Monday, 14 December 2015

Star Wars Episode VI: The Return of the Jedi (1983)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086190/

The rescue missions, Luke's new mastery of the Force and his struggle to win Vader over to the good side are all very fun and exciting, but the Ewoks are stupid and I'm not impressed that nobody could come up with a better Empire threat than "new improved Death Star".

Four stars

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080684

And here it is: the greatest of the Star Wars films to date.  The rebels are on the run, Han and Leia are falling in love, Vader reveals the big twist and everything Yoda does and says is brilliant. Action adventure film making at its greatest.

Five stars

They Came Together (2014)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2398249/

Middle-of-the-road, medium funny romantic comedy spoof.  None of the jokes are stand-out and the forced cheesiness is pretty irritating but the leads are great and it did make me laugh.  Perhaps I hate romcoms so much I can't even truly enjoy a spoof version?!

Three stars