Part of Dastardly Difficult December: film nr.50

This review is for the super duper latest special edition Blu-ray thing

Dear Mr. Lucas,

Stop treating your Star Wars franchise like it's a scab that needs to be picked at.

You are painting a moustache on the Mona Lisa.

Stop it.

Please.

Yours sincerely,

Me.

yep, all five.

this movie tells so many little stories, some of them only one shot without any dialogue.

I think I'm having a heart attack...there's going to be a Star Wars Episode VII in 2015. A sequel to this...ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...THE PAIN!!!! Cos this is a great film!

8 year old me: "This is the single greatest..."
23 year old me: "...piece of shit! What's with the teddy bears?"

There's a LOT to like in this film. But there's more to hate.

Yub Yub.

I can't review this film. It's my favourite Star Wars film. I know it has ewoks but the last hour gripped me as a kid and still to this day draws me in like a dough eyed eight year old. It's my favourite. It's a personal choice and I make no apologies for it.

I love return of the Jedi.

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Finally managed to get round to watching this again on Blu-Ray and I have two points to note:

1. The Ewok blinking did not bother me one way or another
2. The Darth Vader "Noooooooooooo" SERIOUSLY bothered me and although it wasn't as bad as I thought it COMPLETELY changed one of the greatest scenes of the film. I can only pray to god that Lucas stays the HELL away from Abrams new trilogy.

On the film as a whole though people say this is the weakest of the trilogy and while that may be the case it still has a special place in my heart.

this movie could have been so much better if george lucas didn't decide to throw away the majority of the original script

yep, all five.

this movie tells so many little stories, some of them only one shot without any dialogue.

I still think this is quite a bit better than many give it credit for, even though watching it at this point, for me, felt almost pointless. I watched this more than any other Star Wars movie when I was a kid, and I was kind of surprised, having let nine years pass since my last viewing, how totally I recalled nearly every line. Nevertheless, this is a lean movie for a 135-minute blockbuster, with essentially, what, two real acts? I mean, they show up on Tatooine, do that whole thing, and then are on Endor with only Luke's time with Yoda in between. Pace makes for solid entertainment, and I'd still say they conclude Luke's story so very well that the picture on the whole feels pretty good by the end of it. And that space battle's pretty damn sweet.

There's so much wrong with VI... Han Solo is a pussy, Ewoks are annoying, humour is childish and I'm still pretty sure Leia isn't Luke's sister.

Still, I enjoyed this theatrical cut more than the SE. At least there's no disrespecting Sebastian Shaw (Anakin), probably the thing that irks me the most about later versions.

Even though it contains a lot of flaws, there are some seminal moments here that make it essential viewing.

its fine

This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.

A great ending to the saga! I just hope JJ Abrams does something great to breathe new life into the new ones. I'm skeptical but I have faith in Abrams. He hasn't disappointed me yet.