Hot take: The last Jedi is the best Star Wars film since Empire.
@AUMOTmusic
6 жыл бұрын
Amen brother
@simonjamesodell
6 жыл бұрын
TLJ is worth one quarter portion.
@jaredkick1177
6 жыл бұрын
I'll pay for it: 60 portions.
@MediaLoverChris02
6 жыл бұрын
Films&Stuff I think all Star Wars films are my top favorite of all time. Empire is my 2nd now. Last Jedi is my number 1 favorite!
@MarianoGallicchio
6 жыл бұрын
i understand. Is better than The return of the Jedi because in TROTJ the trio manage to defeat the empire, but here the duo manage to destroy the first order, the resistance, the repblic and all the Star Wars universe, present and past. By "the duo" i mean Rian Johnson and Kathleen Kennedy
@cafeterialoca
7 жыл бұрын
One thing about Empire people overlook is how it's backwards compared to most blockbusters these days. The big armies clashing happens at the beginning of the film, not the climax. The universe isn't threatened, the heroes are. It's a complete reversal of the Blockbuster formula.
@AudieHolland
7 жыл бұрын
The blockbuster formula itself is retarded. How many times can people get excited about fake emotions while trying to save the universe yet again?
@kunalsinha1712
7 жыл бұрын
I agree completely. The climax isn't supposed to be some cliche garbage about "saving the world", it's about testing the heroes, forcing them to face their fears-- their greatest challenge.
@dimitreze
7 жыл бұрын
Dark Knight is the same. The movie ends with a conversation. So cool.
@SolarDragon007
7 жыл бұрын
Dimitri Bitu The Dark Knight is basically the Empire Strikes Back of the Nolan trilogy. It's the darkest of the three films, and it portrays Batman being pushed to his furthest limits. It's also the best film of that series.
@tskwared667
7 жыл бұрын
It also ends in uncertainty, rather than a happy ending. The story of the individual film is wrapped up nice and neatly, but technically the rebellion, and the main characters are defeated, and there is still a sense of tension
@paulmartin591
7 жыл бұрын
A clever bit of visual foreshadowing that I only noticed after many viewings is part of Luke's training with Yoda involved him climbing up some vines. Sure enough, in his duel with Vader, Luke has to climb the pipes above the carbon freeze chamber to avoid a lightsaber slash. There are other clues as well. The doorway under the tree where Luke has his "fight" with the vision of Vader, is shaped exactly like the hallway in Cloud City. Yoda also has Luke do a flip over some plants, which is then repeated during the Vader duel. It's all there. Yoda's training is actually a run-through of the fight later in the film.
@pasulipaska5501
7 жыл бұрын
I can't believe I haven't noticed this
@matthewskipper2732
7 жыл бұрын
Oh my God...you're right
@littlewinterflower1831
7 жыл бұрын
Paul Martin Mind. BLOWN.
@MK-ex4pb
7 жыл бұрын
Whoa
@OGStarwars
6 жыл бұрын
I love how Luke force leaps to the pipes
@alanstowe2245
7 жыл бұрын
The vision Luke has in the cave is VERY often misread. Luke seeing his own face in Vader's helmet wasn't about Anakin being Vader. Lucas has explained this in more than a few commentaries, documentaries and behind the scenes. The point, if you watch Luke's face, is that he strikes Vader down in anger. He's still pissed off that Vader killed Obi-wan and Luke wants revenge. Striking Vader down in anger is the path to the dark side. So it's not saying hey you have a connection to him, it's saying if you continue to act in anger, you will be on the path of BECOMING another Vader. This is why when Luke is prepping to leave Dagobah, Obi-wan and Yoda are both reminding him not to give in to hate and Yoda says, The cave, remember your failure at the cave. Now, if all Luke had had was a vision saying hey you two are related, that would not be a failure. That would just be an info dump. The point is that Luke chose a violent path. He CHOSE to take his weapons down there when Yoda said he didn't need them. He CHOSE to draw his saber FIRST and he CHOSE to strike Vader down in anger. This is Luke's meeting with the goddess as Campbell called it. And like most great Midpoints in film, its a reflection of the end. In the climactic battle, Luke makes yet another choice: to reject Vader, to reject anger and allow himself to (he assumes) fall to his death rather than join the Dark Side. That is the meaning of the cave and it factors heavily into the brilliant structure of the film.
@justbny9278
6 жыл бұрын
Alan Stowe honestly saying LUKE'S vision is about Anakin really diminishes his character in Return of the Jedi.
@Giga419
6 жыл бұрын
Well said. I also disagreed when I heard the summation in this video. While it's certainly open to interpretation - it is the materialisation of Luke's fears and failures, not that Vader is his father.
@celestialscripture
6 жыл бұрын
Excellent commentary, right on point, but it still can be seen as foreshadowing as well. Doesn't have to be limited to a unilateral interpretation.
@BrightOranje
5 жыл бұрын
Well said. It actually amazes me that so many on here are as superficial enough to believe this scene was about "Anakin being Vader". Then again, most posting on here are millenials and post-millenials with the attention spans of gnats whenever there aren't explosions every 5 seconds, and who are incapable of understanding thematic elements at all. So perhaps I shouldn't be amazed....
@EddieMachetti
5 жыл бұрын
The best cinema orgasm I’ve ever had
@cestall1
7 жыл бұрын
I think there is another element not mentioned here: Vader and the Empire. Note how Darth Vader seems driven yet mysterious, not brash and two-dimensional like other movie villains. His character was defined by this movie, and he's not just some guy in a mask. All throughout, he is less concerned with the Rebellion and more focused on Luke. As for the Empire, it seems vast in this movie. Uniforms everywhere, but you only catch a glimpse of the Emperor. And the Imperials you see aren't really psychopathic stereotypes, they almost seem boring and blase, or even scared of the Empire as well. You get a sense that there is so much more that we as an audience aren't seeing, it's like looking into the ocean. You can't see everything, but you get a sense of how deep it is. It sets the stage very very well, better than any movie I think.
@Giga419
6 жыл бұрын
I agree. It's also worth mentioning that this context was kind of missing from the new films. Arguably by intent - but I'm not sure what that intent was.
@handsomebrick
5 жыл бұрын
I read somewhere that good fictional universes are like cubes: even though you can only see some of the sides, you know that the other sides are there.
@Murf_Workshop
4 жыл бұрын
Chad Stallings exactly what my thoughts we're when I would watch this movie when I was growing up. This movie does world building, you're not on a desert planet like the last one, and ends in a rebel base where everything is extravagant and celebratory at the end.instead it starts out in a frozen world planet where the rebels are still on the run, like a literal cold reminder that all is not finished in the fight, while even when the heroes end up in what looks like a sanctuary in Cloud City, underneath is a dark and cold place where the heroes become tested and weakened. And it's awesome in this movie how it shows the number of resources the empire still has at their disposal, the variations in troops, the vehicles, the large fleet, and an even bigger star destroyer, while the rebels are out matched and out gunned. It displays the vulnerability of the alliance, versus the vastness of the imperial army and their leader . but even then, when they introduce the emperor in mysterious fashion and how the empires menace Darth Vader actually kneels before the emperor and answers to him is a freaking awesome twist. I wasn't born til the 90s, but my dad introduced me to this Trilogy so long ago and Empire Definitely my favorite movie. It doesn't need all the fancy effects. Its a literal story telling where all hell breaks loose
@Gadget-Walkmen
4 жыл бұрын
Never thought of that!
