Director Rian Johnson Breaks Down His Most Iconic Films | GQ
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- Опубликовано: 5 июн 2024
- Filmmaker Rian Johnson breaks down his most iconic projects, including 'Knives Out,' 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,' 'Brick,' 'The Brothers Bloom,' 'Looper,' 'Breaking Bad' and 'Stars Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi.'
GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY is available on Netflix December 23, 2022. www.netflix.com/GlassOnion
Director: Robby Miller
Producer: Arielle Neblett
Director of Photography: Charlie Jordan
Cam Op: Jack Belisle
Associate Producer: Camille Ramos
Audio: Rehanna Chandan
Production Assistant: Rafael Vasquez
Production Manager: James Pipitone
Line Producer: Jen Santos
Production Coordinator: Jamal Colvin
Post Production Supervisor: Rachael Knight
Associate Director of Post: Jarrod Bruner
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Editor: Ryan Jeffrey and Jason Malizia
Supervising Editor: Rob Lombardi
Assistant Editor: Ben Harowitz
Talent: Rian Johnson
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0:00 Justice For Admiral Ackbar
0:10 Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
3:47 Knives Out
8:38 Glass Onion
11:53 Looper
14:46 Breaking Bad
17:40 Brick
21:07 The Brothers Bloom
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He directed the lowest and highest rated episodes of Breaking Bad.. That is some achievement!
It baffles me that ‘Fly’ is the lowest rated episode
@@funky35791 It has a 7.8. If that's the lowest rated episode jesus christ...
@@funky35791 Fly was the only episode that i skipped in the series
@@Ladioz Then you missed out on a great episode
@@Ladioz why would you completely skip an episode of a show? I get maybe skipping it later on a rewatch
I forgot he directed the Ozymandias episode for Breaking Bad! Not just the best episode of Breaking Bad, but one of the best episodes of TV ever.
Ehhhhh. All the breaking bad episodes are kinda directed the same imo. I think the writing is what shines the most in that show. I don’t think there are many episodes that highlight a specific directing style. It’s all shot similarly
Still at the top in imdb
“fly” also
"Fly" is also very underrated. Obviously it was doomed to be least liked episode since it had the lowest budget. But the directing of it accurately showed the psychological journey Walter and Jessi went through. It really conveyed them becoming mad when they were catching that fly. It's also one hella of a job for the directer to keep the viewer engaged when the script is so limited to one space. Thought he did he great job there.
It’s kind of funny watching The Last Jedi somewhat like it’s a Breaking Bad episode. The two are actually more similar than you might think.
But it really was a weird fit for Star Wars.
Brothers Bloom is one of my absolute favorite movies and it's criminal that more people don't know about it.
I am one of the rare few who saw it in theaters, and I loved it. I've got it on blu-ray now, and to return to it regularly. One of my favorites.
The only film of his I haven't seen. Need to get round to it
that scene where Penelope talks about her childhood, is one of my all time favourite scenes.
It’s my least fave of his but it’s still a lot of fun!
It's boring and the story is meandering and stupid... :) Sorry
LOVE that they are doing directors. They must be begging Steven to do one as we speak...OR is it in the can GQ???
Please more directors!!! Too entertaining
no
@@Ryan41707YES.
@recklessindustry17 I hope they can get Spielberg at some point.
I’m here for the Brick breakdown baby.
BRIIIIIIIIIIIIICK!!!!!!!!
"The Brothers Bloom" is right up there with "The Big Lebowski" as one of my favorite hangout pictures. I just adore it.
No wonder why Rian Johnson puts Joseph Gordon Levitt and Noah Segan in big or small roles in his movies.
The bond of the guerilla like filmmaking of Brick carved that companionship
Knives Out was the best movie of 2019, Christopher Plummer at 89 delivered a great performance
Even if he just did the last two, they'd have been a great end to an average beginning
Parasite has a demonstrably better critic and audience score on RT, IMDb and Metacritic, and won more awards, and made more profit (based on budget), but OK.
@@Ruylopez778 It’s very obvious that they’re saying this was the best movie to THEM. It’s an opinion. Not everyone is going to have the same opinion about a subject like that and that’s ok.
@@Ruylopez778 I thought the above comment was about Johnson doing the rest of the Sequel trilogy.
