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Star Wars (1977)

A perfect example of a motion picture as entertainment, nothing more, nothing less.

I doubt there's anymore left to say about the original Star Wars, and several libraries worth of material have been written about it's effect on the movie industry and pop culture as a whole.

However, ignoring the legacy that has grown up around it in the forty-seven years since it's release, Star Wars is a simple story of good against evil which gets where it's going with a minimum of fuss and a firm grasp of the fact that it is a movie primarily aimed at children but can be enjoyed by adults also.

At its worst it may look dated and possibly a bit quaint to modern audiences, but ultimately it's an excellent example of an adventure movie with no other agenda than to entertain for a couple of hours, and that's probably all that it was ever meant to be.