@Gadget-Walkmen
3 жыл бұрын
Not seeing at ALL how the imperials are "boring" or "blase" at the slightest, the imperial are scared of vader more than anything. In what way are they "boring" or "blase" what? That doesn't make any sense as that's not there.
@roach9397
7 жыл бұрын
Empire Strikes Back is one of the only action movies I've ever seen in which the romance doesn't feel forced and contrived.
@unclejesse2198
7 жыл бұрын
...Not trying to be shady, but... really? Like, maybe as the story goes along their mannerisms are fine, but that first scene where Han basically forces Leia into a kiss... I can never get that out of my head, so I'm always uncomfortable seeing Han and Leia romance stuff.
@roach9397
7 жыл бұрын
Anita Sam It just seems to me like something Han Solo would do. He's the type of man that plays by his own rules.
@zlinedavid
7 жыл бұрын
What is it with Ricks?
@Helbore
7 жыл бұрын
Han doesn't force Leia. If she wanted to get out of there, she could - just look at the previous encounters they had in this movie. If Leia wants to be forceful, she's forceful. Hence why Han knows she's actually interested in this scene. Heck, its the ONLY scene in all three films where Leia is shown scared. Even facing certain death at the hands of Tarkin and Vader, she's resilient and they're impressed by her strength. Forced to confront the feelings she's been trying to bury and she ends up physically trembling. She's more scared of opening up to Han than she is of dying at the hands of the Empire. Considering her only memory of her mother was that of sadness, it actually makes sense that attachment is the only thing Leia really fears.
@VfBlerf4Life
7 жыл бұрын
Fuck You Rick Berman McCallum, you ruined this too!
@nathanchin2483
7 жыл бұрын
Unlike certain popular video essayists, this essay is all meat and no filler. Appreciate you not stretching your point after you made it- this was a lean and meaningful presentation and I'm glad I watched it.
@Eliel20117
7 жыл бұрын
toy story 2 structure is similar to this one
@FilmsStuff
7 жыл бұрын
So are a lot of sequels. I was watching Pirates 2 to test out my new tv and realized that it's exactly trying to copy Empire's structure (Will and his Dad bond, Jack Sparrow and Elizabeth flirt) before converging paths at the climax. Johnny Depp even gets temporarily killed by the Kraken which is eerily similar to Han being frozen in carbonite. The big difference is that in Pirates 2, noone changes, Jack remains Jack, Elizabeth remains Elizabeth, Will kinda changes, but his performance doesn't really sell it. If the characters don't change, there is no movie.
@jmwilliams88
7 жыл бұрын
I would argue that Jack and Elizabeth do actually change. At the start, when confronted by his mortality ( Davey Jones and the black spot ), Jack is willing to deceive and betray Will, Elizabeth and anyone else who gets in between him and his goal to cheat his inevitable death. He has a literal broken moral compass. Elizabeth expects this dubious behavior from him (he is a pirate, after all), and so feels justified to compromise her own morality to archive her own goals, manipulating Jack and flirting with, ultimately tricking and trapping him on the Black Pearl. This is after Jack has made the selfless and heroic decision to return to the Pearl and help save Will and Elizabeth. He realized in the end that the only way to save himself (in the spiritual sense) was selflessness. After Jack walk into the jaws of death, Elizabeth realizes that she and Jack have switched places and she is now the pirate with the broken moral compass and is the first to join the rescue mission to bring Jack back from Davey Jones Locker. Now whether any of these character changes continue on into At World's End is debatable, but the arcs of Dead Man's Chest, on their own, are pretty solid, once you get past the distractions of the kraken attacks and three-way sword fights.
@RexOedipus.
7 жыл бұрын
I shuddered and thought that you were watching the XXX parody
@masterrance
7 жыл бұрын
If you watch Avatar the Last Airbender, you could tell they were inspired by Empire Strikes Back in their 2nd season.
@thecritic4598
7 жыл бұрын
yup and thats what makes it so good
@paulmartin591
7 жыл бұрын
There are people who love Empire and then there are people with bad taste in movies.
@dragon-tamer7956
5 жыл бұрын
Yep!
@frankphillips6001
5 жыл бұрын
Couldn't have said it better!
@odst1778
5 жыл бұрын
Hype for Avatar 2!
@Cloudstrife112233
5 жыл бұрын
Here here!!!
@Murf_Workshop
4 жыл бұрын
Paul Martin there are people who say the prequels are better. I should know, I went to school with people like that who have a shallow taste in movies
@samwallaceart288
7 жыл бұрын
I never quite realized how much the parallel plots are mutually setting each other up; Luke's vision adding tension to Han and Leia's story, Han and Leia's story explaining and informing us on Luke's trap ... that's some inception-level stuff that I never even noticed.
@littlewinterflower1831
7 жыл бұрын
Samuel Wallace Isn't ESB just freakin'' amazing? :D
@nicksketch7122
7 жыл бұрын
Little Winter Flower l BEST.SEQUEL.EVER!
6 жыл бұрын
Samuel Wallace I noticed that, but a lot of this did indeed go over my head!
@hippiecheezburger5457
5 жыл бұрын
I love the plot so much as in the sense that Vader captures Han Solo and Leia to set a trap for Luke
@finnsimpson5253
3 жыл бұрын
How so?
@audreymarquis9253
7 жыл бұрын
Your content is incredibly well done. You deserve a larger audience and I can't imagine you won't get it.
@sirwizzard4649
7 жыл бұрын
Audrey Marquis lol when I ran into this channel I assumed he probably had 100,000s of subs
@SkillBeatz
7 жыл бұрын
Lol, me too! This will become a huge channel though, I am sure of it. The content is too good.
@chrisgarr2104
6 жыл бұрын
With statements like “TLJ is the best” it’s obvious
@awesomechrisdude123
7 жыл бұрын
My favorite movie of all time. So good, man. So good.
@SolarDragon007
7 жыл бұрын
GMFreeman 065 It's probably the single best film sequel ever made.
@drfunk1986
7 жыл бұрын
one of, but Raiders of the Lost Ark, Alien, Aliens, Terminator 2, The Godfather & Godfather Part 2, E.T., all these films were made and then became re-watchable at any moment of the day.
@nicksketch7122
7 жыл бұрын
drfunk1986 Empire Strikes Back > Any of those Films you mentioned accept for The Godfather Part 1/Part 2
@tricko8000
5 жыл бұрын
The Dark Knight...
@braydenbishop2104
5 жыл бұрын
Halloween II (1981) The Dark Knight (2008)
@kuribayashi84
7 жыл бұрын
"The Empire strikes back" is pure music. The movie ebbs and flows like a Symphony.
@hippiecheezburger5457
5 жыл бұрын
Absolutely, one of the most entertaining movies I ever seen
@EclipseHedgehog
7 жыл бұрын
"i am your father" is so overexposed you're super lucky to be part of those who saw the twist the way its supposed to be. Im fortunate enough to be one of those people thankfully.
@poseidonc1259
5 жыл бұрын
I also was young enough at the time it came out to see it without any previous knowledge. I was actually a little too young to give that moment it’s full weight as well. Haha.
@Lumanova
5 жыл бұрын
Then again, if someone over the age of 10 hasn't seen Empire, what have they been doing with their lives.
@rickygforce4217
3 жыл бұрын
I already knew about the line but when I watched it I was still mesmerized by Mark's acting in the scene
@maurocatalini2457
3 жыл бұрын
When i saw the film i was 10 and had no idea that vader was Luke's father, and when the twist happened i actually though they copied toystory 2😂
@applepie1272
3 жыл бұрын
well fuck,I've heard that line before,so I knew the twist was coming
@trentmcinturff4148
5 жыл бұрын
Are we not going to mention Empire Strikes Back featured the greatest film music score ever?
