Kenny wrote: I'm staying far the fuck away from the Episode VII thread until tomorrow. I've been spoiler free for the most part save for one thing a certain someone shared on facebook (you know who you are).
I did finally revisit the final two films (and rewatched the first one again cause the other one was the special edition version).
Empire is still really good. I appreciate the movie more now as an adult than I did when I was younger. Especially since you can immediately watch Jedi afterwards. It's incredibly ballsy for them to basically go on a downer and end on a cliffhanger that would last three years. That was only possible when it was owned by Lucas and his company. If Fox had their mits on it, it definitely would've been much different in alot of terrible ways.
Jedi is still my favorite though. It has the right feel out of all of them. I love how there are so many creatures, many of them incredibly different from one another. I also love how you didn't always need a translation leaving you to either wonder or use the context of the scene to get the gist of what was being communicated unless it was plot pertinent (which in case 3PO or other characters would be used).
The Death Star II battle is still amazing. They nailed the visual effects with this one. It looks so dark and beautiful, though I always thought a couple of the SFX shots looked pretty shitty (i.e. the speedbike scenes). And honestly, the Ewoks are still perfectly fine. That what makes this film so great to me. You don't need to be childishly "daaawk and gweeeettieee" to have a feeling of epic and enormity. The fact you can go the evil Mobster space slug route, killing people ruthlessly left and right, to cute little forest creatures that eventually get picked off during their fight against the Empire makes this feel so authentic to me. Like in a large galaxy, such things can and would be possible.
I also love how each installment feels very different from one another, even if they do rip each other off and pay homage to one another from time to time. The stormtroopers look different. The same characters are placed in different stages of peril and growth. Even little things like R2 sounding a bit different are somehow oddly appropriate (even though that was purely accidental as they had to remake the sounds after the original studio got flooded).
And of course the music. Williams' score just sounds perfect in Jedi. Especially listening to the end credits now. There's a hint of somber and melancholy that only an '80s soundtrack can pinpoint perfectly. And I don't care what anybody says, Yub Nub is a great way to end the trilogy (especially when the score chimes in and swells to the traditional end credits theme). I hated that new age crap in the remastered one.
Unfortunately, I have a feeling the new one tomorrow will never come close to these three. But I'm hoping for something entertaining. I've been hearing nothing but great things so far.
Kenny wrote:Makes you wonder if they were truly Jedi in the end or that's the reason why there is a light and dark side to the Force because it's so unbalanced.
Kenny wrote: Lethal Weapon.
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