The Empire Strikes Back

the weak(link) in the original trilogy, still outshines the prequel set read more

well the empire sure did strike back!! read more

my second secret cinema. this time my wife came with me. whilst i prefer back to the future as a film this was an even better experience. the attention to detail was phenomenal. walking around mos eisley was great fun. sat in the cantina and characters will come sit with you and act out scenes. i was blown away. i'd love to talk about everything that happened but i think that would spoil it for anyone who is still to go. read more

A way less coherent or consistent movie than its predecessor but after the kinda boring first fourty five minutes it finally decides to be Real Great. read more

it only took 5 episodes to find one that's interesting read more

star wars marathon: part v i can't believe i made it back in time for this movie. i raced downstairs, i had my smoke and i raced back upstairs. nothing had started. i took my seat in anticipation of my favourite film in the series and i could feel the buzz in the theatre. 2 more movies and then the force awakens we were all thinking. the lights came down and empire started up. again, it's the special edition version we watched but unlike the others very little has changed here. and right from the get go until the last shot this film never let's up. it's funny, it's sad, it's filled with read more

i love the depth this film brings to the characters, making the stakes not necessarily grander, but more personal. also the origin of a lot of iconic moments; this is when star wars solidifies itself as a franchise with potential. read more

i never noticed how muppet frank oz sounded as yoda here but my minor flaw aside this is iconic for a reason. this is wonderfully edited (ended up doing such gems as date movie and deck the halls after iconic films in this era),has some of the series strongest acting and gosh the colors look wonderful. i don't have a 4k tv but it's bound to outshine many modern films for sure if the disney+ edition has hdr since it's stunning and eye popping even in hd despite being released almost forty years ago at this point. i honestly say it looks better than any of the prequels in some moments such as... read more

rebel forces managed to build a base in a cold planet but darth vader's remote controlled scout ships found their location and attacked them. rebels manage to evacuate the planet. princes leia and han solo escape with millenium falcon. luke, in the other hand goes to dagabah instead of rendezvous point. while luke was hurt by a monster, obi-wan shows himself to him and tells him that he has to go to dagobah and find master yoda who is a jedi master/teacher and obi-wan's teacher himself. luke goes to dagobah and finds yoda while others are in lando's planet after running away from darth read more

through the eyes of a total newcomer- it felt like seeing it again for the first time ever. which is rare, given that sw has such an enduring and unparalleled pop culture-saturation. seeing my friend wide-eyed at the creatures and landscapes, genuinely unsure what was going to happen next was special. with star wars setting the tone and template for rising stakes, but with safe resolutions, empire really surprised them. they were waiting for a last second rescue as han was lowered into the carbonite freeze- a rescue that would ultimately never find its footing. empire' careens towards its read more

best plot twist read more

its even better than the first one. again a perfect adventure sci-fi movie!!!!! read more

technically this one is a lore dump, but also a really great action sequel. can't really ask for a better star wars sequel. read more

great story, characters, and special effects read more

star wars marathon #8 when people ask what my favorite movie and i have to give an answer, this is usually it. esb encompasses virtually everything that i love in cinema, then puts a spin on it that has provided me enough meat to look at it a little bit differently every few years as i've grown up. it starts as an adventure film, about these friends in a slightly futuristic environment. then it switches to sci-fi action as we witness a daring space battle. the undertones of romance are there from the start, and they blossom as two of our heroes are forced to rely on each other in desperate... read more

when i was about 10 years old (when i first saw the movie), i thought the sequence with the snow monster at the beginning was a bit unnecessary. i also thought the at-st (the machine that looks like a giant chicken) was an at-at that somehow broke in half, so you can imagine how much i knew about movies back then. fortunately, re-watching it today helped me understand that that sequence, and everything that follows it, is absolutely necessary. all the pieces come together impeccably: the main, supporting and even incidental characters (i really like the gallery of supporting and incidental... read more

Watching the greatest duel in cinematic history on May the 4th...of course I'm referring to the epic battle between Yoda and R2-D2 read more

História- 3 Visual- 3 Estética- 4 read more

``The Empire Strikes Back'' is the best of three Star Wars films, and the most thought-provoking. After the space opera cheerfulness of the original film, this one plunges into darkness and even despair, and surrenders more completely to the underlying mystery of the story. It is because of the emotions stirred in ``Empire'' that the entire series takes on a mythic quality that resonates back to the first and ahead to the third. This is the heart. The film was made in 1980 with full knowledge that ``Star Wars'' had become the most successful movie of all time. If corners were cut in the read more

Still amazing. Watched the DESPECIALIZED edition, I don't want any of the new crap. Countless views since seeing it in a theater in 1980. First viewing since the late 90's rerelease. Perfect film. read more

Il più debole della saga ! Con un Yoda insopportabile questo capitolo è un accozzaglia di robe poco e mal sviluppate che alla fine della visione ti fanno dire un grosso "mah!". Paradossalmente gli Episodi "collaterali" intrattengono e funzionano molto meglio di questo "classicone"! Peccato! read more

85/100 read more

People say it is the best star wars movie. They are wrong I say it is among the best movie ever made. read more

This is genuinely one of the perfect films that exist. It has great acting, writing and pacing. I never wondered where a character was at a certain point nor did I feel the cuts to other characters disrupted the flow of the scenes. The plot was structured really well between the different characters and it's visually astounding. John Williams' brilliant score also emphazises the cinematic scope the film has. I wish I could've experienced this film in theaters back in the day. read more

greatest film ever. read more

greatest film ever. read more

nach dem "wilde kerle 6" quark, den ich heute nachmittag schauen musste, durfte ich dann den film des abends auswählen und entschied mich dafür meiner freundin die wunderbare independent, vielleicht sogar als geheimtipp zu bezeichnende. filmreihe "krieg der sterne" näher zu bringen. endlich wieder spaß! :) read more