George Lucas's Star Wars: A Work Of Art

This body of work will analyze the story Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. In this writing, there will be distinct illustrations and examples of how this story is a prime example of the Hero’s Journey. Many archetypes will be found throughout.

Lucas also uses different archetypes and mythic symbols to add variety to how we understand the characters and their journeys. The Star Wars franchise has intricate elements that appeal to all generations of movie watchers. The technology

In the film “Cool Hand Luke,” directed by Stuart Rosenberg, a man reaches a low point in life and cuts the tops off of parking meters while intoxicated. He is sent to a chain gang prison and is sentenced for two years. It is here where Luke, the main character, along with the other inmates experience events that alter their views on life. Luke's character develops throughout the story from carefree and energetic to hopeless, yet fulfilled. The strange aura that Luke has change normal chain gang prison events into unique and uplifting moments.

evil driving the plot. A New Hope tells everything the viewer needs to know in the first ten seconds, by showing how large the empire is and how small the rebels are (see figure 1). The plot is so simple and concise that almost no exposition is required for the movie to explain itself, because everything is already explained. The Phantom Menace starts with two Jedi talking about a trade dispute with the Trade Federation, right off the bat this is incredibly dull for a Si-Fi movie for kids. The plot then falls into a continuous loop of a minute of action and then ten minutes of exposition, resulting in a boring plot and meaningless action.

The Truth Behind Disney Movie Disney movies are constructed in a traditional and a similar way. Throughout the movies, it can be seen that all Disney films have lots of details in common. Whether it is a based on the life of an animal or human, they all have a certain goal they are determined to accomplish. Disney sticks to its own style and bases all the movies created to fit that specific style.

The Star Wars is an epic space opera franchise that needs no introduction. The movie series has more cult followers than most religions. Beside being the cutting edge of CGI at the time, Star Wars was (is?)

“The most amazing thing for me is that every single person who sees a movie, not necessarily one of my movies, brings a whole set of unique experiences. Now, through careful manipulation and good storytelling, you can get everybody to clap at the same time, to hopefully laugh at the same time, and to be afraid at the same time” (“Steven Spielberg Quotes”). As the inspiration for how many films are produced, Steven Spielberg is a director, producer, and writer. Having won 3 Academy Awards, several of his movies have set box office records, including Jaws and E.T. the Extra Terrestrial. Steven Spielberg revolutionized the film industry through unique camera work and new subject matters in movies.

Both Star Wars and Ordinary People contain elements of rebellion. However, the theme is executed differently in both. The stories reasons for rebellion, the end result and Both sides revolve around the idea of going against a system. In Star Wars, the Rebel Alliance’s goal is to destroy the Death Star, an Empire built ship tasked with destroying the rebel base. In Ordinary People, Conrad rebels against society by means of suicide.

Disney has always been proud of itself for maintaining and promoting a status of innocence to the point where criticizing it would be a violation to the company’s well-loved status by millions of faithful fans. The large amount of people who have grown up, consuming the messages promoted by Disney films can never differentiate between fantasy and reality. Audiences were shown the Disney films from such a young age that they ended up acting as a learning tool in the development of their adolescent life.

Star Wars has always been one of the most well-known series in history. People from all around the world are familiar with the sci-fi story and its iconic characters. Many people have come to know the Star Wars series as a movie that anybody can enjoy and relate to when reflecting on world affairs and the battle between two opposing views. Characters like Darth Vader, The Emperor, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Princess Leia have always looked at as the best group of characters in a movie series. I think that the Star Wars movies are the most influential movies of all time because they have transcended through generations, they have the most memorable characters, and people cans relate to the movies.

George Lucas' Star Wars has been an "unprecedented commercial success in the history of cinema and has made a huge cultural impact" (Feichtinger 28). It is a popular franchise and is widely known all over the world. Star Wars plays a major role in influencing the youth and sending a message to everyone, especially the fans. George Lucas said that he wanted to do more than entertain the masses; he wanted to "introduce young Americans to spiritual teachings through 'new myths' for our globalized, pluralistic millennium" (Burke). These spiritual teachings and motifs are seen throughout the Star Wars movies and they "promote values and worldviews", which are adopted from Buddhism (Feichtinger 34).

By tying the two movies together with a television show that appeals to a completely different audience, Star Wars is able to continually expand and reach new audiences through effective use of Transmedia

Hollywood movies affect national culture in various ways. In one sense, movies could be characterized as America’s storytellers. Hollywood movies „Americanize“ global values and beliefs ,therefore they in a way diminish national culture traits and adapt and reinforce American customs. People tend to copy the ideas,customs and culture of American people or in other words they tend to acculturate. So called „Americanization“ is

This paper is a brief critical analysis of James Cameron’s Avatar, a very successful 2009 science fiction film. The film Avatar takes place in the virtual world or moon of Pandora, created by James Cameron with digital technology and colonized with fantastic creatures and an indigenous race of 10 feet tall, yellow eyed, blue striped aliens called the “Na’vi”. With Avatar, Cameron has delivered a fast paced fantasy adventure that weaves together streams of powerful themes that are very important to our modern world that they even extend far beyond the world of fictional film. The film itself, can be seen as a variety of things such as, a political film about war, the effects of violence, a social commentary about environmentalism, even speciesism. This could also be seen as simply a film about what it truly means to be human, which should be

There are many things that make a film interesting. This include historical context (ex. social, government, econ, etc.) and the theory around it. Films represent their times and everything that comes with it. On the other side, is the aesthetic.