General Chit-Chat Thread - No Spoilers

[Gambit]

Took heavily from samurai films too

 

[Zany Clowny]

Why it matters is he is literally speaking in a cinematic language that is basically dead in the mainstream circa 1999. And they let this guy make three blockbusters in this vein with an unlimited budget.

 

[Gambit]

Which I can’t hate. Tarantino made a career out of ripping off scene his entire career

 

[Zany Clowny]

Good fucking luck doing that today.

 

[Deezy]

....George Lucas. I can't link a 2 hour video with a straight face lmao but it breaks down all the influences pretty well. He straight up takes shots from A Man With A Movie Camera(?)

The medal scene was taken from Triumph of The Will

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

Took heavily from samurai films too

Akira Kurosawa, specifically, which is why Kurosawa sued Leone regarding A Fistful of Dollars.

 

[Sabretooth]

The prequel movies were legit garbage lmao

 

[John McHenry]

He took from a lot.

 

[Zany Clowny]

I love them and the more film I watch, especially silent films, my fondness for them grows.

 

[Sabretooth]

Yoda is like I sense evil in this boy and Qui Gonn is like no he’s good I’m training him and Yoda is like aight fine whatever

 

[Gambit]

The prequels and Disney trilogy need to be thrown into the deepest depths of hel.

 

[Deezy]

Goo artists borrow, great artists steal....T.S Elliott

 

[Gambit]

Rian Johnson is to Star Wars what Vince Russo was to wrestling

 

[Sabretooth]

And when Anakin turns heel Obi Wan is shocked and I’m like YODA TOLD YOU THIS WOULD HAPPEN 20 YEARS AGO

 

[Hidden Blaze]

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