I agree with you 100%, Parasite is phenomenal, but I also thing Knives out is very different
@@Sajirah It's a good job I never implied that people can't have opinions then, even about overrated movies that didn't win any major awards.
Brick is the reason I started being a huge fan of this guy fantastic film.
Love Brick
I thought it was awful. The dialogue in it is the most low-IQ easy to write trash I’ve seen in a movie, there’s no talent on display there, or understanding of taste, no unique voice. Just people acting like they’re above everything. A 10 year old could have written it, trying to write characters that are cool.
This is such a great video!
I don't really love every movie he has ever done but listening to him makes me really respect him as a story teller and film maker.
People these days treat Rian Johnson like he's the Devil.
@@josefengelhardt2767 because he is
@@creepygamercomwhy
@@loc4478Why What?
@@josefengelhardt2767so you don't think he's got that greedy CEO, sneaky look?
Brick was so ahead of its time
Looper is one of the cleanest Sci-fis I've ever seen. Knives Out is the most clean whodunnit. This man is an absolute genius when it comes to screenwriting! Can't wait to see what he comes up with next!
Looper makes no sense and knives out is the most obvious whodunit ever when Chris Evans is the only character out of the suspects to share more than 1 scene with ana da armas. Not to mention the "SJW degree" line is a massive red flag for the character.
You can’t actually be serious with that looper comment? That script is completely broken.
How did you like glass onion then? 😄
@@MsJassi13 Really fun film I laughed a ton, can't wait to see what Rian dreams up next
He’s even admitted that he’s not a great screenwriter
Rian, if you’re reading this, I love Brothers Bloom
Fascinating insights and recollections!!!! Go Rian
Rian is a very unique Director, Hard to believe he directed some of the best episodes of breaking bad
you can't be 'very' unique. You are either unique or not.
@@mitchsullo
You can be as unique as you like its all opinion
its not hard to believe at all, he's great
@@TihetrisWeathersby no it’s not.
@@mitchsullo you must have a lot of fun being pedantic online. Who cares, they communicated their idea clearly and you know what they mean
I saw brothers bloom IN theaters and I've watched it at least once since, didn't realize until now Rian made it
love what he had to say about the role of a director allowing actors to get to that emotional place they need to be no matter what. Rian Johnson rules
@@TheSilverScreenAcademy Mark Hamill did his best performance ever in The Last Jedi. This is also a show of great directing.
Why does it matter that Hamill didn't agree with the writing during the filming? He isn't the writer, nor did he have a fully view on what the story was going to be about. I love Hamill with all my heart, but I don't care if he didn't agree with where Luke's mindset was in the beginning of TLJ.
Mark Hamill seemingly has also soften his critic against the movie. If you watch newer interviews of him, he has said TLJ is a "very underrated movie" and "after I've seen the movie, I was wrong." He also made a tweet about it.
The point is, don't try make seem Hamill seem to be an 'opponent' to certain groups in the fan base. He loves all the fans and respects their opinions.
@@TheSilverScreenAcademy Hamill also took that back after he watched TLJ.
@@Darth_Mornabin Not really. He most definitely still has issues with the direction the character took. I remember someone asking him the following August of 2018 to help them understand why Luke gave up and he replied with "When I understand, I'll let you know".
I'm sorry ruining your funny number of likes but I just was scremaing YES at the scream when he said the director's job is to facilitate and make the actors feel asfe doing their thing, such a breeze of fresh air
if you have not seen Brick, watch it, seriously
Brick still remains my favorite Rian Johnson film next to Looper.
Love these segments way better than when actors come thru to speak.
Johnson drew ire for calling angry Star Wars fans 'man-babies' and 5 years later they are here in the comment section proving him right lol
He never called angry star wars fans manbabies, he was refering to toxic people attacking kelly marie tran (the actress of rose) on social media with death threats and racist comments
Source? Stop making lies.
Says the one bringing it to discussion. No starwars movie for him
5 years later, he's still making excuses why people don't like his movie.
@@homeofcinema very true. But let's not let that get in the way of the 5 year hate brigade
So will they be interviewing him again, for Knives Out 3?
I am a fan of him ever since a friend sent me the novella of Brick, since he was my namesake. Been a fan since.
