausicaa is a japanese anime film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It was released in 1984 and then was re-released in english in 2005. The original film was voiced entirely by japanese actors, but the re-release has many film stars including Patrick Stewart, Uma Thurman and Mark Hamill. These actors were a good choice for the english version of the film as many people can recognise the familiar voices. Patrick Stweart's voice alone is strong and recogniseable and it also is suits his character perfectly. Originally I watched the film on tv alone when I was ill from school, but I have recently bought the film on dvd to add to my Studio Ghibli collection.
This film is very well done and has stunning animation considering when it was made., this film is also entirely un The fact that this is an anime film may put some people off, but personally I think it is much better than many live action films. In fact this film is ranked as one of the 50 greatest sci-fi films on IMDB. It has a strong narrative supported by great action sequences, some drama and a good cast, I would strongly urge anyone to watch it.
Below I have inserted the original japanese trailer for the film.