Review of The Empire Strikes Back (1980) by Adam M — 14 Aug 2017

While many believe this Film is the greatest sequel and probably the Best Film ever made I don't quite agree with that statement however I do think this is a great film and is probably the Best Movie in the Star Wars Franchise, this is one of those rare movies that is better then the Original.

I think the 1st hour of this Film might be the best 1st hour of a film I've ever seen that's not to say the rest is bad I was still invested with the characters and their struggles and sitiuations it's just that I thought the First hour was extremely well done with the whole trying to find luke and the hoth battle.

The acting was much much better in this film and the characters were all very well developed, complex and had a purpose in this story. I loved Han and leia's relationship and the funny banter between them it really paid off at the end with that emotional "I know" moment.

Yoda and luke's relationship was also brilliantly done and they had great chemistry and I must say mark hamill was really good in this film he really matured and you were with him on this journey to become a jedi I loved how they expanding on the characters and there relationships that's what sequels should do take the characters from the first film to new heights with stakes and emotion.

Now let's talk about Vader and the Empire a true force to be reckoned with they actually felt like a truly Unstoppable organisation in this film and you really felt Han,Leia, chewbacca and c3po were in great danger.

Vader is a Perfect villian and more importantly you actually understand him in this film and know where's he is coming from and that final confrontation with Luke and Darth Vader was so emotionally Powerful and obviously that "I am your Father" twist still to this day is the best twist in film history truly unexpected.

I do have 2 nitpicks and probably will get hate for it as most people call this a perfect film, I thought it felt really long for just a split second when they landed on bespin but after that it started going again and also I didn't really like the character of lando I thought he was typical clichà (C) type, betrays friend then regrets it and tries to help him kind of guy it didn't really work for me but other then that this film is great, strong script with well written characters who all have emotional arcs in this film the action was really good especially the epic Hoth Battle, fantastic directing and powerful moments that resonate with you as an audience.

Even though and I think this is not a perfect film (no film is perfect) I'm still going to give it 5 out of 5 because of the strong emotional moments it had and the way it expanded on the first film.