I am more interested in the opinions of fellow SW forum members than I am of any Hollywood big-shot critics or their “consensus.” Like I said, I love the film. It’s obviously not as important to me as it is to you but I don’t find it inconceivable that someone would hold it in such a high regard. To me, it’s a fun, often times comedic, genre-blurring thrill-ride (and I mean that in the best possible sense). I liked Repo Man long before I even knew Cox’ love for SW’s. It’s a classic 80s film, just not quite a masterpiece, in my opinion. I basically have a love/hate thing going with Cox. Hate some of his comments in his book but still recognize him as important advocate to the genre and a fairly good director. I don’t give a shitting bumf*ck either, but I have no desire to make enemies here
Edit: Been trying to find a blu-ray of Repo Man that is Region A friendly but I’ve only seen the Criterion one and I think it is OOP and expensive.