okay i enjoyed looper and i was just playing, but one of the best movies in the last 10 years?
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okay i enjoyed looper and i was just playing, but one of the best movies in the last 10 years?
okay i enjoyed looper and i was just playing, but one of the best movies in the last 10 years?
Didn't you hear, Rian Johnson is a legendary filmmaker.
Inferno313
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you like speed racer
And yet I don't call the Wachowskis legendary.
Diprosalic
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by one of the best i mean top 100 or so, which is pretty damn good considering how many excellent movies come out in a decade.
i never called him legendary but he has immense potential.
civilstrife
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I feel like most of people's faith in Rian rides on that truly excellent episode of Breaking Bad.
Lifejumper
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Id call Looper one of the best sci fi movies in the last decade.
BronsonLee
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The Wachowski's best movie is Cloud Atlas
Then why look at SW? This series has more bad to mediocre movies than great ones. (Empire is the only one i'd call straight up "great", tbh).
Inferno313
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Nah. Brick and Looper are both fantastic.
Diprosalic
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i agree but i still enjoy it because i liked it as a kid and ever since they announced Rian Johnson i got really excited and hope he delivers and someone equally great can finish it.
Pop-O-Matic
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I mean, you do too, right? You have to like it to get your account approved on here.
Discotheque
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I liked brick more than any of those episodes. But between all of that and his other two movies I think he's the best guy they've hired for star wars since Disney acquired them
Fluffernutter Pancake
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FFS, why don't they just put KK in the director's seat for all future SW films?
But seriously, this is fantastic news (unless the replacement is worse).
But seriously, this is fantastic news (unless the replacement is worse).
I also love SW, but you know, better keep the expectations in check, 'cause the track record is what it is.
Inferno313
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Twist: the actress who played Tammy in Twin Peaks S3 is given multiple lead roles
BronsonLee
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Diprosalic
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that's what i had in mind as well. i don't want blockbusters of him anymore.
Bobo Dakes
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You're aware you're not the one actually making this decision right?
Inferno313
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PeskyToaster
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Only if entries are measured on the internet scale of either worst ever or greatest ever.
Diprosalic
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my man.
BronsonLee
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By my count, Star Wars has 7 bad movies
Fast and Furious only has 2
IT'S NO CONTEST
Mortimer Brewster
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I'd be very interested in a Badalamenti take on Star Wars motifs. Laura Dern is already in it so just need to find roles for Kyle MacLachlan, Robert Forster and Everett McGill, plus CGI versions of Jack Nance and Catherine Coulson.
Inferno313
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Wow, completely missed this yesterday somehow. I, overall, actually liked Jurassic World in spite of its numerous issues, yet I see this as for the best. I had no reason to believe that he was suited to directing a mainline Star Wars film, let alone the conclusion to a new trilogy.
BronsonLee
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FriendlyGoat
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I dig it. And for anyone wondering whether he could craft an interesting Star Wars narrative or whether his sensibilities would even translate, just re-imagine Looper as a Star Wars prequel.
The imagined future of Looper is very Star Warsy, which a level of lived-in grime and people with low level TK powers. Now imagine if instead of being sci-fi executioners Loopers were Jedi, and that instead of seeking the one who would rock his future, Young Joe (JGL) was Obi-Wan looking for a disturbance in the force and Old Joe (Willis) was an elder Jedi, bounty-hunter, or Maul-like character looking to squash it or take control of it. Then, just play out the movie from there. Obi-Wan would find this kid who is uncommonly strong in the force who just wants his mommy, his mom is just trying to protect him from others and himself. Bada-bing bada-boom.
UnknownSpirit
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My god this thread.
Extra Sauce
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Well, Ozymandias is a legendary episode of television.
This is where I'd point out that technically the OT was made by three directors and the PT was made with a singular vision
Pai Pai Master
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preach
CassidyIzABeast
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My expectation for TLJ is Rian Johnson tapping into his 10 year old self and having a blast making a Star Wars movie. Him doing a bunch of really good R-rated dramas don't mean anything to me.
Also the movie has a capped ceiling for how good it can be because Kylo Ren is in it and he's trash.
Also the movie has a capped ceiling for how good it can be because Kylo Ren is in it and he's trash.
Inferno313
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Jesus...
Kylo is probably my favorite blockbuster villain since Heath's Joker...
Fluffernutter Pancake
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When does David Lynch get the call that he should have gotten in the 80s for ROTJ?
Bobo Dakes
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Your post was obnoxiously dismissive of an acclaimed director's contribution.
"She's never done an action scene before, what does she know?" - Internet random who's accomplished even less.
Fast and Furious has yet to have a good movie. Ripping off Point Break doesn't count.
Lifejumper
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Kylo Ren in TFA was a more interesting character than Vader in ANH
Prototype Viktor
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Uwe Boll he never steps down from a project