Good story, Not enough for a whole film

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

In this extremely grim, but in some ways prophetic movie set in a dystopian future where people have no names, live underground and are kept drugged by the government, the totalitarian big brother keeps an eye on everyone, while keeping total control of their lives. A really dark, humorless, depressing movie, it's also intelligent and well worth seeing.

A big part of what makes Rogue One so great is the return of a long-missing element of human desperation and sacrifice. We haven't seen or felt this since specific scenes in Empire, and certain finale's as in Jedi. Rogue one feels hurried, almost panicked, dramatic, and violent from the start, and builds that rhythm all the way to the end. Its taken a very long time to get back to this kind of stark story telling that you can see in its most coarse, maybe unrefined, but piercing form in THX1138.I think Lucas entered cinema on a high note with THX1138, had all his best, most potent ideas lined up an delivered them without apology...or explanation, and has spent the rest of his career trying to sell his ideas where he once just beat the audience with them. Maybe it has something to do with film in the late 70s, or maybe just being young behind the camera, but you feel the frailty of human life and the ability of one man to stop the motor of the world at the same time, which are tough ideas to get into commercial film.I would argue that the limitations of the times made THX1138 and Star Wars so great, and pushed the crew to come up with ideas and visual translations that had incredible legs. I hope forthcoming Star Wars films and their creators keep looking for that uneasy chord and hit it hard, and I think anyone going into one of these projects on any level - from production to acting, should consider Luca's film-school project carefully.

THX 1138 (1971) ** (out of 4)Set in the future, George Lucas' feature-length debut as director tells the story of a man (RObert Duvall) and woman (Maggie McOmie) who decide to rebel against the rules of not experiencing love/sex. The two of them stop taking the drugs that they're supposed to take and set off to do what they want.THX 1138 is the type of movie I respect more than I actually enjoyed watching it. It's pretty clear from watching this that Lucas certainly had a talented eye as it's rather amazing what he was able to do with such a small budget. With that said, as much as I enjoyed certain aspects of this film, at the same time I'm not going to lie because it bored me pretty bad.On a visual level THX 1138 is quite amazing because you really do get the feeling that you're viewing something set in the future. The sets certainly give you a futuristic feel and there's no doubt that Lucas manages to build up a very thick atmosphere. I really liked the look of the film as well and especially how most of the film is done in long shots.I'd also say that Duvall and McOmie are very good in the lead roles and that Donald Pleasance is also very good. The cinematography is top-notch and there's no doubt that Lucas made a very believable and good looking film. Still, there's really no connection I had to the characters or the story, which is what made the film rather boring to get through.

Set in the 25th century, the story centers around a man and a woman who rebel against their rigidly controlled society.George Lucas is, of course, best known for "Star Wars", and some also know him as the man behind "American Graffiti". They may not know this film. Of course, it is no secret that he puts references to "THX 1138" in other works, but how many people have actually seen this film? It is interesting to see that, right out of the gate, he had some great names working with him. Donald Pleasance and Robert Duvall as actors. Francis Ford Coppola as his executive producer. Sid Haig, Lalo Schlafin. This is all-star from beginning to end, and it is a shame that so few people really seem to know about it.