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Francis Ford Coppola says George Lucas's attachment to Star Wars was "A Pity"
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TheKaeptain
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I really hope they weren't fucking around because that shit sounds interesting.
TheKaeptain
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You've been on the internet long enough to know you can't love two things at once.
seventynine
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Y'all forget Rumble Fish, an unsung masterpiece!
And he's right, after Jedi he should of gone on to these esoteric films instead wasting his time with Willow, Howard The Duck and the prequels.
And he's right, after Jedi he should of gone on to these esoteric films instead wasting his time with Willow, Howard The Duck and the prequels.
Barkley's Justice
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You guys shit-takin Coppola like ya'll EVER did anything of any value. Please...
IdreamofHIME
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Dude made Rumble Fish, i'm ok with him talking shade about other movies. He earned it.
This is GAF at its worst, Coppola didn't even say anything bad either. Just that he wishes Lucas was able to branch out more instead of helming a massive franchise like Star Wars for so many years.
Lucas may make a movie now and then but anyone expecting anything out of him greatly will be disappointed. Hell the guy has been saying he wanted to make smaller movies for decades now, if he wanted too he could have done so every damn year multiple times over.
If one thing has been proven it's Lucas says a lot of shit but most of it is not believable.
If one thing has been proven it's Lucas says a lot of shit but most of it is not believable.
DontBeThatGuy
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Rumble Fish is good. I wouldn't dismiss The Cotton Club, Tucker: A Man and His Dream, Peggy Sue either. I haven't seen a frame of The Outsiders in over a decade, but it was cool when I was young.
So yeah, the 80's weren't classic, but there's something there.
Yeah pretty much agree here. I also think having a fuck ton of money and influence will change a directors output.
BrianRoyale
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I liked Willow...... plus Ron Howard.
George Oscar Bluth II
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Will we ever see them tho
DoctorFling
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What the heck guys, he didn't say anything bad about Star Wars, he just wanted his friend to make some different films cause he likes his work. Some of the vehemence in these posts is ridiculous.
Sibersk Esto
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this thread is insane
Henchmen21
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First off, Ron howard and Willow is a great movie.
wanderingprostheyltite
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So Lucas is eccentric like Prince with a vault of unreleased personal projects. We need a heist. Not for the Prince videos.
DontBeThatGuy
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The Godfather 3 wasn't a bad film at all. It had a really bad casting choice though.
Soapbox Killer
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I love "The Money Pit",that is my answer to this thread!
MrRudiMentary
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What the fuck. People shitting on Coppola's recent movies and defending George Lucas in the same breath? Even if we ignore the colossal shit-shows that were the Star Wars prequels, how can you ignore shit like Strange Magic?
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We were in the thread, there were too many of us, and little by little we went insane.
old manatee
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IrishNinja
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he's not wrong, no idea why the SW fanboys are so mad about it
these posts are good posts
these posts are good posts
No, that was Full Metal Alchemist.
I don't think it's a competition and both had their careers flourish and falter around the same time periods. They're friends, who hasn't wondered what their buddy would be like if he had spent more time on X rather than Y.
BrianRoyale
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Yes, thank you. Typing too fast.
old
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I've seen the Godfather III, but for the life of me I can't remember what happened, who it starred, or what it was about. I can only remember that it was on TBS one day during a Godfather marathon and that I watched it.
It's a very forgettable film.
ebullientprism
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3 of the greatest movies of all time. Yes.
The entirety of Lucas' career is worth less than one of them.
CassidyIzABeast
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He's not wrong. Lucas directed 3 movies in the last 38 years.
Why did you reply to the guy who said without Star Wars Coppola would have never done his magnum opus?
What he said was 100% true. Apocalypse Now was initially developed as film to be directed by George Lucas and he initially intended to follow up Star Wars with it.
The only reason Coppola got to direct Apocalypse Now was because Lucas has to abandon it due to Star Wars taking over his life.
If Coppola is referring to post-ROTJ/80s , he's not really wrong. Especially once the 90s arrive, Lucas all but stopped even producing/funding non-Star Wars or Indy projects. You can count those on one hand.
I think one of the real damned shames about the big blockbuster titans is that almost all of them got out of the game in terms of supporting new voices or non-traditional Hollywood/blockbuster fare.
I think one of the real damned shames about the big blockbuster titans is that almost all of them got out of the game in terms of supporting new voices or non-traditional Hollywood/blockbuster fare.
DontBeThatGuy
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And without the film-making genius and insanity of that era of Coppola, it wouldn't have been anywhere near as incredible as it is(non-redux).
teruterubozu
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Whatever dude. Enjoy your shitty wine.
Vampirolol
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He nailed it, Lucas' talent was experimenting but it was also "not giving a fuck" apparently. Yes, Coppola made mistakes too, but the man directed the best fucking Dracula movie, with probably the best special effects I've ever seen.
shortsFortallPeople
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Appears that the Star Wars defense force has awoken
I don't think anyone would argue that. Lucas intended to shoot it in California even.
But the guy Sculli called out was 100% right, the only reason we got Coppola directed Apocalypse Now was because Lucas abandoned due to Star Wars commitments.
LaserBuddha
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You must not like Lucas then if what Coppola said makes you salty.
just salty people whose greatest creative endeavor will end up being the result of sperm they deposited into a mostly willing participant.
teruterubozu
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I never understand your posts.
The Albatross
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Did the people who are mad at Coppola actually read his comments? He's saying he wish Lucaas wasn't so attached to it so that he could make smaller, more experimental films like some of his pre-Star Wars films. He's right.
George Lucas, after Star Wars, could never make another American Graffiti.
Coppola, while certainly having made scores of failed movies after the Godfather I and II, but he also has a richer catalog... Apocalypse Now, the Conversation, the Cotton Club, Peggy Sue got Married, and even Bram Stoker's: Dracula. These were all award winning movies, and while Star Wars is certainly a cultural phenomenon more so than any of Coppola's films (with Godfather 1 and 2 being the closest in popularity, but not close to Star Wars) and Lucas certainly has made boat loads more money, we got more out of Coppola than we did Lucas. We got to see him do more in his career. Aside from Indian Jones, Lucas has never been able to escape the shadow of Star Wars.
George Lucas, after Star Wars, could never make another American Graffiti.
Coppola, while certainly having made scores of failed movies after the Godfather I and II, but he also has a richer catalog... Apocalypse Now, the Conversation, the Cotton Club, Peggy Sue got Married, and even Bram Stoker's: Dracula. These were all award winning movies, and while Star Wars is certainly a cultural phenomenon more so than any of Coppola's films (with Godfather 1 and 2 being the closest in popularity, but not close to Star Wars) and Lucas certainly has made boat loads more money, we got more out of Coppola than we did Lucas. We got to see him do more in his career. Aside from Indian Jones, Lucas has never been able to escape the shadow of Star Wars.
StriKeVillain
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It's only a matter of time until someone posts Sophia Coppola > FFC.
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