@toAdmiller
5 жыл бұрын
Williams is the composer for the gods. Wore out my New Hope album and ESB is no sophomore slump...! I began trombone in band with NH came out, what a great time to be learning BRASS...Williams simply has no pity on the brass...and it is g..l..o..r..i..u..s.....!
@albinpepe9057
7 жыл бұрын
ugh John Williams really shone in this movie. God bless him.
@tFighterPilot
6 жыл бұрын
John Williams was great in all of the films, in each bringing an awesome new piece. Attack of The Clones might've been the worst movie in the series, but it brought us "Across The Stars".
@thomascatty379
4 жыл бұрын
Albin Pepe definitely, we don't talk about him enough, the score is to me, even better than the Star Wars' one
@Gadget-Walkmen
3 жыл бұрын
@@tFighterPilot Phantom Menace is WAY worse than Attack of the Clones, Episode 2 is bad but not AS bad as people say.
@Gadget-Walkmen
3 жыл бұрын
He was fantastic in all the movies and especially in Revenge of the Sith's score is phenomenal with the scenes.
@daschyt2225
7 жыл бұрын
Error at 6:18min - Empire is not 'one of the greatest films of all time'... It is THE GREATEST!!! Wonderful review. Thank you
@TheCoffeeNut711
6 жыл бұрын
One of the most badly written, horrendously acted and pathetic excuse for a sequel. But enough about Batman and Robin.
@Huy-gn1eo
4 жыл бұрын
you filthy piece of shit you got me in the first half
@dynamicsea2276
4 жыл бұрын
not gonna lie, you had us in the first part
@SoapNugget
3 жыл бұрын
You had me for a second
@fredrickum5474
7 жыл бұрын
I actually never realized how little time the trio is actually in the same scene together
@FilmsStuff
7 жыл бұрын
Just want to clarify that the video is not available to watch on mobile because the music I used towards the end go the video claimed, and the claimant has made this restriction. I've tried repealing it but it seems they won't budge. Sorry for the inconvenience.
@Luka1180
7 жыл бұрын
+Films&Stuff Wait you mean like a bullshit claim? Because that's John Williams music, isn't it??
@NatesFilmTutorials
7 жыл бұрын
Films&Stuff Where do you get the movie file to edit? I usually try to find the clips on KZitem but I can never get the whole movie to edit
@FilmsStuff
7 жыл бұрын
I have a blu-ray ripper on my computer but more often than not I uh...use other methods. I think the website's called outlaw cove, nah that's not it. marauder gulf maybe?
@tedcruzforgayrights2045
7 жыл бұрын
I'm watching it mobile right now so I think it's fixed yo
@christianziebarth5649
7 жыл бұрын
"Repeal" or "appeal"?
@daboi8734
3 жыл бұрын
Empire Strikes Back also has the most underrated cinematography ever. When people talk about the most visually stunning Star Wars film, they talk about The Last Jedi and Rogue one which do make sense but i really feel like Empire Strikes Back also deserves a place in that category cuz some of the shots in the movie leave me speechless as to how this movie was made in 1980
@transamination
2 жыл бұрын
I agree. The cinematography in ESB is the best in the whole franchise. ROTJ is a real disappointment and a step-down in comparison. The cinematography in ESB gives it more atmosphere and mood and emotion than all the other films in the series.
@stephenbreen7570
5 жыл бұрын
I have probably watched ESB more than any other film
@patsfan4life
5 жыл бұрын
It’s one of my most viewed as well..... and never gets old
@pinstripecool34
3 жыл бұрын
Same
@zlinedavid
7 жыл бұрын
To aspiring screenwriters: pompous, long-winded speeches more often than not seem hollow. One of the best "I'm a badass" lines in cinema has two words: "I know".
@OGStarwars
6 жыл бұрын
zlinedavid yes!
@celestialscripture
6 жыл бұрын
And they were improvised! The script called for Han to say "I love you too.", but when after take after take of it wasn't working, Irvin Kershner told Harrison Ford to say the first thing to come to mind, and, "Action!" One of the best lines in 20th Century cinema came right of the hip spontaneously. Beautiful.
@handsomebrick
5 жыл бұрын
In The Dark Knight the long speeches added a lot, though. Long speeches aren't good or bad, they're just a tool that can be used or misused.
@Gadget-Walkmen
3 жыл бұрын
Long speeches aren't inherently bad, only when done badly. There are plenty of examples of long speeches which are fantastic!
@richardwild3942
5 жыл бұрын
A New Hope made Star Wars a legend. Empire made it a franchise.
@jdmikeg4
6 жыл бұрын
Another reason Empire is great is because Lando is an ol’ smoothie.
@jlynn9451
4 жыл бұрын
Lando was a perfect addition to the trio. Everything about this movie was perfect.
@daltondeverell4039
7 жыл бұрын
your content is on par or even equal/better than nerd writer and some may think thats an insult but seriously your shit is well made, well thought-out and you know what your talking about. How you have so little subs actually amazes me.
@Concetta20
4 жыл бұрын
After rewatching the trilogy, Empire is my favorite Star Wars film. So solid.
@cbowser3
4 жыл бұрын
One interesting thing that I found out not too long ago is the amazing detail of Obi-wan as Luke goes through his training. At the end of ANH, he is just a voice. On Hoth, he is a cloudy vision that is hard to see. Slowly his image becomes more clear as Luke becomes more powerful with the force. This is especially evident throughout Empire and when you see him in ROTJ, he is fully there, able to walk around, talk and have a perfectly clear image. That’s an awesome detail that I had to point out!
@Davy.J.Y
6 жыл бұрын
Empire is the Citizen Kane of SCI FI movies. This movie is full of genius.
@vice2versa
Жыл бұрын
agreed
@cbi1991
7 жыл бұрын
ALL of this is true. I've always felt that the music score was john williams' greatest work. the cue for the' imperial march' was legendary, the love theme was lovely and strangely haunting. the cue for 'battle in the snow' and 'asteroid field' is THE best action music ever for film.
@janbaumgartner6803
2 жыл бұрын
don't forget "the departure of boba fett" which really builds the tension more, when luke's entering the trap
@theawecabinet
6 жыл бұрын
"Padme, I hate sand" "I know" Not perfect, but definitely an improvement.
@f5851
3 жыл бұрын
But this just sucks all of the personality out of this line 🤷🏿♂️
@ThreeMountainsStudio
3 жыл бұрын
I think this is even worse
@BrightOranje
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. This film was a true masterpiece. Even attempting to compare this to the heap of trash Disney released a few weeks ago is a laughable insult.
@tomazvital1986
7 жыл бұрын
The best movie ever!!!! It's not just the structure. Irvin Kershner was a painter, musician and documentarist. He was not just some kid with no back ground that got to make the movie. Nowadays that what happened to Hollywood. No one risk to make something deep. They just want to make money..... Even the Return of Jedi falled into this. The original screenplay were more darker. But George lucas wanted to bring back the Death Star to make a Happy end just so he could sell more FUCKING puppets!!! PUPPETS!!!!! Hollywood should stop doubting the intelligence of the audiences. The Force Wakens is a joke..... It is possible to make a great movie and have action to it. But it requires people that are not there just to shine or make millions but instead make art. Irvin Kershner is the main reason why this movie were great.