We need a prequel of knives out where it explores the story of Daniel Craig/his character name in knives out
Has no one seen his music video for LCD Soundsystem’s “Oh Baby”? The most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.
His movie Looper will 4 ever be 1 of my favorite movies ima gonna miss seeing Bruce Willis acting in good movies even know he picked alot of bad roles over his career he definitely did alot of legendary 1s too!
It's a little wild to hear Brothers Bloom is considered a flop. I had the poster for it and I have it on DVD and everyone I have showed it to has loved it. It's a favorite! And Nathan Johnson's score is great!
It was made on a $20M budget and only made $5M I assume due to bad advertising
You should make more video with directors, please!!!!!!!!
The Brothers Bloom was the bomb yo! Bang Bang!
THE BROTHERS BLOOM is a masterpiece, and deserved better.
it's been years and star wars fanboys are still so triggered by the existence of this man lmao
he murdered all we love, what can we do
@@daniel-it2lw move on, and don't threaten his life or is families. That'll be a start. Also you don't love your family?
@@theautomator8372 I believe he deserves everything he had coming. He deliberately pissed everyone off for his ego, he's a narcissist
@@daniel-it2lw SO he deserved to have his life and his families lives threaten simply because he made you go "wah"? Also you didn't answer my question.
@@theautomator8372 yeah why not, and I like some of my family. My farther is a pain in the butt, and deliberately makes everything about him and annoys people just for fun.
Very similar to old riiaaaan actually, I don't give my farther much of my time anymore too.
HIs recent interview with Mark Kermode was terrific.
Brick lives on as Rian Johnson's best film.
The ending of Looper is one of the best endings I have ever seen. What a great movie.
More like one of the stupidest and most confusing
That film makes zero sense.
@@chriswilson3126 Why don’t you just respect other peoples opinions
Can he come explain how in looper the tech is so advance they can't kill so they sent hitman in past but for some reason the can easily kill Bruce Willis wife in future for not carrying the hit?
@Muw respect is earned . Trust me son nobody respects dog chit 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Brick is a masterpiece
Brick is definitely a masterpiece!
My man getting those life threatening messages like a champ
Men directed Knives Out and Ozymandias and still people hate him. We live in a society
knives out was beyond boring
Star Wars fans are something else and I say this as a Star Wars fan.
@@papaya32 That’s just, like, your opinion man.
@@papaya32 you’ve always got TikTok to keep that short attention span of yours happy
@@Sajirah "It’s very obvious that they’re saying this was beyond boring to THEM. It’s an opinion. Not everyone is going to have the same opinion about a subject like that and that’s ok."
I still think his best film is a tie between Looper & Knives Out.
Title for the first Knives Out should be "Donut Hole - A Knives Out Story", adjusting to Glass Onion format "Glass Onion - A Knives Out Story
I didn’t know he made looper, such a great underrated movie.
Rian Johnson's way of writing and directing is honestly such a breath of fresh air in todays entertainment industry. I really appreciate his works.
He’s one of my favourite up and coming directors, has been since I watched Knives Out (I had seen The Last Jedi prior, but I had no concept of who wrote or directed it). I also really liked Looper and The Last Jedi has come out as one of my favourite Star Wars films. I’ll admit, he does kind of get up his own rear end a bit with how clever he tries to be, but I’d much rather that and a Director whose personal style I can understand and enjoy over another factory produced MCU movie where the director has as much creative input as the gaffer.
@@samuelbarber6177 I agree to the fullest!
@Jacob Fullton “Last jedi your favorite sw film? LOL! You’re the only one. You’re taste in film is absolute trash”
You’re blindly trying to pick fight with anyone who expresses even the tiniest of enjoyment with TLJ in the comment section. Nobody likes you. Let people like what they like.
No it’s not
@@tonimashdane33498 it’s a fact that it’s not good
The fact that a video about Rian's 'most iconic films' includes all 6 movies he has directed I think says a lot about his amazing career. Love this man.
I agree but also directors tend to have a shorter filmography compared to actors because they have to spend a lot more time with each movie. Also Rian’s still young as a director so hopefully he’s got many more to go and one day they’ll have to make a part 2 :)
Rian Johnson arruinó Star Wars
The fly is one of the best episodes of Breaking Bad.
