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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Balaam Xumucane: [QB] Masao, when I was a kid, I remember Empire left me cold as well. I distinctly recall explaining to my mother that Darth Vader was not Luke's father, could not be. That's probably because I was seven. And because at the end of ANH you have a farm-boy from butt-fuck nowhere flying his four-winged space-fighter in and destroying a planet-killing super-weapon the size of a moon thereby thwarting the plans of the evilest guy you've ever seen and winning a big medal on his chest from the princess. (What's not to like?) In ESB the princess kisses the wrong guy, some silly green puppet talks backwards, and the same ex-farm-boy cries a lot while barely escaping with his life (if not both his hands) and some confusing thing where the baddest guy evar is his dad. And to that end, I still prefer ANH. It's just bigger, and for me, yes, bigger is better. But as someone who has studied film and who makes films, I would also argue that the dialogue and performances in Empire is the best of the Holy Trilogy. There are some terrific detail points about the characters, we learn more about the force, the effects look better than they did in ANH, and the human stories are far richer and more complex. Plus Han Solo's not such a bad guy when you get to be a little older. A lot of my friends (many of them also film-makers) prefer ESB. I expect it's a matter of taste. Except Ewoks. Ewoks are dumb. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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