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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2018 3:24:47 GMT
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Post by vegalyra on Apr 24, 2018 15:47:27 GMT
Prediction, your son will like empire the least and love rotj the most, they all do. If he's like, under 9 that is. I think your prediction might be wrong... I saw "Empire Strikes Back" in the theater when I was FIVE years old, and "Return of The Jedi" when I was EIGHT. "Empire Strikes Back" has always been my favorite... and "Return of The Jedi" has always been my least favorite... of the films in the original trilogy. Same here, I saw Empire at a drive in theater ROTJ at a "mall theater" when I was about the same age as you and Empire was definitely my favorite. I hated the Ewoks even as a kid. The Jabba palace scene grossed me out too when he ate that squid like creature. The best parts of ROTJ was all the stuff in between, the space battle, and Luke's confrontation with the Emperor (and the Falcon flying through the Death Star). Empire just blew me away. What an awesome film.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Apr 24, 2018 16:19:47 GMT
Speaking of ROTJ. What was the deal with Luke's light saber during the battle on Jabba's sand ship? Sometimes it looked like he was just hitting the bad guys with a baseball bat and just knocking them over. I thought a light saber would slice a person in half.
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Apr 24, 2018 16:48:24 GMT
Speaking of ROTJ. What was the deal with Luke's light saber during the battle on Jabba's sand ship? Sometimes it looked like he was just hitting the bad guys with a baseball bat and just knocking them over. I thought a light saber would slice a person in half.
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Post by MCDemuth on Apr 24, 2018 17:50:40 GMT
I hated the Ewoks even as a kid. The Jabba palace scene grossed me out too when he ate that squid like creature. The best parts of ROTJ was all the stuff in between, the space battle, and Luke's confrontation with the Emperor (and the Falcon flying through the Death Star). Empire just blew me away. What an awesome film. I didn't hate the Ewoks, but they didn't impress me either. I pretty much feel the same as you about the rest of the film. But I do hate the special edition version of ROTJ. The Theatrical Version was better. I think your prediction might be wrong... I saw "Empire Strikes Back" in the theater when I was FIVE years old, and "Return of The Jedi" when I was EIGHT. "Empire Strikes Back" has always been my favorite... and "Return of The Jedi" has always been my least favorite... of the films in the original trilogy. Same here, I saw Empire at a drive in theater ROTJ at a "mall theater" when I was about the same age as you and Empire was definitely my favorite. Empire just blew me away. What an awesome film. Yeah... "Empire Strikes Back", at least for me, seems to have an "Event" kind of a feel to film... as if it was a once in a lifetime kind of a thing, that you HAD to go and see! Ewoks? The Fuzzy Teddy Bears? NO... It was Yoda, that I fell in love with. I cried when he died in ROTJ. People used to talk about " Movie Magic"? I really don't get that feel from most movies (especially these days), and from most of the Star Wars films... But... The scene where: Yoda uses the Force to raise the X-Wing out of the swamp and John Williams amazing score in playing... That is what I think about when I think about "Movie Magic". And I don't care that some people have said, that they hated seeing Yoda with a lightsaber and fighting Count Douku in The "Attack Of The Clones"... I loved it! Nothing could ever be cooler than Yoda, 'thinking' his lightsaber, off of his belt and into his hand! Who Da Man? Yoda Da Man!
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Apr 24, 2018 19:35:04 GMT
Seeing the Empire Strikes Back with no knowledge of the surprises was a cool thing. But the real selling point of the film was A budget FX being used for a B movie story. In 1980 the asteroid field chase was incredibly exciting.
But these days, that effect will have worn off for new watchers. This is the problem with Star Wars longevity. Once the ground breaking FX are no longer impressing people, then you are left with a weak story.
This is the advantage that some movies with bad FX have over it. More care put into the nuts and bolts of character or story dynamics because they had to.
Star Wars was criticized for that lack of story even in 1977. Unlike almost every other Hollywood movie of the period, it didnt end with failure. But the main draw was the unusual production design and FX.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Apr 24, 2018 21:15:03 GMT
The whole "Special Edition" thing never bothered me. Yep. The Jabba scene was in the original script, I like it. I mean, I'd prefer the original cut polished up, yet like you said it doesn't bother me. It's my #6 all time. Watching Rogue One beforehand is my new go-to.
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