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on 7/18/2010
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Empire Strikes Back is 'Star Wars' and that is sacred to many...a beloved classic! Inception is too recent BUT BLEW MY F***ing MIND!!!
on 7/19/2010
There's a new sci-fi classic in town.
i feel bad choosing Inception. i feel like im betraying my childhood. but HOLY SHIT! inception was fucking incredible!
on 9/11/2010
Yeah, i feel also bad for choosing Inception over Empire but that Movie ist just Mind Blowing
on 9/12/2010
Really?? Inception was awful.
on 1/7/2011
I appreciate the Star Wars trilogy for what it is, but I can't say I'm a big fan. I didn't grow up with the saga so that may have a lot to do with my thoughts about it (I grew up on films like Jurassic Park and Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Sixth Sense and The Lion King). Because nostalgia doesn't play a factor for me here at all, my choice is easily Inception.
on 1/15/2011
When it comes down to it, I'm going to watch Inception over Empire. At least, today. I feel bad for doing it, but oh well.
on 1/31/2011
Oh god, my childhood favorite vs. my most recent favorite. please dont make me choose Flickchart!
on 6/24/2011
Inception...Inception...Inception. Although I do love Empire, the dream thriller wins.
on 7/16/2011
you know what? Star Wars has become a series for children over the years. Adults can enjoy it as well, and i personaly LOVE the movie a lot, but i think i can owe that to nostalgia. Inception is for adults, it's thrilling, it's complicated, and simply better. Sorry Darth.
on 2/5/2012
Strange how many people have changed their mind.
I recently re-watched Empire Strikes Back, and many of the Star Wars movies for that matter, and when it comes down to it, when you look at the Star Wars movies and try to criticize them as films, with no biases...there's a lot wrong with them. I still love them, and their really fun, but honestly, some of the writing and acting is just horrendous. Empire is a solid action film, but some of the dialogue is so. damn. clunky/obvious/stupid. Inception is smart, exceedingly well-written, competently acted and beautifully directed by Nolan. How long something has been out shouldn't factor into how good a film is.
Who said anything about how long these were out?
I am in love with Inception! That shit blew my flippin mind :o
on 2/6/2012
@DaveintheCave Wasn't referring to you. I just noticed a few people on this matchup mentioning how Inception felt too new/how nostalgia plays a part in the decision. It feels like a lot of the time in the discussions, people will take two very good films and they usually go with the older one simply because the other film hasn't been out long enough.
cmon, Inception is nothing compared to The Empire Strikes Back
I don't really see why people complain about the dialogue in Star Wars so much. I thought it was fine for the most part(particularly in ESB). The dialogue is going to be a little silly, it's an adventure movie. Think The Adventures of Robin Hood not A Man For All Seasons.
@Boonme About nostalgia factoring into decisions, it seems that many people on this site are compiling a list of their personal favorite movies not necessarily the ones they think are the best.
I concur with the cave-man. People are bowing down to nostalgia, not seniority. There is a difference. Ignoring that difference, I suggest, simplifies the causality. I think that this is a perfectly legitimate reason to enjoy a film; nostalgia is a desirable feeling in most cases, and if a film can evoke a sense of warm, happy reverie, hell that can only be a good thing. Nothing wrong with that being reflected in their lists. Also, many people on this site don't recognise a seperation between 'best' and 'favourite', while others, such as myself, simply choose to dismiss that supposed seperation. All that matters is that I enjoy a film, screw everything else. Movies are art (whatever that means) and art (whatever that means) is trivial, so I say objectivity can go fuck itself.
on 2/8/2012
Oh btw, nostalgia doesn't affect my decision here at all, as I only saw Empire for the first time two years ago.
on 2/11/2012
The Empire Strikes Back is more fun and full of more adventure than Inception
on 2/16/2012
The Empire. It is AMAZING.
on 3/8/2012
Inception wins.
on 3/10/2012
Changed mym ind ever since watching Inception. Inception wins.
on 4/7/2012
Despite what George Lucas has become and how genius Christopher Nolan and Inception is... It's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK......if you choose Inception over it I hope your childhood manifests as a corporeal being and kicks you in the balls.
on 4/27/2012
Ah Empire wins.