@laurentguyot3362
7 жыл бұрын
Actualy I find Robocop 2 one the best sequel ever done
@clownsandjugglers
7 жыл бұрын
Yes, Irvin Kershner should get credit for this film, others - like Gary Kurtz - also deserve credit. It is a strange irony that while Lucas created Star Wars it was necessary for others to realize the films' potential. When Lucas gets full control you end up with prequel trilogy. If Lucas had stuck to the original plan for Return of the Jedi it would have resulted in a flawless trilogy of films.
@MegaJetty1
7 жыл бұрын
The flaw with the original ROTJ draft was that Luke, the hero of the Star Wars Trilogy, falls down the same path as his father and the bad guys win in the end. Luke is supposed to be the King Arthur of Star Wars and Arthur was a hero through and through.
@stevenirizarry1304
7 жыл бұрын
Trilha Vital fuck off...force awakens has depth...while empire is overvalued trash
@THX31097
7 жыл бұрын
Steven Irizarry How about we just value both movies for their depth? I think the reason why so many people, albeit the minority, think that way about TFA is because it's the first chapter in a three part story and I think it honestly expected too much of its audience to pick up on the subtle symbolism and themes. Empire may be overrated and overly talked about, but that doesn't mean it isn't quality. Maybe it's just not your cup of tea?
@reneperez5445
7 жыл бұрын
one of the greatest? This is the best movie ever made.
@androognoix1685
7 жыл бұрын
I honestly think it's badly paced honestly. I honestly think that Empire Strikes Back has great moments, but ironically, I thought the pacing and storytelling efficiency, or even suffiency was bad. The Hoth part takes for ever, the Millenium Falcon fools around, and the escape from Cloud City takes forever. I reallly appreciate scenes of Yoda and Vader, even other scenes, but I thought this movie was badly told and paced. I don't get why people consider it great. Here's an article that makes good arguments. www.simplysyndicated.com/why-empire-strikes-back-sucks-gundark-poodoo/
@Wade_Fucking_Wilson
6 жыл бұрын
Androo Gnoix Agreed it’s an overrated pos
@shack8110
6 жыл бұрын
As a 10-year old sitting in a dark theater with my family, I was enthralled from start to finish. Probe droid, wampa, AT-ATs, Yoda telling Luke he will be afraid, there is another, Vader casually sitting at a dinner table and Han instantly pulling out his blaster, I am your father. No other film has been as surprising or meaningful since. I was looking forward to many such experiences over the course of my life, but that dream was crushed in 1999 with The Phantom Menace.
@gregp103
6 жыл бұрын
Honestly, honestly, honestly. Try lyin' a lil - your writing may improve.
@androognoix1685
6 жыл бұрын
I was promised a good movie. I got a confused directionless mess. But Yoda’s cool.
@dylanmorgan2374
7 жыл бұрын
Couldnt agree more, Empire is the highlight of the star wars saga.
@willmccormick947
5 жыл бұрын
With apologies to Godfather, Part 2, this is the greatest sequel ever made.
@poseidonc1259
5 жыл бұрын
When I was young I had no understanding of Luke’s vision in The Cave on Dagobah from The Empire Strikes Back & no one to explain it to me. When I grew older I had gained the Wisdom to interpret the meaning of that scene & what it foreshadowed. Near the end of TRoTJ, during the scene on The New Death Star where Luke faces The Emperor & Darth Vader both, Luke has a Critical moment of reflection. *Luke disarms Vader in the most aggressive & extremely violent manner the audience has yet seen betraying his emotions to The Emperor.* Emperor Palpatine: “Good! Your hate has made you powerful. Now fulfill your destiny & take your father’s place at my side.” Luke: *Flexes his robotic hand & in one brief moment recognizes the literal & symbolic parallels between his Father’s robotic state & his own. Deactivates his lightsaber.* “Never.” *Tosses away his Lightsaber.* “I’ll never turn to The Dark Side. You’ve failed your highness. I am a Jedi like my father before me.” Emperor Palpatine: “So be it... Jedi.” This brief moment of Introspection proves that Luke has finally understood Yoda’s lesson from The Empire Strikes Back. The path to The Dark Side of The Force is “Only what you take with you.” Luke entered The Cave on Dagobah full of Arrogant Pride in his abilities (“Your weapons, you will not need them.”), Frustration with Obi-Wan & Yoda, Fear for himself & his friends, Hatred of Vader, & Vengeance for his father. Yet after dueling & defeating The Shadow Vader he found only his own face, revealed inside Vader’s shattered helmet. This scene serves as the most ominous & harrowing example of foreshadowing I have ever seen in film. Fast forward to Luke’s confrontation with Vader on Bespin Cloud City. Luke ignores The Wisdom of his mentors giving in to his frustration & leaving Dagobah prematurely, he overestimates his own abilities ignoring Leia’s explicit warning that he is walking into a trap, he is afraid of Vader but more afraid to lose his friends to torture & death, & he is Hell-bent on killing Vader to enact vengeance for his father. All of these character traits &/or flaws are paths that lead selfless Jedi to the brink of The Dark Side of The Force & the Hunger for Power. Luke is facing only that which he takes with him. Though he carries his weapons with him he “will not need them” as we soon see that his abilities pale in comparison to Darth Vader’s. Nay, Luke’s true struggle is one of virtue, integrity, & character. Vader disarms him by severing his right hand (Cho Mai). After having cornered Luke Vader attempts to undermine & weaken Luke’s commitment to The Light Side of The Force by revealing The Truth that Obi-Wan lied to him & Yoda omitted the fact that Vader is Luke’s Father. This revelation strips away all of Luke’s advantages & nearly all vestiges of his world-view. Luke is on a precipice & must choose between The Dark Side (The Power to overthrow The Emperor & Rule The Galaxy as Father & Son) & The Light Side (Lies, Weakness, & Death). This is Luke’s 1st True test of conviction. One that a true Jedi must make. Selflessness. He rejects Fear, he rejects Pride, he rejects Revenge, he rejects Life, he embraces a Selfless Death rather than Powerful Evil. He faces everything that he brought with him & in the moment of uttermost despair still chooses to Trust-Fall to The Light Side of The Force. “In my experience there’s no such thing as luck.” Luke throws away his lightsaber because he realizes that he is only facing that which he brought with him. For every hateful strike he unleashes upon his father he grows closer to becoming him (seeing his father’s severed robotic right hand & his own). He rejects the thing that all Jedi must, Selfish Power & embraces Selfless Death instead. This Hope that Jedi embody is truly the thing that makes Luke Skywalker a Hero. He isn’t powerful enough to win. He never has been. Alone he can only do so much but when utter desperation occurs he always chooses to sacrifice himself for Hope rather than trade in his goodness for a way out of hopelessness. Jedi are beacons of Hope & strong-will in a universe of overwhelming odds. But it is because of Luke’s unwavering Faith in Anakin Skywalker that Darth Vader returns to The Light Side of The Force.
@davids2254
5 жыл бұрын
Wow. Well put my friend
@handsomebrick
5 жыл бұрын
One thing that's neat about Darth Vader's mask is that it makes him harder to read. In RotJ in particular I'm always looking closely at Vader's face, trying in vain to see if he's torn about what he's doing, carefully reading his gestures for any clue. And when you do see his actual face under the mask, it's a scarred but also overjoyed face, the perfect visual representation of that moment. It also works perfectly for the twist in Empire, the emotional whiplash of seeing this dark and unstoppable figure suddenly reveal his true nature as a proud father.
