7.4/10 Easily Irvin Keshner's best film, even if it isn't as good as the original, or as innovative

Rating: 7/10 (24 April 2016)

The Empire Strikes Back is often viewed as one of the greatest films of all time, just like its predecessor, and even better than Star Wars, but I personally prefer the first one because the action is much better. The cinematography is not really impressive, which makes the action hard to see.
Enough about the bad action, the final face off between Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker is one of the best confrontations I have seen in an action movie, not because of the action, but because of the dialogue and because of the two sides and the motivations behind the fight. It's pretty cool.
The story is also not as fleshed out as the first one, even though it did introduce my personal favourite character Yoda as well as Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian, who is also pretty cool. The only thing done better than the first one in this film is the plot twist, when Darth Vader says that he is his dad, which while I wasn't expecting it, I wasn't really blown away by it, I just thought that it was fitting.
The creativeness is still there, with the team meeting all new different and imaginative aliens and robots. I already talked about Yoda, but we also see Emperor Palpatine for the first time, even if it is for just one scene.
Overall, The Empire Strikes Back, is not as exciting, clever or creative as Star Wars, but it's still engaging enough in its own right to count as very entertaining cinema.
The Empire Strikes Back: 7.4/10