DarkFather said:
And that can't be said of Empire Strikes Back, plus more?

"Reasonable appeal to the majority." No. Appeal to the majority is one of the absolute lamest paths to go. Because a bunch of people like it, doesn't make it right. I personally refuse to base my opinion of a film based on what the majority likes. That's called being a sheep.

If more people agree with you about a subject than me, I hope you realize that means nothing.

So you object to the majority appeal on principal, not the evidence IMDB provided.

But since we're talking about the ultimately subjective discussion of quality of a sci-fi/fantasy film, doesn't the extreme-belovedness is has garnered count for something?