Aw c'mon, Inception is great, but better than Empire? Noooooooooo. (unintentional Revenge of the Sith reference)
Lucas is just not in the same league as Nolan.
on 6/12/2012
Inception isn't terrible, it isn't mind-blowing either. But Star Wars wins
on 7/7/2012
Inception is a masterpiece.
on 3/19/2013
Empire Strikes Back is amongst the greatest films ever made (in a top 10, ESB should make it) Inception, in my eyes, most certainly isn't
INCEPTION is a very good movie, and one of Nolan's best efforts. The only REAL problem I have with it was the character development. None of the characters really have a chance to be elaborated on, which makes the film emotionally vague. Of course the performances are great, but it would've been better to develop the characters more. THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK on the other hand is the pinnacle of 80's Sci-Fi films, along with Blade Runner and its successor, because of how loveable the characters are. My answer is very clear, TESB all the way.
10 and 1 on my chart, Inception is my favorite movie of all time.
on 4/23/2013
NachoMovieMan, erm, you chose Inception over ESB... I hope your childhood's okay!
Empire. I love Inception....but, against Empire...can't quite match up...
on 4/24/2013
Inception is brilliant. A Master piece.
on 5/28/2013
Empire Strikes Back is better.
Love both, but Inception is just so thought-provoking on so many levels... pardon the pun.
on 5/30/2013
Inception is Christopher Nolan's most over rated movie. Memento it is not. The Empire Strikes Back is the best Star Wars movie ever. I think Star Wars Phat ass just broke the scale.
on 6/5/2013
Inception for sure.
Empire is clearly the better sci-fi flick.
on 7/17/2013
I've gotta go with The Empire Strikes Back.
on 8/30/2013
Inception is no slouch, but Empire is the best film of all time.
on 9/10/2013
WHATTHEFUCK? Empire is 10 times better. It's not even close. The people who choose Inception, I will find you. And I will kill you. LOL jk but don't choose it!
on 9/18/2013
Inception is overrated as can be, but I still like it. Empire wins very easily. No competition.
on 4/3/2014
The Empire wins
on 5/5/2014
Inception is amazing but Empire is epic and better on repeat viewing its character are legendary an all time classic Empire wins
on 5/27/2014
Empire Strikes Back no Question!
on 11/21/2014
Empire Strikes Back totally crushes Inception. Star Wars all the way.
on 4/5/2015
For me inception
on 4/22/2015
This is the second time this match-up has come up and last year I took Inception after a rewatch it still blew my mind but Im changing it as well Inception is a masterpiece(unless you are not that intelligent or have no perspective on cinema)but Empire has a whole universe of character and action with great dialog and memorable quotable lines the characters are more in depth and the world is stronger, still it is part of a trilogy and not a one off but I would love to see a Inception TV show on HBO that would be cool!
Star Wars > The Empire Strikes Back > Revenge of the Sith > Return of Jedi > Inception > The Phantom Menace > The Attack of the Clones.
on 10/10/2017
Love both. Empire for its characters and what it did to the SW universe!
on 5/23/2019
Going with ESB.
on 8/15/2019
Every Nolan film is most dull and overrated crap but it’s Star Wars all the way.
on 11/15/2019
Any Star Wars owns the overrated inception in all that matters.
on 1/11/2020
Star Wars all the way, Inception is pure boring nonsense lack of a film.
on 2/25/2020
Hey again it’s Star Wars destroys anything most boring inception all that matters.
on 11/20/2020
ESB is better than all of Nolan's films combined.
on 11/21/2020
No, troll. ESB is better but Inception is still a fantastic film.
on 3/1/2021
Empire in the comfort zone for me
on 6/30/2021
ESB is better than TDK (nolan's best imo)
on 1/30/2022
Big Nolan fan however I can't consign Inception over a sci-fi movie as influential as Empire.
on Jun 5
Wow no comments here? Inception was amazing but needs more viewings to match up against Empire
on Jul 16
Inception is far better
on Jul 19
Inception
on Jul 26
Empire is overrated, Inception is more better
on Wednesday
Empire is overrated due to nostalgia, Inception is better
Inception ??
on Saturday
Empire Strikes Back dominates and it isn't close. It's so much more influential and memorable. Vader is an iconic and superbly written villain. The lore established and furthered in this plot makes the story more complex and philosophically rich, and the usage of Jung's theory of shadows to create a dichotomy between the light and dark sides of the force was a brilliant move for this movie. Inception is a great movie, masterful even. But it really doesn't come close.