So important to the show.
I enjoyed Brothers Bloom years later if it makes you feel better RIan
Seems like I'm the only person who loves TLJ but my favorite movie of him is still Knives Out and I'm hyped for Glass Onion
You're not the only one! _Glass Onion_ was excellent, by the way. I hope you get the chance to see it soon.
Great director and awesome to hear him talk about his movies! Great content
Did you 'subvert our expectations' with this video Rian?
King
I will always admire Rian Johnson for having the guts to actually try to make something different about Star Wars, regardless of the amount of people that desperately want to hear a story already being told
Lmfao....
Exactly. People wanted nostalgia and to buy more toys than actual storytelling
Just because his movie sucked doesn’t mean people wanted the same story again…that’s just your lazy defense of legitimate criticism. People literally didn’t like TFA because it was just a rehash of ANH, so you’re gonna need to find a different argument, sorry.
@@hiphopanonymous24 TLJ was not at all a rehash. He tries something new but people wanted the sa.e story. This is the same reason why TFA was positively received because it rehashed ANH.
Rian Johnson is greater than Star Wars. Cry more.
@@aasamspb967 I think you misread the comment you're responding to, he didn't say TLJ was a rehash, he said force awakens was, same as you. You're just unaware that most fans don't like TFA, because it is an ANH copy. he was pointing out that its a stupid argument to say that fans don't like TLJ because they want a rehash, when those same fans don't like TFA because it is a rehash.
Good old Ruin!
I loved the Brothers Bloom. So at least one person saw it.
looper is perfect
Rian Johnson the only director who understood the prequels even referred to them in sw8❤️❤️❤️❤️
Y'all can die mad about Star Wars. I'm just gonna enjoy literally everything else this guy does until the end of time. Not a single miss imo.
I'd like to point out he didn't just direct "Knives Out" He WROTE it. And think it's an airtight who-dunnit. And I think he's a genius.
Definitely not airtight but still good
The best part about the movie is that it's NOT a whodunnit. It starts as one, turns into a howcatchem, and then turns BACK into a whodunnit at the very end. Part of the reason why Glass Onion was much weaker, it is a bog-standard mystery whodunnit
This is one of my favorite episodes of this series ever. What a lovely man.
Amazing to me that Rian Johnson directed two of the most divisive pieces of media of the 2010s: The Fly episode and TLJ.
I love them both.
TLJ is not divisive. It’s hated. Lol.
@@strider1237 By some for sure, but I loved it. And that's okay. As Rian said, we all have a different relationship with Star Wars and expect different things. I would prefer a filmmaker be honest and make the movie they wanted to make, rather than by committee or corporate mandated fan service. I can then decide whether I want to engage with it or not.
@@tronam I respect your opinion. And that's totally fine if you liked it. I just cannot ever get behind someone who has a preference of half an audience hating a movie rather than an entire audience liking one. (His quote in summary) There is no logical motive for that.
TLJ imo was simply odd shock value, tongue in cheek parody, and took one of cinema's most iconic heroes (Luke Skywalker) and dumped garbage all over him. The story just wasn't it and that's regardless of fan service which I am not necessarily a fan of either.
The last Jedi was painful
@@tronam "As Rian said, we all have a different relationship with Star Wars and expect different things."
The problem is that Rian conducted himself like a child, and continues to push narratives why people dislike his movie. He tried to pretend in this video the movie is disliked because 'fans forgot that ROTJ has humour in it'.
"I would prefer a filmmaker be honest and make the movie they wanted to make, rather than by committee or corporate mandated fan service."
Except the sequels are full of hollow nostalgia bait and fan service, including Johnson.
The media spent a long time calling Star Wars fans bigots, and conveniently didn't mention how there was no backlash to any casting or character in The Mandalorian (with the exception of people on Twitter accusing Dawson of being transphobic, or calling Carano anti-vax). They claimed the fans pushed Ahmed Best to the brink, even though he cites **the media** as the problem.
Th biggest problem LF created for itself was making a nostalgia bait trilogy and then attacking fans for not liking it, rather than just keeping quiet. Feige is a lesson in how to shut the f up when your movies get backlash. Perhaps this is why Johnson has to run away to Netflix and Peacock with Craig in tow, no studio wants to go anywhere near him?
