by DaGip on Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:15 am
It is really hard to rank them as both trilogies are so far apart time wise.
You really have to see the movies at the time of their genre to make a decision. As I am one who had seen all the movies at the time of their genre, this is how I vote them:
Phantom-blows monkeypoop (unless you are a 10 year old)
Clones-blows
Sith-Good until the "DarthVader, arise!" scene
Hope-Good all around
Empire-absolute genius
Jedi-Good beginning, but did we really need to blow up a DeathStar again?
So I would rank these movies as such:
Empire
Hope
Sith
Jedi
Clones
Phantom
Now ranking each trilogy separately:
Empire
Hope
Jedi
Sith
Clones
Phantom
And I guess if I imagine that I had seen the Second set of trilogies first, my vote would probably hover around making Sith either first or second, because of action and special effects...but not alone does a movie make.
I ranked Sith over Jedi because the action in Sith was better and darker.
I ranked Hope over Sith because Hope brought a fresh idea to the masses at the time...we would spend all day and evening in the movie theaters and watch the movies over and over, and then come back the next weekend and do it all over again! I mean, how many of us can lip sink the entire New Hope script?
Empire is definitely #1 in my book. The action was well balanced with the drama, and I will never forget how I felt when Lando betrayed Han! And don't forget the ending! Wow! Can't wait for the third movie! Then it came...and I wasn't all that impressed by it. I mean...Teddy Bear suits? Come on, people... (Yub, Yub?)