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Post by snufkin Sun 05 Nov 2017, 5:12 pm

Per thread request, for past and future discussions about the role of cinematography (lightning, photography, and image/sound editing) in shaping the worlds, stories, and themes from the ST.  To start off, two posts I’ve written before about the role of color theory and classic film references

Guys, remember when @Xylo Ren went through the up close feeling the Force scene to break down how JJ shot the transfer of Red and Blue back and forth between each their faces?

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Also RJ's cinematographer, Steven Yedlin is an evangelist for color theory, so everything is going to look amazing and have more than just an aesthetic purpose.

Cut for a big a** graphic breaking down the use of colors to convey mood/emotion/theme:
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Post by snufkin Sun 05 Nov 2017, 5:14 pm

@shii405 - that’s the theory we had here, that the colors represented both sides of the Force shifting back and forth via their connection. Whether or not it’s intended, that series of shots looks like the classic sequence in Spellbound when Gregory Peck and Ingrid Bergman fall in love/obsession

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Aaron Stewart-Ahn wrote:Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck collided in a supernatural, primordial, irrational moment, an act born from their dissolving psyches, and it’s summed up in one exchange of looks, one of those mythical, transcendent depictions of love as devastating as it is liberating, all heightened strings and so powerful as to change the very nature of light in the room. This love is the engine of Spellbound’s story, as two people draw out their anima from one another with insane devotion to their dark sides, to the brink of violence and affection.
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Post by snufkin Sun 05 Nov 2017, 5:20 pm

For TFA, there’s a list somewhere (TV tropes) of the references for some of the shots JJ uses. Like Rey’s introduction being like Nausicca of the Valkey, Kylo in her vision when she first sees him and he “sees” her is Seven Samurai, TIE fighters like Apocalypse Now, and several shots of Jakku and Rey and Finn being from Lawrence of Arabia. Also the shot of Luke saying “the Jedi must end” is straight up the final shot of Ethan in The Searchers, which GL mined for both the original movie and the PT. There are more from the full trailer, like Finn v Phasma wham shot being Three Outlaw Samurai. @panki had a great list a couple days ago if classic movies she was reminded of, especially musicals.
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Post by Kylo Rey Sun 05 Nov 2017, 5:49 pm

In terms of cinematic influences, I feel like the Ahch-to portion of the film was LOTR inspired. The beautiful aerial scenery of the mountains etc.

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This looks straight like a shot ripped from Peter Jackson's trilogy. Very high fantasy, playing into the mythological and Arthurian aspects that was established in TFA:

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You can't tell me this shot wasn't inspired by Hamlet:

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Post by snufkin Sun 05 Nov 2017, 5:57 pm

@“Kylo Rey” - excellent examples. I’m pretty excited about seeing the IMAX and 70mm versions alone for the cinematography.
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Post by vaderito Sun 05 Nov 2017, 6:23 pm

@Kylo Rey As a huge fan of Rick Heinrichs work (TLJ DP) I can tell you that the Force Tree is definitely inspired by his oscar-winning work on Sleepy Hollow:

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Jelly-bean cafe on Canto Bight (that we haven't seen yet but Jason Ward has and described it as something out of CATCF) is inspired by his work on CATCF:

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Crait's salt flats inspired by his work on POTC:AWE (salt flats):

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However, for a movie with lightsabers which means sword-fights, I can't imagine that Rian didn't get Heinrichs mostly for that cause POTC has not just some of the best choreographed swordfights ever but also in stunning setting. I'm putting videos in spoilers so that we don't have media overload on one page:

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Post by snufkin Sun 05 Nov 2017, 11:20 pm

Forgot two more items:

1. The scene when Finn and Rey are being chased by the TIE fighter throughout Niima is a direct reference to Cary Grant being pursued by the crop duster in North by Northwest.

2. This got posted after the trailer came out, but somebody wrote a great great essay about the used of lighting, especially in the the bridge scene and trailer.

And can’t mention this topic without giving a shout out to @gemini for teaching us all about choker shots and the use of mirroring in Snow Fight.
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Post by SkyStar Mon 06 Nov 2017, 5:04 am

Great thread. Smile

In the trailer of TLJ, I really noticed the things Rian bought from Letter Never Sent. First of all the wheater conditions as a metaphor for the inner turmoil of characters, which was a big thing when ,making LNS.  At first you can see Rey being in the sunny environment while meeting with Luke and showing him powers and then being in rain, thunderstorm and darkness when being angry at him. I am looking forward to seeing some moments of it in TLJ, haha.

