Not the versions that have crap added. The original one are absolute classic, with the 1977 film being the greatest science fiction movie of all time.
IMO .... Star Wars is not the greatest science fiction movie of all time. These 5 are much better. Planet of the Apes - 1968 2001 A Space Odyssey - 1968 Alien - 1979 Invasion of the Body Snatchers - 1956 Repo Man - 1984
Repo Man is hilarious... still can't stream it for free after all these years. I remember leaving the theater after seeing Star Wars and what a great experience it was...
I saw The Force Awakens yesterday with my daughter in 3D. Here is my take: I saw the original Star Wars: A New Hope and imo it is in the top 3 if not the greatest sci-fi film of all time. Back then, movie theaters were showing maybe four films, and the theaters weren't one room attached to another. As a result, you could turn the volume up and get an amazing audio experience if the music was up to it. The original score of SWANH is one of the greatest scores in all of movie history. The score to TFA? Nothing new, and, because theaters are stacked one ontop of another, you can't turn up the volume Hope is in the title of the original, and it is the magic word that makes it work. It speaks to the ordinary man and woman that believes there is something great in them: ordinary people thrown into extraordinary adventure by force. People that need hope don't have money to spend on movies. Out with hope and in with throw something on the screen to help suburban people forget about Daesh. There is nothing new in the plot. They take the old extremely creative operatic mythology and do nothing more but add twists to it (I am purposely leaving the details out so that I don't ruin it if you haven't seen it). Granted, there has to be some transition between the old and the new, and the idea was to get old people in the theaters as well as the young people. I actually think that JJAbrahms will do much better now that he will be given free rein on the next one. The force is not learned by closing your eyes in ten minutes. Luke had to have extensive training from a Grandmaster. But hey, today every kid is gifted so it fits in perfectly with the delusion of modern audiences. The original SWANH had multiple complex plots going on at once with interesting developed characters. Heck, even the androids were interesting and it keeps you on the edge at all times. The new one tries to do the same, but falls far short of the original in attempting multiple simultaneous plots that hang together beautifully. One of the things that made the old one so fascinating was that ordinary people do extraordinary things. But this is developed slowly and it made you identify with the characters. There was something both mundane and at the same time extremely dark about the original. The new one feels like canned evil. The fight scenes are forgettable There are many more beefs, but that is enough. 3 out of 5 stars. I would say wait to rent it, but this is a movie that should be seen on a big screen on a real sound system. But good luck trying to find a theater that meets those specifications these days.
No question about it! Repo Man and Planet of the Apes are 2 of my all time faves------ I never "got" the Star Wars mystique--- in that time frame, I like close encounters of the 3rd kind much better than SWars.