Rian has an undoubtedly unique approach as a director, which is really refreshing in an age of similarly structured cinema. His processes are really interesting to listen to. A true genius of cinema.
@The Creator Yup the people who said Rian Johnson is a “Bad” director never seen his movies because most people who said that are Star Wars fans who don’t really watch that much movies
@@Blue-Apple-fc9eo robot head and literally any other movie review channel can say otherwise, rian might be a good director, but he still doesn’t earn my respect because of his poor writing of the sequel trilogy
@@somebodythatyou1 He only made one bad movie he also make other good movies just because someone made one bad movie doesn’t make someone a bad director or writer
@@Blue-Apple-fc9eo i respect your opinion of him, you aren’t a bad person for liking him, and i might watch one of his other movies in the future, but I just really hate how he wrote in the sequels
@@somebodythatyou1 He only wrote and directed one bad movie you really need to let it go
Brick is one of my favorite movies
I'd like to know if he has any plans of working with Bryan Cranston again? Ozymandias is an absolutely incredible hour of television!
Guy has literally directed the highest rated TV episode of IMDb history.
That episode had a lot to do with writing tho
@@roachknightzequ8854 the direction was phenomenal though
@@roachknightzequ8854 ah yes you probably could've directed it yourself It would look the same anyways
And the lowest
@@GroovyDavid8 "This channel has no videos"
Rian puts a lot of care and thought into every choice he makes. I think we all need to respect that.
Respect is earned.
@@Dravianpn02 with knives out being as fun and well-written as it was, I’d say he did earn it.
@@Pickleman9000 I mean, nah. I can love the films of Ki Duk or Kubrick but that doesn't mean I have to respect them. They were both POS and Ki duk is my second favorite director of all time lol.
@@Dravianpn02 Let me guess, Star Wars fan?
So he put a lot of care and thought into Luke Skywalker?
I’m not really that much of a Star Wars fan but I will say RJ screwed that up big time.
Lol I love that they just see starting with the last Jedi
i need to see this
I don’t like return of the Jedi for different reasons but he is correct about the humour
No he's not. His humour isn't remotely funny.
@@Pat315 humour is subjective but comparisons can be made, if your truly saying the humour throughout the franchise isn’t consistent in tone then you need to watch the films again.
The humor was funny in rotj because it felt natural. It’s something Han Solo would do. All the jokes and humor in the sequels felt forced 90% of the time
@@ichangedmyusernamebecausei2551 I hear that
The scene with Poe & Hux felt more marvel than SWs but hey it’s silly time according to Rian
He really said “Star Wars isn’t serious” in a recent interview when the creator literally said the entire story is a tragedy.. what a complete waste of talent
George Lucas used the archetypes as expressed by Joseph Campbell. You should look for the Hours and Hours of videos with Joseph Campbell and George Lucas. The Greek tragedy and hero archetypes was always balanced by comedy archetypes. It's on record that the first Star Wars movie is a crappy crappy script - the actors hamming it up - Carrie using coke to get through it. Lucas in the meantime was inventing special effects that were inspired by dogfights in WWII films. I saw the first film in an empty huge cinema in Melbourne, Australia instead of doing an uni exam. When the finale flying sequences I knew I was watching it the start of the new decade of film. But his script? It was B Grade, something Lucas's admitted. The Campbell hero fi ally hits in the "you are my son" cliffhanger. Rian is right, you ate also right.
Facts. Correlation of wealth and competence.🙌🏿🙌🏿
Who is Rian trying to convince that The Last Jedi was good... the audience or himself!
He is the most polarizing director I’ve ever come across. He has made some of my favorite and also some of the worst stuff I’ve ever seen 😂
It’s because he’s not afraid to experiment. The problem with experimenting is it’ll either knock it out of the park or fall flat on it’s face.
@cristiancardenas5822 It's a shame that it was with Star Wars that it backfired, because now he's made enemies in the most rabbid fanbase on earth. Like seriously, most Star Wars fans don't care at all about his other accomplishments
I at least respect a director who at least tries to be different rather than someone who produces formulaic schlock.