@ethantruitt2141
7 жыл бұрын
Book 2 of Avatar: The Last Airbender uses this same structure beautifully
@TheBoxingNinja
6 жыл бұрын
Ethan Truitt Your right. Avatar The last Airbender in better than Star Wars for me. Sorry, is better than Star wars for me.
@KimbroEntertainment
7 жыл бұрын
Empire Strikes Back- Amazing A new hope- Great Return of the Jedi-...Great Force Awakens- Good Revenge of the Sith-...Good The Phantom Menace-Meh Attack of the Clones- I refuse to acknowledge this movies exsistence.
@weston6226
7 жыл бұрын
Instant.Michael I completely agree with this list!
@SolidPain6624
7 жыл бұрын
Instant.Michael I love your list but feel like majority of the Star Wars fans absolutely hate the force awakens but i am glad that u called it good because besides the fact that it almost copied a new hope it was a good movie to watch and rewatch. I don't get all the hate.
@SolidPain6624
7 жыл бұрын
madouc575 ya the Star Wars fan base can get really annoying sometimes. I like the prequels because they show the path to the dark side with anakin, maybe in not the best way possible, but still.
Thanks for the reminder of how bad the current Star Wars movies are.
@animaxindustries
7 жыл бұрын
Great video! Keep it up my man!
@irondarwin2483
7 жыл бұрын
Kasden noted that the middle act of a trilogy is (potentially) the best because we already got character introductions in the first act and we can put them through hell without having to resolve everything until the third act. There's also the incredible score and the exotic beauty of Cloud City juxtaposed with two of the saga's most traumatic moments (Han frozen and Vader's revelation).
@handsomebrick
5 жыл бұрын
That's one of the reason's why I admire Return of the Jedi so much, often considered the weak link of the original trilogy. It did such a great job despite all the disadvantages it had; right at the beginning you get to see Luke finally become a heroic Jedi master and Han and Leia reunited (a lesser movie would have put those things at the end to avoid showing them), and you get a genuine feeling at the end that the Empire is truly dead and that Darth Vader is truly redeemed which is no small feat (in a lesser movie those things could easily ring hollow), I believe this was itself a great disadvantage to The Force Awakens which tried to convince the audience that the Empire didn't completely fall despite how well Return of the Jedi convinced the audience otherwise. A good example of a lesser movie that failed in every way that Return of the Jedi succeeded is Revenge of the Sith.
@Gadget-Walkmen
3 жыл бұрын
@@handsomebrick LMAO Piss off with that stupid notion you fool. Revenge of the Sith is NOT a "lesser movie" that "fAILED In EveRY Way ThaT RetuRN Of the jeDI" NOR is it a "good example" of it at all you narrow minded fool. Get the heck out of here with that stupid statement as no one is buying that crap. Well that's a load of horse-shit. Lmao not even close. Revenge of the Sith is still amazing and awesome to this day even with the scattered flaws in the movie like romance and dialogue. The film is outstanding from creating art direction, character/costume design, atmosphere/tone, fight scenes, music that fits the scenes, outstanding visual shots, and even plotting even with scattered flaws like dialogue and romance still unfortunately sucks. It’s an amazing dark tragedy of a film that’s well-made. It SUCCEEDS in connecting the prequel era into the original to showcase everything came to be. Shut up with your nonsense that you're spewing out and piss off.
@killerkuerbis6845
5 жыл бұрын
When you want to like the video and see OP's comment stating TLJ is a great movie
@squinteastwood4637
6 жыл бұрын
Definitely one the greatest films of all time.
@Nonamearisto
6 жыл бұрын
If only JJ Abrams, Kathleen Kennedy, or Rian Johnson had watched this video...
@flankspeed
6 жыл бұрын
Ok, I have to say: that was a really good summary with thinking that makes good sense. Especially concerning the narrative arc crossing between the main characters. Well put.
@ytsas45488
6 жыл бұрын
Hey +Films&Stuff! I read your 'hot take' on TLJ in relation to Empire and read your reply stating that "[y]ou can't rise as a phoenix unless you burn the house down." While it sounds profound, I strongly disagree with that sentiment, and would really like to share my thoughts on why this is not the case here - or at least, not in the way you say it is. One aspect of that sentiment that troubles me is that TLJ was a “much needed departure from the status quo”. With the restructuring of the canon that came with TFA, the status quo consists of the content of the originals, the prequels, Rebels and the Clone Wars, and a few other novels, notably including the recent Ahsoka and Thrawn. If so, then the departure consists of (on the large scale) ignoring/making futile the military history of Star Wars during and prior to the reign of the empire and (on the small scale) ignoring/making futile the character arcs and plot threads of the movies that came before. How was such a departure from the rich and detailed history of Star Wars ever much needed? The prequels honored the originals by following the plot threads referenced by Ben and Vader, but backwards, describing the Clone Wars, the transfer of power from the Jedi to the Sith, and the rise and fall of Luke’s father. But the originals did not establish any plot threads leading to the future, and thus I feel that it was a mistake in the first place to even consider creating a sequel trilogy. Instead, there were many other paths to follow for a modern series of movies (Chiss, Mandalore, Geonosis; piracy, genocide, the inquisitorius, and more). If Disney were to truly diverge from the ‘Jedi vs. Monolithic Evil in three movies’ algorithm, those settings should have been how they would explore it. But I digress. With TFA setting the scene for Disney’s trilogy, the best TLJ could have done was to follow the plot lines that TFA established: uncovering/continuing the mysteries of Snoke and the Knights of Ren, showing the training of Rey, and so on. But, favoring visual spectacle and maximized content over a healthy franchise, TLJ, like its predecessor, tossed aside what the previous movie had built up to favoring the individual movie over the series as a whole. By investing themselves in the story of a franchise, the audience trusts the producers to follow the basic rules and precedents previously set. TLJ breaks that trust and makes the canon inconsistent, forcing the audience to either forget most of what already exists in canon to continue to invest themselves in future installments, or remove TLJ (and possibly even TFA) from their headcanon. This is why TLJ is so divisive. New installments in the series have a duty to honor the established history. The last Jedi sets a precedent for future movies to ‘retcon as they please’. If a phoenix is to rise from these ashes, it would be Disney subverting our expectations and sticking to the rules, precedents, and character arcs of the Star Wars universe instead of neglecting it for the third time in a row (aside from Rogue One, which although just an okay/average movie, was a fantastic Star Wars movie).
@Yora21
7 жыл бұрын
The Empire Strikes Back is by far my favorite movie and it manages that while not really having a plot in the traditional sense.
@maxeyre2024
5 жыл бұрын
Happy Star Wars Day everyone!! :)
@jlstek
7 жыл бұрын
Time and time again I have heard that Empire is one of the best movies ever and while I have always enjoyed it, I never really fully understood why until I watched this video. The way you broke it down is on point and why I really love this franchise so much
@gabrielledebourg2487
7 жыл бұрын
Very good an insightful commentary on what I consider my favourite film of all time... Kind of. Empire is perfect in essentially every aspect there is. It is the definitive telling of an Act 2 story ever made. Empire only has one "flaw", but also it's strongest strength: In it's commitment to being an Act 2 it lacks a beginning and an end. Now of course the film does have that - but it doesn't introduce us at all to the world around us, excepting our knowledge from the first to do that and most importantly not at all having an end - it's ending is not a cliffhanger, but it simply lacks any resolution. At the end it introduces us with new conflicts and revelations - who will be resolved in the next film. Therefore it completely follows the structure of the second act of the story which is the function on the grander narrative that it is. It is this adherence to daring to remain that Act 2 that allows it to keep this structure - it has no pretence of it's part of the grander narrative of introducing or wrapping up the story - but only to deepen it. Which is what it truly does. Everything in it adds depth to our characters and to the conflict at large. But this is also why I call it it's biggest "flaw" in a sense: It is the least watchable standalone Star Wars film. What I mean by that is that due to the nature of it's plot of lacking a satisfying beginning or end I need those other acts to wrap up the story. A New Hope or Return of the Jedi are much easier to watch standalone by themselves, as they wrap up the plots they have. Empire does not and it truly needs those other two films to get a good structure. Which is why it's brilliant - it's goal was to add depth to the universe, conflict and characters and it dared to that without compromise.
