Movie Debate #81: The Empire Strikes Back

[Reed Rothchild | 9,588]

[Californication | 1,490]

I've heard of it.

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,105]

It's probably the best Star Wars movie of the franchise. 9/10.

[Tanooki | 4,952]

Not a popular opinion I know, but personally it's the weakest of the original 3 for me, not by much, but taking Hoth out of the picture, it's kind of flat.  Stars huge, just big time epic for what it was, then...it's there, as a bridge between the other two.

[JamesRobot | 5,837]

[TDIRunner | 2,777]

One of my top 3 Star Wars films.  

[Radagast | 21]

My favorite Star Wars movie. 9/10

[Hammerfestus | 3,889]

Probably the best one. 8.  

[Tabonga | 2,344]

9.  Just didn't quite have the magic that the first one had.  

[Dr. Morbis | 2,092]

@Jfreakofkorn: 'Splain yo' self!!!!

[RH | 4,980]

It was a tough, internal debate because giving any Star Wars film a 10 just feels over reaching, but it is by far my favorite Star Wars film. It always has been, and that was well before I knew it was suppose to be the right pick.

Since I have enjoyed Star Wars for my whole life and it's one of the most rewatch able films in the saga, I had to give it a 10. Not my favorite film, but probably in my top 5 and certainly in my top 10.

Edited August 3, 2021 by RH

[Shawn | 31]

9

[YOURTURN | 1,257]

I gave it a '10' because I ended up reading every professional and fan review that came out in 1980. The bickering one fan made, the panning a few professional reviewers made, and how everything got better when Return of the Jedi debuted is why it takes the first two slots (1st: final cut, 2nd: original cut) on my list. 

[OptOut | 8,892]

I know I am going to get a TON of flak for this opinion, and even I myself am a little disappointed that it bothers me so much, but I gotta give this one a 9 instead of a ten.

This USED to be my favourite Star Wars movie, and I still believe it IS technically the best in the series. However, I just am SO distracted and put off by how fucking creepy and rapey Han Solo is in this movie, with Leia. Like he FULLY physically sexual assaults her in at least one scene, and it is just so repulsive to me.

So yeah, I knocked of a point for that.

[Ferris Bueller | 495]

The best of the Star Wars movies.

[nrslam | 477]

The first one was a transformative experience. This one didn't wow me the same way, but I still love watching it. 9/10.

[Estil | 1,265]

You know I just gotta...  

 

[G-type | 2,533]

This was the Star Wars I owned on VHS as a kid (It was recorded off the free week of Cinemax that our cable company gave once a year and glitched out during the scene where Yoda salvages the X-wing from the swamp) but I have watched this probably 10x more than any other Star Wars and I still love it.

PS. Why do they call it Star Wars and not Stars War? There's one war, fought among multiple stars.