Also, some shots that are bit unusual reminded me of the movie and I think we will see more in TLJ.
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Post by SoloSideCousin Mon 06 Nov 2017, 5:10 am

SkyStar wrote:Great thread. Smile

In the trailer of TLJ, I really noticed the things Rian bought from Letter Never Sent. First of all the wheater conditions as a metaphor for the inner turmoil of characters, which was a big thing when ,making LNS.  At first you can see Rey being in the sunny environment while meeting with Luke and showing him powers and then being in rain, thunderstorm and darkness when being angry at him. I am looking forward to seeing some moments of it in TLJ, haha.

Also, some shots that are bit unusual reminded me of the movie and I think we will see more in TLJ.
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Ooohh that is a great insight! You know what else I am seeing with the comparison of the first two pictures? Both are shot from below. If I remember my college film class, that choice can be made to indicate that there is some reason to be frightened of the figure towering over you.
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Post by SkyStar Mon 06 Nov 2017, 5:40 am

@SoloSideCousin

Good call! That made me look up comparison from TFA. I think there is a difference, and in some ways, she even looks more distant in TLJ, but it seems to be shot a lot more bellow and from a corner in TLJ? Like she really raises above.

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Post by MrsWindu Mon 06 Nov 2017, 6:50 am

I'm just a humble film fan with no background in film. But when I was finding my way round Reylo I became fascinated by the chocker shot and mirroring metas, as I'm more of a visual person and it just made so much sense.

This is an obvious one and I'm sure its been picked over before many a time:

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Someone who is caught between different two worlds
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Post by snufkin Wed 08 Nov 2017, 3:10 pm

Here's another one ticking off the uses of Red and classic musicals, The Pirate Ballet sequence from the Pirate by Vincent Minelli w/Gene Kelly and Judy Garland. Snoke's throne room may be like this

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Post by snufkin Wed 08 Nov 2017, 7:06 pm

And kudos as always to my fellow Lillian Gish stan, @LadyHa for seeing the silent movie influences in TFA

LadyHa wrote:I know that the parallels with Phantom of the Opera have been pointed out several times, but I haven't seen as much about the 1925/29 silent film version starring Lon Chaney, which I watched recently.  The Phantom is quite disturbing and creepy in this one, and not as much of a romantic anti-hero as the musical or modern era film.  

It's kind of inverted from The Force Awakens in that the Phantom is somewhat seductive to Christine in the beginning, particularly as he lures her into his underground home. Then, of course, she faints and he carries her to bed (ah, early Hollywood.)  The next day, it gets all Bluebeard-y as she removes his mask and is horrified.  He gets more and more revolting as the rest of the film plays out.  The audience may feel pity for the Phantom, but he's no Byronic figure.  

Here's some screenshots of similar scenes between the two films:

Crouching at the start of a conversation
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Reaching hand out
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Post by Irina de France Wed 08 Nov 2017, 7:28 pm

Can I step in as a longtime POTO fan? (Well, not as long as some people, but still, I've been a POTO fan since 2012 XD)

I can see the POTO parallels in TFA right up until Kylo unmasks. There's a bit of a Reaper/Death thing going on with him, and the whole bridal carry is typical Death and the Maiden trope. POTO is not the only horror movie to use that imagery: pretty much every Universal Monster/Hammer Horror film uses it as well.

However, I kind of disagree on Rey and Kylo being like Christine and Erik - not just in terms of personality, but also because the overall dynamic is very different. The unmasking in POTO is also different, because a) it's involuntary and b) it's a climax. Kylo's unmasking is kind of anti-climatic because you wouldn't expect him to unmask at that very moment - hence all the complains from people who thought that he'd unmask for Han. So of course, we've talk at length as to why Kylo unmasking for Rey *is* significant, but in contrast to the unmasking in POTO, it's voluntary on Kylo's part. And when he unmasks, we don't see a monster, we see a young man who JJ Abrams describes as "looking as some sort of prince". So you expect Erik-in-space, but you end up saying "Raoul, what the f*ck are you doing there?"

