Review of The Empire Strikes Back (1980) by Robwinz — 07 Aug 2020

It's honestly so beautiful watching this movie on the big screen and after 40 years this movie holds up very well, it's so good.

The Empire Strikes Back is probably the best Star Wars movie ever and it's honestly a masterpiece and a half.

The movie's got a brilliant plot, which pretty much follows on from the New Hope. It's pretty much about Darth Vader (David Prowse) making Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamil) turn to the dark side.

So, Yoda (Frank Oz) trains Luke to be a jedi knight so he doesn't turn to the dark side.

While Han Solo (Harrison Ford), Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew), C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) and RD-D2 (Kenny Baker) try to escape from the imperial fleet before it's too late.

We later get introduced to a new character called Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams), who's the owner of Cloud City and who's also good old friends with Han Solo, we get to see more of his character throughout this movie.

Also, the acting from all the actors/actresses are all honestly amazing and they all do a great job in their roles throughout this brilliant movie. There's even a lot of heart and soul with these characters throughout this movie, especially with Yoda. He's got some great quotes which are very inspirational and a lot of them are very memorable.

The love and hate relationship, which Han Solo and Princess Leia have got throughout this movie is honestly beautifully shown and it's very great.

The dialogue which is given from all the characters throughout this movie is all honestly great.

There's so many great comedy moments throughout this movie, either that being a scene where Han Solo and Leia are flirting with each other or it being a scene with Yoda, Luke and R2-D2 being hilarious.

I even love how we get to see little sneak peaks to what Darth Vader looks like underneath the helmet throughout this movie, it's honestly brilliant.

Finally, the pacing which this movie's got is honestly so good and it's so great for the build ups for certain moments.

The cinematography which was shot by Peter Suschitzky is honestly beautiful and he's done a beautiful job on capturing the scenes so well.

The score which was composed by the man, the myth and the legend John Williams is honestly so beautiful. It works so well with the scenes it's been placed with, he's honestly the best at composing some of the greatest scores for the greatest movies ever.

The action scenes are all honestly great, especially that last one, that one's got some beautiful choreography in it and the music which was composed by John Williams goes so well with it.

Overall, The Empire Strikes Back is honestly a masterpiece and a half and it's the best Star Wars movie to this day. The movie's got a brilliant plot, amazing acting from all the cast and it's even got some great dialogue from all of the characters. It's even got some great humour which works very well, some very good pacing, some very inspirational and very funny quotes. There's even some beautiful cinematography, a beautiful soundtrack which was composed by the legend John Williams and some very great action scenes. I'd honestly recommend to watch this one straight after you've watched A New Hope, it's honestly worth the watch.