@@rckblzr he wasnt "JUST" experimenting though thats the problem...he was setting some of the most beloved characters on fire and retconning all of Lucas's story lines...if you want to experiment thats fine, but totally rewriting history is not in the same ballpark as experimenting
@@damianplasencia2708Then just… Ignore the movie? Pretend it doesn’t exist? Why do you all have to care so much about the "canon" ffs
The title is.... way too accurate.
Legit one of the best directors around ❤ love his films
Nope
@@gtmo55mack20 Oh, okay, pack it up everyone, he's not because gtmo55mack20 on RUclips said "nope".
@@jonathanb1406lol
I love him so much. Such a great writer and director.
Except when it comes to Star Wars.
@@mrtony80cope freak m
@@kevinmaroney9819 hush child
@@davidboy45 belittling people does nothing.
@@MistaZULE That's... exactly what he did, lmao.
🔥🔥
Say what you want about him and Star Wars, but he created one of the if not THE greatest episode in TV history, he certainly knows how to make the audience feel impact.
Yeah, I don’t care what anyone says. A filmmaker that prefers half the audience hate his movie rather than an entire audience love it makes absolutely zero sense. It rather shows you just want to be different to be different. That’s essentially being egocentric. And yes The Last Jedi was one of the worst movies made.
@@strider1237 Agreed. 😂
@@strider1237 were you complimenting Rian Johnson or were you thrashing him? English is not my first language. Apologies.
TLJ is the closest thing to Empire SW has managed to get since then. I'd be willing to best the fanbase would hate Empire if it came out today.
@@strider1237 no entire audience will love a movie, not even the most beloved movies. If you’re gonna make a movie at least be honest with your vision. People crying about Star Wars 5 years later should grow up.
Can he come explain how in looper the tech is so advance they can't kill so they sent hitman in past but for some reason the can easily kill Bruce Willis wife in future for not carrying the hit?
While I really don't like what he did with The Last Jedi, he is undoubtedly a fantastic director.
I insist on supporting the Knives Out movies just so he gets too distracted to make any more Star Wars projects
Knives Out proved to me he's a great director. Just wasn't the right fit for Star Wars imo
@@r3cursion Or maybe Knive's Out proved that you should go back and re-evaluate TLJ because it's a masterpiece and the best Star Wars since 1980, you just weren't ready for it.
@@ed1rko17 wow didn’t expect you here 💀
@@ed1rko17 nah, I don’t think that’s it. I think what I commented before is what I believe
My favorite thing about Rian is how positively he'll talk about everyone he works with. It's a good acknowledgment of how much of a team effort making a movie or TV show is!
I love Rian Johnson and have since I first saw Brick in high school. It was the exact movie I’d always wished I could make if I was a director. But 100x better. I do, sadly, not like the Last Jedi strictly because of how much it fails to hand off the ball to the third movie. He knew it was his job to make the empire strikes back, the second film in a trilogy. And the movie ends in a way where you have no idea where it’s going. But it was sad to see the hate he received.
He is a master at what he does, and changes genres at will. Brick was a perfect Noir film, Looper a perfect sci fi movie, Knives out was a perfect murder mystery.
He will always be one of my favorites and I get so excited anytime he has a new movie coming out
Personally I feel like the failings of the third movie are strictly it’s own. One could very easily envisage a sequel to The Last Jedi that was simply about the battle between Kylo-Ren and Rey. I think the real failing on people’s part is the expectation that trilogy would need to fall into the same format and presentation as the original.
TLJ literally gave episode 9 the perfect hand-off. That's why it's so baffling how badly they screwed up TROS. Rian gave them a lay-up and they still couldn't score.
@@ed1rko17 - this is 100% false. Like I said, I love Rian. But he kills of Snoke, the main antagonist. Reveals Rey was a nobody. Reveals Kylo is still bad but his motivation is still, be bad. There’s no obvious place to go. No set up at all.
After Empire Strikes back, you find out Luke is Vaders son, how will that affect the next movie? Han is frozen, how will they undo that? Luke’s hand is chopped off. Our characters are at their lowest point. So we’re dying to see them rise up in the next film. Infinity War did this even better, ended on half the universe getting blipped out. Our heroes losing for the first time.