Though, to be honest... I'd have to say that if I had to make POTO parallels with the ST, Kylo would be Christine, Rey would be Raoul, and Snoke would be Erik, but ya know, 1 000 000 times less sympathetic. Mainly because of this scene (skip to 4:31, because there are a lot of different Christines, but imo Rachel Barrell does the best rendition here, and no, I didn't want to put the same scene from the 2004 movie for reasons):



(And unrelated, but if they ever decided to remake the POTO movie, Adam Driver would make a pretty interesting Raoul for several reasons, but I won't say why here, lol.)
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TFA introductory shot
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Kylo's appearance
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Encounter scene
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Bonding scene
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Mirroring each other
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Finding the Force
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Mother's embrace ("Torn apart" as the background music)
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"Finn will be fine" deleted scene
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Potted flower
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The room is white and mostly empty. The walls are padded. The windows are many, and the sunlight streaming in is bold and bright.

The only things in this room are Leia and a potted plant.

The plant is a sapling of the sanctuary trees of Endor, though some call it a serpent’s puzzle, named so after the way the dark branches weave together in a kind of organic knotwork

She clears her mind.

And then she tries to feel the tree.

She does this at least once a day.

Leia has never felt the tree.

Not for lack of trying! She sits here. She empties herself of breath, and then she tries to free herself of thought. Just like Luke taught her to. That part works fine most of the time. But he said it was possible to feel the lifeforce of things with the Force

Oh.

Oh, my!

There! There it is. Washing over her and through her — an awareness unlike any she’s ever felt before. A pulsing glow, flickering and strong.

It’s not the plant. It’s not Luke. It’s not even Han.

It’s her child.

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From Aftermath : Life Debt

Dark E.T.?
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And then, the black edging of the dark side encircles her bliss like a noose.
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Post by EmiBugs Fri 17 Nov 2017, 8:26 pm

How Magicians and the Star Wars filmmakers use similar techniques for misdirection.

As The Last Jedi gets closer and closer to release and the Reylo theory gains more and more momentum, the question of misdirection becomes the forefront of discussion. Especially now that the trailers are out.

Being a Reylo theorist I’ll admit I was worried they might have given too much away, however, my worries were over when I realized what the general audience concluded. To Reylo fans we saw the struggle and growth of our heroine Rey and Kylo Ren being paralleled, the relationship between mother and son, redemption, and the beginning of Rey and Kylo coming together (to balance the force while forming a meaningful relationship) While the general audience believes that Rey is still a Skywalker because she holds the same power as Kylo (as stated by Luke), Kylo is going to kill Leia, and Rey is going to turn to the dark side. Completely opposite from a Reylo perspective. But of course those who are aware and do NOT want Reylo to happen now argue that any obvious sign of Reylo and redemption is all misdirection.

Are these people misdirected into thinking it’s misdirection?
Ummmm. . .Is the Pope Catholic?

The trailers are not a misdirection. Whenever I view a trailer for a movie the purpose is to define the storyline and have the general feeling of the film, NOT to give away twists. When I first viewed The Force Awakens trailer I made some assumptions, but the trailer wasn’t misdirecting. It told the truth on what the movie would be about and from them the audience confused themselves rather than the filmmakers confusing us.

So how does misdirection relate to magicians?

I was introduced to a film by my brother after he heard about the Reylo theory from me. He told me there were misdirection techniques is this film that are nearly the same in Star Wars when discussing this particular theory.

The film is Now You See Me If you haven’t seen this movie or the sequel please stop reading and watch the trailers and the films before continuing on.

This is the link to watch the trailer

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SPOILERS!!!

You have to remember that the biggest clues to films with a plot twist have important lines or scenes in the beginning that are overlooked but come true in the end. These same themes are echoed through the rest of the film right in front of you the entire time. Rarely is it ever realized until the end.

Here is a brief synopsis of this film from IMDB

Charismatic magician Atlas (Jesse Eisenberg) leads a team of talented illusionists called the Four Horsemen. Atlas and his comrades mesmerize audiences with a pair of amazing magic shows that drain the bank accounts of the corrupt and funnel the money to audience members. A federal agent (Mark Ruffalo) and an Interpol detective (Mélanie Laurent) intend to rein in the Horsemen before their next caper, and they turn to Thaddeus (Morgan Freeman), a famous debunker, for help.


In the beginning there are important clues that become the running theme for the rest of the film.

Which are:

1. “My job? To take that most precious of gifts you give me. Your attention, and then use it against you”

2. “The closer you look, the less you’ll see.” Or “the closer you think you are, the easier it will be to fool you.”

3. “You’re being played.”