@riversandroots
5 жыл бұрын
bprn on 1970, i had the wonderful fortune of watching the ESB over and over again imon the big screen as a 10/11 yr old. Seems nerdy but it was a highlight of my life! what a movie!
@frankphillips6001
5 жыл бұрын
I first saw Empire as a 9 year old Star Wars fan. Waiting to see what was next for our heroes, I was not at all ready for what Lucas gave me. The beauty of this movie is how it takes the overall story nowhere while deepening and carrying the story further than the audience had ever expected. It remains the prime example of how a "2nd part" should be done.
@Isaac-gf3jt
4 жыл бұрын
the best movie ever made
@WorldCupNerd-ji2ny
7 жыл бұрын
I never thought about how the han and leia story is bookeded by goodbyes. Very interesting. Similarly, the Luke story is bookended by a Defeated Luke hanging up side down and reaching out with the force to save him
@solosulu6971
7 жыл бұрын
Okay, fuck it. That's it. THAT'S IT. That's the final straw.. I'm subscribing.
@infinityrocks7360
7 жыл бұрын
Solo Sulu what was preventing u in the first place? Lol
@nightowl356
7 жыл бұрын
I don´t want to nitpick the movie, but the 2 story lines always felt not in synch from a time perspective. I know it´s fiction, but for me as a viewer it always feels off. Luke´s training is presented as if it took weeks or even months, but Leia & Han´s chase felt like hours or maybe a few days.
@ARKAEOPTREX
7 жыл бұрын
Their Hyperdrive was not working so they had to fly with Not-FTL to Bespin. Also the empire was there before. It's never explained in the movie, so therefore a bit of a flaw, but their journey could took at least a month or more.
@aurorauplinks4703
6 жыл бұрын
Broken lightspeed generator they probably were only getting it to work at less then a quarter of it's max speed
@handsomebrick
5 жыл бұрын
You think that's weird, have you ever noticed that in A New Hope Luke destroys the Death Star in like 2 hours?
@thecritic4598
7 жыл бұрын
WOW SPOILERS!
@jamesmathews243
4 жыл бұрын
Definitely the best Star Wars film.
@jadedinosaur7573
7 жыл бұрын
Empire Strikes Back might be a little too perfect. As the high mark of the series, all of the movies that come after it must be compared to it. The only thing that has ever come close to Empire's quality are the throneroom scenes in Return of the Jedi. In this way, I... Actually kinda believe that Empire is retroactively hurting the Star Wars franchise.
@ariesroc
7 жыл бұрын
I have no trouble at all with it as it only is what it is because of the movie immediately in front of it and the one right after it. By itself it's a movie that couldn't possibly be made because it has no proper start or ending. It gains it's weight because of the context and that we know that Vader is Anakin which in the movie by itself might not be true anymore than destroying the Death Star ended the Empire though ANH told us just that. So it's importance is matched by the other 5 movies around it as they all tell a different part of the 6 episode story.
@cruizerdave
6 жыл бұрын
That is an interesting theory. It is also the lowest grossing SW film ... weird.
@loveshack6880
6 жыл бұрын
Jade Dinosaur mark lol
@aurorauplinks4703
6 жыл бұрын
Aka Lucas sorta knew it was too good for a sequel but what can he do, I think that's why phantam menace was setting up Darth jarjar, so film one and two would be weak, then once you get the jarjar reveal the prequal has it's empire twist to how you view the whole trillogy, and he was building alota similar Sparks to combine, but he was too worried and then overcompensated with clones so it's too serious yet the jarjar reveal isn't setup so it's all sorta fucked Abit but you still see the hints and Sparks to it which is why jarjar bothers everyone, we can see the hints but it's like trying to sneeze without sneezing and we're all just pissed
@fwwaller
5 жыл бұрын
The Throne room scenes in jedi crush Empire's whole runtime.
@francescopapania1816
6 жыл бұрын
Someone send this to rian johnson, holy shit.
@DeltaSpark8
6 жыл бұрын
And timestamp the bit at 5:17. "The core of Star Wars has been damaged, but not destroyed." Yeah, I can except Han dying, especially in a way that concludes his character and helps move that of Kylo Ren's forward, but the way Luke and his final moments were handled was unacceptable. And with Carrie Fisher gone, I can only imagine how they'll handle Leia's inevitable death.
@EthnHayabusa
7 жыл бұрын
Wonderful.
@mikaelr.9676
7 жыл бұрын
Oh man... he had to use my favorite star wars score piece right there... 6:24
@nolsee1176
Жыл бұрын
Empire 100% succeeded where most movies fail these days. We cared deeply for the characters, and so were invested in seeing them try to overcome their plight. My brother yelled and lost his mind for a moment when Luke lost his hand.
@StewartFletcher
6 жыл бұрын
Oh man... I love this movie. Just hearing the musical themes wells up tears in my eyes. It is so amazing.
@arsenaldailytransfernews
6 жыл бұрын
I recently bought the Original Trilogy on VHS for just $5! Great Find!
@LoLzZ85
6 жыл бұрын
The cinematography and lighting is spot on.
@InternetMameluq
7 жыл бұрын
Brilliant analysis, I'm gonna share this on Fatbook. I never noticed many of things that you mentioned here, but the hanging upside down thing stuck out to me especially... are you familiar with the Tarot? This card may interest you: "The [hanged man] is wearing red pants representing human passion and the physical body, a blue coat for knowledge, and yellow shoes representing his high ideals. Around the Hanged Man’s head is a bright yellow halo showing spiritual attainment, with the grey background suggesting invisibility (a good reminder to not flaunt your spirituality). This is the card of ultimate surrender, of being suspended in time and of martyrdom and sacrifice to the greater good. This is the archetype to meditate on to help break old patterns of behaviour and bad habits that restrict you. www.biddytarot.com/tarot-card-meanings/major-arcana/hanged-man/ Sound familiar? This sounds like an uncanny resemblance to me! Even moreso since both the characters are heavily connected with the idea of Martyrs...
@chrissavage5298
6 жыл бұрын
All the while I'm watching this, I'm just like... Dang. I need to watch the originals again. The Disney sequels can make you forget what real Star Wars feels like.
@winesgone
5 жыл бұрын
3:12 I think Anakin and Padmé should’ve been on the run from 3 - 4 bounty hunters (not Jango). This would’ve made their fall in love more interesting and been a cool mirror image to Empire. Though I’m not talking space scenes, but underworld of Coruscant, then to Tatooine (Anakins mum dying and him killing sand people is EXTREMELY important to the story of Star Wars), then to Genosis.
@pingpong2456
7 жыл бұрын
This is a perfect movie, so was Star Wars IV, Fargo, Shawshank, Jaws...
@daltondeverell4039
7 жыл бұрын
and the godfather
@Ornsteinsfruitycousin
4 жыл бұрын
Personally my favorite is rotj but esb is the best star wars movie
@cesarcabrera97
7 жыл бұрын
At Bespin Luke lost a hand, but won a dad. I think that evens things up
@poseidonc1259
5 жыл бұрын
5 fingers comes to an odd number... unacceptable!
