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Ranking the Star Wars films — Page 57

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It’s no squirrel, it’s rabbit face. Pay attention Dura !

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  1. The Empire Strikes Back
  2. The Force Awakens = Star Wars
  3. Return of The Jedi
  4. Revenge of The Sith
  5. The Phantom Menace
  6. Attack of The Clones
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TV’s Frink said:

Lord Haseo said:

  1. The Force Awakens = Star Wars

I’m a fan of TFA but I can’t go that far.

I quote it, as a proof that every 10 000 posts you write we can still agree on something essential.

[I can’t even understand how ANH and TESB wouldn’t get 10/10 but weird grades such as 8.2… I mean, what’s the .2 about exactly ?]

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TV’s Frink said:

Lord Haseo said:

  1. The Force Awakens = Star Wars

I’m a fan of TFA but I can’t go that far.

I can see why you would say that but from my perspective each film has aspects that are stronger than those in the other film to the point that they cancel each other out. I can’t say one film is better than the other without feeling either guilty or unsure about my decision.

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Don’t be too hasty. I tend to add or subtract decimal numbers all of the time. A 7.5 can turn into a 7.2 in no time!

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Decimals are too much for me. I just use a simple x/10 system now. Anyway, this is probably the tenth ranking I’ve posted here but whatever. Here’s my biased, nostalgia blind, fanboy rating (since some people here might see me as all of the above, I’ll spare you the effort of typing it)

SW/ESB - 10/10
ROTJ/TFA - 9/10

And it’s been a long time since I’ve watched more than half of a PT film, so I’m going off of fuzzy memories here:

ROTS/TPM - 4/10
AOTC - 2/10

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MalàStrana said:

[I can’t even understand how ANH and TESB wouldn’t get 10/10 but weird grades such as 8.2… I mean, what’s the .2 about exactly ?]

Since we’ve already talked decimals into the ground, there’s also the 10/10 business. I love Star Wars, really I do. But at its best, it’s around 8/10. There’s better films. There’s better sci-fi. You have to leave room at the top of the scale for that. Annie Hall won the Oscar fair and square. I’ll see myself out, thanks 😉

Project Threepio (Star Wars OOT subtitles)

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Decimals are complicated but think about it this way. Haven’t you ever rewatched a movie and liked/disliked it slightly more or less than you did the previous viewing? That’s why I use decimals.

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Using decimals is pointless and stupid. If you want more resolution, use a scale with range 100. It saves you typing pointless dots.

真実

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CatBus said:

MalàStrana said:

[I can’t even understand how ANH and TESB wouldn’t get 10/10 but weird grades such as 8.2… I mean, what’s the .2 about exactly ?]

Since we’ve already talked decimals into the ground, there’s also the 10/10 business. I love Star Wars, really I do. But at its best, it’s around 8/10. There’s better films. There’s better sci-fi. You have to leave room at the top of the scale for that. Annie Hall won the Oscar fair and square. I’ll see myself out, thanks 😉

What sci-fi movies do you have in mind ? (educated guess: Alien, Blade Runner, Starship troopers, 2001)

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imperialscum said:

Using decimals is pointless and stupid. If you want more resolution, use a scale with range 100. It saves you typing pointless dots.

The 0 - 100 system disgusts me.

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MalàStrana said:

What sci-fi movies do you have in mind ? (educated guess: Alien, Blade Runner, Starship troopers, 2001)

Yes, maybe, scoff definitely not, no. Brazil, maybe Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (yeah that’s right I’m throwing down with Jim Carrey of all people), non-movies get you way more mileage because you can include Firefly, which is what sets the top of the 10-point sci-fi scale for me. If you check my original statement, I talked about movies and I talked about sci-fi, but not sci-fi movies in particular, so I was definitely using Firefly as the 10 marker for sci-fi, The Third Man as the 10 marker for movies. Star Wars just doesn’t make it up there.

Project Threepio (Star Wars OOT subtitles)

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The best sci-fi films are:
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Alien
Blade Runner
Ghost in the Shell
Akira

真実

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Lord Haseo said:

imperialscum said:

Using decimals is pointless and stupid. If you want more resolution, use a scale with range 100. It saves you typing pointless dots.

The 0 - 100 system disgusts me.

Then why are you using it?

真実

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CatBus said:

MalàStrana said:

What sci-fi movies do you have in mind ? (educated guess: Alien, Blade Runner, Starship troopers, 2001)

Yes, maybe, scoff definitely not, no. Brazil, maybe Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (yeah that’s right I’m throwing down with Jim Carrey of all people), non-movies get you way more mileage because you can include Firefly, which is what sets the top of the 10-point sci-fi scale for me. If you check my original statement, I talked about movies and I talked about sci-fi, but not sci-fi movies in particular, so I was definitely using Firefly as the 10 marker for sci-fi, The Third Man as the 10 marker for movies in general.

But Serenity is great too.