So if you're talking about nostalga, I should still love ROTJ?
But you do. You're still giving it way more credit than it deserves. Hell, I rank Phantom Menace over Return of the Jedi. That movie exists solely for the last half hour. Everything before that alternates between confused and boring, save for the speederbike chase. I still like Attack of the Clones the least out of all six, so Jedi's got a leg up on one of them, but most people who make these sort of "OT PURE" arguments end up kneecapping themselves when they give Return of the Jedi way more credit than it really deserves, simply because it was made back then.
But you do. You're still giving it way more credit than it deserves. Hell, I rank Phantom Menace over Return of the Jedi. That movie exists solely for the last half hour. Everything before that alternates between confused and boring, save for the speederbike chase. I still like Attack of the Clones the least out of all six, so Jedi's got a leg up on one of them, but most people who make these sort of "OT PURE" arguments end up kneecapping themselves when they give Return of the Jedi way more credit than it really deserves, simply because it was made back then.
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You didn't read my comment, I said that ESB & the original are way better than ROTJ, and that though ROTJ is still a good movie it comes no where close to the quality of the first two. Does it start off slow at Jabbas Palace, yes, but the Yoda death scene is great , and when Luke kicks every ones ass on the sailbarge is great, and the final act is great with the Emperor and the Space Battle, that sequence alone is better than anything from the prequels. Now for the ending, I used to love it , but was alot better when Hayden's mug wasn't staring back at Luke, but that is another issue alltogether.
My whole point is if it was nostalgia it would be #1 for me, but it is #3, and my tastes have changed on it since then. Is it a classic, no, but it is still a pretty damn good movie.
As for people arguing about Star Wars in the early 80's, I am sure people argued about which one was better of the three, and I'm sure there were heated arguments over whether the Ewoks were necessary. But there are SW fans who despise the prequels, I mean really hate them. I personally dont like TPM, think AOTC was alright, and liked ROTS. But people didn't hate the OT, now I am talking about just SW fans now, people who were SW fans did not despise to the same level toward TPM back in 1999. Sure we didn't love the Ewoks, but I know people who utterly hate Jar Jar. Most people say the Ewoks bring down ROTJ, in which I agree, Jar Jar to most people ruins TPM, which was already shoddy to begin with, and that is why his role is limited in the next two movies.
I agree that the internet brings out some juvenile arguments, but the prequels and SE have opened up a can of worms cause people who grew up with this series feel Lucas is spitting in our face. Is it a movie, yes, do we take it to seriously sometimes, yes, but it's entertainment, that's what is suppose to be for.