@PJKP82
5 жыл бұрын
Damn, now I want to watch the Despecialized Edition again. I just finished watching it again, a few months ago!
@joh5853
7 жыл бұрын
6:24 - 6:30 gave me so many chills 😆😆😆
@jasonblalock4429
5 жыл бұрын
Another aspect of ESB I find fascinating, and which sets it apart from basically every other blockbuster ever: *everyone loses.* The ONLY character in the entire movie who concretely achieves their stated goal is a tertiary player who only has like four lines and whose name isn't even said onscreen. Otherwise, the movie is basically a long string of failures for everyone involved. Which means that in terms of story, the only forward motion comes from the characters and their development, not the plot. That's basically unheard of for an action movie. (Even the Empire's "victory" at Hoth was Pyrrhic. The Rebels had never intended it as a permanent base, so weren't really harmed by its loss. They suffered minimal casualties, and all of their ships got away. Vader also failed to bring home Luke, Leia, or any other important figures. Then to top it off, he lost an entire Star Destroyer in the asteroid belt! Vader ultimately lost much more than he won.)
@dr.jpdixon6299
6 жыл бұрын
Holy shit! I need to rewatch Empire, I saw A New Hope yesterday but I haven't seen Empire that much, might be my least viewed SW film without counting Force Awakens and Rogue One
@OGStarwars
6 жыл бұрын
Doctor JP the way the sequel trilogy is going, they are my least favorite. Especially for Luke portrayal
@doyleperkins7663
6 жыл бұрын
" The Last Jedi is the best Star Wars Film Since Empire." Really, in what universe? Certainly not the Star War universe, nor our own universe for that matter.
@handsomebrick
5 жыл бұрын
What do you think of Solo?
@rekunta
6 жыл бұрын
Too bad The Last Jedi shits all over the character development accomplished in the OT. Star Wars is dead but at least the three originals remain.
@martok2112
5 жыл бұрын
The Empire Strikes Back is a beautifully made film in many ways. I like how you mentioned that Han, Luke, and Leia only have about a minute and half of screentime together. I wonder if even a minute and a half of being together in The Force Awakens could have given that movie a boost. Of course, it would depend on how meaningful and well-written the scene was, but, that was one thing that Mark Hamill lamented. Han is dead as a character. Carrie Fisher, the beloved actress, is dead, but Princess Leia will supposedly still be involved in Episode IX thanks to some unused footage from The Force Awakens. Luke is a Force Ghost now. That is indeed sad for not just fans, but for the actors as well, especially now with the loss of Carrie Fisher. Had they been given a minute and a half scene together in TFA, it probably could have elevated the film a bit.
@dyldobaggins8173
7 жыл бұрын
I'm glad i watched this. I've seen the OT so many times that i forget to notice this stuff and just quote all the lines.
@Johnprestonevans74
6 жыл бұрын
While most films that fray into too many separate plot lines, Empire Strikes Back was able to keep theirs enthralling and complimentary to one another. Think of all the movies that have failed in this regard, where disjointed or uninteresting story lines slows a film down to a grinding halt, or simply cuts the good stuff into chunks we're waiting to get back to. Not here. This is a near flawless movie with strong character development and excellent direction. This is the movie that turned Star Wars from a solitary blockbuster into the worlds biggest entertainment franchise spanning 40+ years. Thank Irvin Kershner and Gary Kurtz.
@manamaster6
6 жыл бұрын
Character growth and development?!Those are words that don't apply to the new trilogy.
@lionofjudah6753
6 жыл бұрын
Disagree. TLJ is amazing for that very reason
@hadorstapa
6 жыл бұрын
I think what concerns me is when character growth/development happens off-screen, between instalments.
@SP990
6 жыл бұрын
Better than forced character growth, like in the original...
@connorskywalker4847
6 жыл бұрын
I agree manamaster6, the new trilogy lacks character growth entirely. All the new characters just are who they are like superman or the ant in my back yard. They arent motivated, they arent tested, they dont FAIL (which I think is key) and they dont grow at all. I dont like movies about the ant in my backyard. Who would?
@manamaster6
6 жыл бұрын
Connor Skywalker I guess they do fail, but they don't semm to grow even after that.
@dimitreze
7 жыл бұрын
James Gunn stole Empire's structure for Guardians 2.
@Freshwater121
7 жыл бұрын
Amen
@PsychorGames
7 жыл бұрын
Ramen.
@PickleManDylBoy
2 жыл бұрын
Usually a 2nd movie in a franchise is horrible. But this is the best Star Wars movie ever. Imagine waking out of the theatre after this was released. How your expectations were already extremely high and they were blown out of the water. That’s awesome.
@UltimateKyuubiFox
7 жыл бұрын
Excellent work. You're one of my favorite content creators.
@jothishprabu8
3 жыл бұрын
The plot twist at the end of this movie is actually really good. It's executed well and sends the Star Wars franchise in an interesting direction. Too bad the rest of this movie was nothing but filler nonsense, lazy setups for future plot lines, and mediocre fight scenes. It's poorly paced and at the end, only three or four scenes end up being important. The entire first act on Hoth is boring and insignificant. The pacing is way too slow considering that this is just the rebels' temporary hideout that is destroyed early on. This entire section of the movie contains so many scenes that are just bizarre in terms of why they're even included. Like when Luke Skywalker gets captured by a yeti for some reason and saves himself using the force despite not even knowing about the force. I honestly don't get why they even decided to drag out the section taking place on Hoth at all. The only reason it exists is to establish that the rebels set up a temporary base and had to leave when the empire attacked it. It would have made sense for that part to happen way earlier in the movie. And speaking of the part where the empire attacks the base on Hoth, the fight scene that takes place here is excruciating. It's dragged out way too much and the action is insanely repetitive. The entire thing is just planes flying around and shooting at big walking machines. The scenes with Luke being trained by Yoda are painfully uninteresting and while this is going on, the other characters are going through some forgettable scenes leading up to one of the dumbest parts of the movie: Han Solo getting captured. He literally just lets the bad guys freeze him in a block of metal, which is one of the laziest possible ways they could have set up this plot line to be resolved in the beginning of the next movie. After that there's some more fighting and the movie ends. That's basically everything notable that happens in this part of the movie. It's completely forgettable and there are very few notable scenes in this entire movie. It's devoid of any personality aside from a few character interactions and the entire thing only exists to deliver one plot twist.
@Justdisco2
6 жыл бұрын
Yeah and last Jedi has none of thease values.
@ethancampbell7708
6 жыл бұрын
It actually has most of them, if you finally decide to drop your biased opinion towards the film, you might actually see that it has most of these included.
@Justdisco2
6 жыл бұрын
The force is female, SJW fminist agenda, Rian Johnson and Kathleen Kennedy just gave the middle finger to 35 - 50 year old males who enjoyed the original star wars when it was released,, What values do you think the latest star films have ? I would like to know, Episodes 1-3 were crap, but at least, they were original in a good way and they had a proper cohesive story..
@EddieMachetti
5 жыл бұрын
EthanCampbell7 Nah, this was by far the worst SW film. It was as if they intentionally put everything to the side for SJW propaganda. They even had a little animal rights speech thrown in for shits and gigs. It was unnecessary bullshit that doesn’t belong, and they have serious balls if they pull that shit again. And let’s not forget Leia floating through space, fuel talk, Rose, the other annoying bitch, Snokes fart in the wind-like death, the nipple drinking, light saber throwing, textbook burning, ALL BULLSHIT and everything against the OT. I hate this film more and more everyday.
