Originally posted by: zombie84
Yes, Star Wars was almost unanimously praised. True, there were some bad reviews--not EVERY SINGLE PERSON loved it--but a good 90% gave it favourable reviews and most of those were highly favourable.
ESB on the other hand was very divided. Some loved it, some liked it, many did not. It still was overall favoured by it was very divided. ROTJ on the other hand was viciously criticised--there were still plenty who liked it, but the amount of backlash was almost as bad as the PT.
I guess I didn't see any of those bad reviews, I'm not saying they don't exist, but I clearly remember watching Joel Siegel's review (on Good Morning America I think) and he gave it a glowing review, Siskel and Ebert also gave it 2 thumbs up, and I have several magazine/newpaper clippings from '83 that are all favorable. I think New York Magazine's review was luke-warm (no pun intended), but I may be wrong about that. Yes, Star Wars was almost unanimously praised. True, there were some bad reviews--not EVERY SINGLE PERSON loved it--but a good 90% gave it favourable reviews and most of those were highly favourable.
ESB on the other hand was very divided. Some loved it, some liked it, many did not. It still was overall favoured by it was very divided. ROTJ on the other hand was viciously criticised--there were still plenty who liked it, but the amount of backlash was almost as bad as the PT.
But it's true- if you dig around, you can find negative reviews for ANY movie.