TLJ ends with Rey seemingly as powerful as ever. Kylo getting humiliated, making him not intimidating. The resistance escaping and talking about how much hope they have. It feels like a pretty little bow. That’s what you should feel after the third film. Not the second of a trilogy
@@ed1rko17There was no story to continue. Rian doesn’t know how to make a middle chapter. That’s completely fine, but he shouldn’t have been making a middle chapter
@@kevinandrewsphotoThe biggest problem with the “Rey is a nobody” thing is that it feels borderline 4th wall breaking. Like they were people. Was Rey on RUclips or Reddit? Did she think she was a Kenobi or a Dooku or a Solo? NO!
The reveal should have focused more on why she cares about her parents, and the fact that THEY never cared about her. But Rian had to frame it in the same way as the Luke reveal and it’s so distracting
I dont think he told a single lie about goofy humor.
He's a cool guy. No interest in Star Wars but I'll watch his other stuff. Brick was great!!
Good the Star Wars movie he made was terrible
@@gtmo55mack20 it's perfect
@@Sem43324 I also have no taste or respect for long established series' and universes. Jks.
@@Sem43324 no it’s not you bot
I know he would be a good filmmaker as soon as i watched looper
I'll say this about Rian Johnson, he has a certainty and confidence about him. Even when millions of people tell him he's wrong on something, he doesn't waiver even slightly. Some people would call that stubbornness or arrogance...but hey we all have opinions.
That's called having a vision.
@@portman8909 No, having a vision is called having a vision. Never changing that vision in the face of constant criticism, hmmmmmmmm, that's something else.
@@calebmurphy9406 "Never changing that vision in the face of constant criticism"
Ironically enough, that's something Beethoven did, and who's criticising him now? Sometimes people are ahead of their time.
@@portman8909 And how often do people ignoring criticism turn out to be Beethoven, do you think?
@@calebmurphy9406 Quite a few, the point is, don't change for anyone in the fields of art. Art is subjective, and always will be.
I completely forgot he was one of the directors of Breaking Bad.
The Last Jedi and it’s direction means the WORLD to me. Thank you, Rian. I hope you know how appreciated you are.
Too bad rise of skywalker cancelled it out
@@eheeb79 me too
@@moradkhamlichi9476 me three
Looking back at his filmography, I've noticed I love so many of his movies, and there's not one thing he's done that I hate. I'll be watching everything he does.
The last Jedi
@@bouncybubble I said what I said.
@@bouncybubble underrated, one of the best depictions of asymmetrical warfare in the series and when it comes to the sequel trilogy he's the only person to ever actually try something new and inventive
"Star wars was never serious like the batman despite what some fans think"
Right, So something is either to be taken completely seriously and scrutinized or not at all and nothing matters and the tone can just be all over the place. Got it.
And this, friends, is what we call a strawman argument.
@@joshuapray
Really sad to hear when George Lucas says the complete opposite thing. It's not his place to decide what Star Wars is, his job is to continue the story in the most compelling way possible
Timestamp? I'm working on some videos, this will be great editing material if I need to show how Rian Johnson can get a bit arrogant with his movies?
I came here just for The Brothers Bloom. Top 3 favorite movies of all time. I quote it in one of my presentations as a speaker. It's such a beautiful film.
And also, "Is this the bathroom? No. This is camels."
Can you bring metro boomin to GQ again
Metro booming want some more?
I don't think the humor was what Star Wars fans took issue with, it was more like - everything else. Regardless, Rian Johnson is a remarkable writer and director, not every film has to knock it out of the park, I'm still looking forward to whatever he does next.
Pewdiepie's biggest problem with the movie was actually the humor
It was actually one of the things I took SERIOUS issue with (and still do)
Rian johnson did good on the other films especially on breaking bad episodes, but gotta admit. He fcked up the star wars movie
Proverbs 14:25
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
They should of let him have more films made before this.
One of the best directors working today
yup
@@moradkhamlichi9476 yes
Starting with The Last Jedi? Ballsy
While I absolutely hated the last Jedi, outside of that he has got zero misses. Text book case of incredible talent, but not right for the job.
The last Jedi was his best time and my worst. Then I saw Knifes out and Glass Onion and I was happy again
You were the chosen one Rian, you were meant to bring balance to the saga, not cast it into darkness!!!