@ClassicJukeboxBand
6 жыл бұрын
Excellent analysis, but the first movie was better.
@herrlogan17
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. This is why TLJ failed in telling a story, there is no plot structure.
@veteran0121
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah this movie is the best ever. I don't care what anyone says to the contrary.
@justinwoolhiser5120
6 жыл бұрын
Please do one destroying the last Jedi
@FilmsStuff
6 жыл бұрын
Be careful not to choke on your aspirations
@justinwoolhiser5120
6 жыл бұрын
Films&Stuff cmon any movie with a plot that doesn’t further the overall story has a weak structure.
@FilmsStuff
6 жыл бұрын
only a sith deals in absolutes
@justinwoolhiser5120
6 жыл бұрын
Films&Stuff I will do what I must
@justinwoolhiser5120
6 жыл бұрын
Films&Stuff well if you liked the movie I look forward to a video on it nevertheless you know your stuff
@benv7933
5 жыл бұрын
Rian Johnson REALLY should’ve watched this!
@CLsmoove_1000
7 жыл бұрын
I don't get it. Out of all three eras in Star Wars...the Originals, the Prequels, and the Sequels, the Originals were obviously the best. Legendary movies. However, the Prequels weren't bad not by a long shot. And the Sequels are just getting started. I'll admit, Jar Jar was a huge mistake. But the Prequels told a brilliant story that made sense of the Originals with excellent character development. We saw the coming of age of a talented yet immature Anakin Skywalker turn into the fearsome Darth Vader. A young Obi-Wan Kenobi and the things he went through and emergence of the evil Empire. For me, the Prequels were great and fun. And they complemented the Originals extremely well. Even Episode One was fantastic. And yes I do consider it the worst of all the movies but for it to be the worst and still be that good shows how great Star Wars as a whole is. Legendary. So sit back and rewatch the Prequels and understand it's genius.
@ChucksSEADnDEAD
7 жыл бұрын
Not really, it was an attempt to write a pseudo-convoluted political drama that really only made the Republic look like shit and turned the Jedi into a corrupt, politically driven paramilitary force. Oh boy we just _happen_ to have this clone army to fight the CIS droids. We don't even see Obi Wan and Anakin as friends, we have to be _told_ about it in an elevator exposition scene and then we skip into snarky comments and bickering - brilliant character development, everyone! Skywalker and Amidala fall in love for no reason other than the plot demanding it - brilliant storytelling. Making sense of the originals? Everyone knew the Jedi in the prequels, and 20 years later people think it's an archaic religion (not to mention the thousand years/thousand generations inconsistency). The originals already made sense, anything that wasn't shown didn't need to be explained as the lack of explanation itself created that sense of wonder about the Galaxy. Nothing wrong with expanding on that cinematic universe, but please don't fuck up the lore by introducing so many unecessary elements and contradictions. Anakin didn't need to be Space Jesus to make Vader a better villain. I don't need to rewatch it to know that the dialogue is terrible, the overreliance on CGI sticks out like a sore thumb (especially when you notice how much better the practical sets look), even the shooting of the dialogue is absolute dogshit and looks like a soap opera where people just stand/sit around so they can deliver the most lines per minute as cheaply as possible.
@androognoix1685
7 жыл бұрын
Okay geez we see how much nostalgia blinds you-I mean how much you don't like the prequels, btw Empire Strikes Back sucks www.simplysyndicated.com/why-empire-strikes-back-sucks-gundark-poodoo/
@teamrabbitalec
6 жыл бұрын
What if I told you, that there were more practical effects in each prequel than the entire OT combined? Look up compositing. Very difficult, reason why prequels look bad. As well as some poorly used CGI.
@MarkArandjus
6 жыл бұрын
6:20 not sure if that was amazingly edited or just John Williams swelling music making things amazing :P
@SpenceSWlibrary
7 жыл бұрын
I've always found Empire overrated... (runs away and hides)
@SolidPain6624
7 жыл бұрын
A Little Bit of Evreything overrated in terms of what? It's not the best movie of all time perhaps but it is top 10 and you can't argue that...
@SpenceSWlibrary
7 жыл бұрын
No, I wouldn't top 10 it. I know I'm in the minority here, but in terms of pacing, it's not very good. Do we really need Han in Leia in a worm for all that time? No, they should have went straight to Bespin and built up Lando even more, (you could have them fall in love there) and when he did ultimately betray Han and company, his betrayal would have meant more. In what we have, it feels like we just smile, shrug and say "Oh, Lando...we should have known better. Han said you were bad news" (que jelly spotter from Sponge Bob saying "wah wah wahhh.") Then you have the wampa scene in the beginning. What was the point of that? Because Mark Hamil had surgery on his face? OK...I guess. I think people get caught up in the awe of the good parts. Giant snow battle. Yoda. "Oooh, he's your father." It think it gets overpraised way to much. Don't get me wrong, I love Empire as much as I love the other original five films, and it might be sacrilegious to say this but Empire is not my favorite Star Wars movie. Nothing wrong with those who do think it's the best, that's just my opinion. You can take it or leave it.
@OGStarwars
6 жыл бұрын
lol
6 жыл бұрын
A Little Bit of Evreything you want a rushed action film. Understandable. This film had plenty good pacing because it's not an action film. It was a space adventure. You want them less in space and more in Cloud City? The space thing was kinda the whole point.
@aurorauplinks4703
6 жыл бұрын
Watch the cut scenes of empire thiers a KZitem copy
@starwarsjunkie7776
6 жыл бұрын
The thing about TESB is that the soundtrack is absolutely legendary. The orchestration is insanely detailed, focused, and hyper-energized for each moment. Comparing the original trilogy to any other Star Wars movie simply will let you down.
@Verebazs
7 жыл бұрын
Facepalm. No the Anakin and Padmé romance doesn't fail. It succeeds at what it was intentionally trying to do, which was precisely to show why these two are incompatible. Anakin worships an idea he has of Padmé, as this angel that came and visited him in hell, arriving on the side of his saver. He doesn't love her for who she is. Padmé on the otherhand is woman who never had a real love live, she always sacrificed her wants and needs to help others. So when she sees Anakin at his weakest (after his mother dies and he struggles to make sense of the horrible rampage of revenge he committed), she sees someone in need, and figures "If my love can help him, then love him I will". That's why they're so awkvard. It was intentional.
@Tesseradical17
7 жыл бұрын
Very interesting interpretation. I'm replacing mine with yours.
@Verebazs
7 жыл бұрын
Just listen to how Across the Stars begins, it tells the exact story I just described: it starts with a harp, the instrument usually associated with angels ie Anakin meets Padmé his angel. But it's almost immediately overlayed by mournful chellos, singaling that it's a bad thing he views her as such.
@Freshwater121
7 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that was the intention. But it didn't work out so well in execution.
@Tesseradical17
7 жыл бұрын
"Across the Stars" does strike me as beautiful, yet sad, almost tragic. Kinda like Leia's description of her mother. "She was very beautiful. Kind, but sad." Disregarding knowledge of the future, the sadness does seem to play a part in this romantic melody. "Doomed from the start," perhaps.
@standardtom483
7 жыл бұрын
So it was intentionally making the audience as uncomfortable as possible for the middle act of the film? I mean, even if that's what they wanted - and I'm not convinced it was - that's still not a smart thing to put at the forefront of a film in the Star Wars saga.
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