4. “When the magician waves his hand and says this is where the magic is happening, the real trick is happening somewhere else. Misdirection, a basic concept of magic.”

5. “There are some tricks that can only be performed if you’re already on the inside.”

6. “Now you don’t.”


So taking line 1, the filmmakers also grab the audience’s attention by introducing a bunch of nostalgia in TFA only to use it against them when the story becomes different in TLJ. In this movie it makes you believe certain things but then throws a curve ball. This also can be related to line 4. The movie wants you to believe that whoever is behind the big magic tricks has to be The Four Horsemen, Thaddeus, or the French detective woman. All of these characters show signs of suspicion. For most of the general audience they start to heavily assume that The Four Horsemen are working under Thaddeus who is suspected as “The Eye” for the more analytical thinkers they start to suspect the woman because they know that usually when something becomes obvious it’s a trick, but because the woman shows only a little suspicion they think they are clever for figuring it out only to be just as shocked or even more shocked that they were played like everyone else. Of course if you’ve seen the movie you’d know that Agent Dylan Rhodes is revealed as the master mind. (The one who was on the inside) When it comes to Star Wars there are similar ideas. The general audience believing Thaddeus is the mastermind is like how the general audience believes Rey is a Skywalker. The analytical thinkers believing it is the French woman is like the analytical thinkers believing Rey is a reincarnation or clone. The reveal that it’s Dylan Rhodes is the reveal that Rey is something else entirely. I’m sure that there were a few people who thought Dylan Rhodes was behind it and if everyone knew before the reveal what they thought I’m sure they would laugh at that possibility. I could hear it going something like this. “You’re crazy, Dylan is an FBI agent and he’s an idiot! How could it be him!?” Just like everyone who laughs at Reylo becoming true. They think we’re all crazy about Rey ever forgiving Kylo and then falling in love with him.

I do want to bring up that I strongly believe that Rey could be a Kenobi. Now, you probably think, but that is already a highly talked about theory, but then you have to ask yourself is that the big twist the filmmakers were counting on? If you ask me, I’d say no.

It’s pretty much confirmed by Maz Kanata that Rey is not a Skywalker however the movie still leaves you asking the question, then who are Rey’s parents? Regardless of whether you believe she’s a Skywalker or not that is the biggest question the filmmakers were leaving us with. Or is it?

Take line 4 and relate it to the idea that the filmmakers wanted you to be so distracted with the concept of who Rey’s parents are, that you forget the other major important plot points that are happening in the rest of the story, which is of course Reylo, character relationships, and finally balancing the force.

Star Wars is known for having one of the biggest twists in cinema history. “No, I am your father.” I believe the sequel trilogy will have another huge twist but not done in the same way as the originals. Otherwise the movie would be predictable and a complete waste of story.


I’m going to discuss line 2.
The closer you look the less you’ll see. Of course on the surface we think it’s Thaddeus or the French woman and Agent Dylan Rhodes will be taught a lesson. However, we know it’s the exact opposite. Think back to The Force Awakens and what the biggest criticisms were.

1. It’s a carbon copy of a New Hope
2. Kylo Ren is a wuss of a villain!

I believe JJ Abrams made TFA the way it is for two reasons. First, to please the majority of the fans who loved the originals, and second to mislead us into thinking the sequel trilogy would follow the same story line of the originals. Star Wars is more than one of the trilogies by itself. It’s telling one grand story across 3 generations. Don’t just look close at only a few important things. Look at the big picture. You have to stand back in order to see it all “The closer you look, the less you’ll actually see.”

I realize that Kylo Ren, has made mistakes, and has done some pretty dark doings and will likely be redeemed from them. However, I like to think he’s not as dark/villainous as most might think.

Reasons for this:
1. He let Finn go after disobeying him.
2. He clearly has his own agenda after he says “Then they should have no problem retrieving the droid. Unharmed.” Then Hux responds “Careful Ren, that your personal interests not interfere with orders from leader Snoke!”
3. He doesn’t kill his own men like Vader did.
4. There are funny moments regarding Kylo. The originals made Vader as no laughing matter.
5. He seems to be against the attacks on the Hosnian and Ileenium systems.
6. If he can sense his father miles away, I’m sure he’s aware when he’s 10 feet behind him after sending the storm troopers in opposite directions.
7. Han’s death was a test. (stated by Snoke)
8. His conversation with Han before he died
9. Leia says “there’s still light in him I know it.”
10. He’s a prince and a knight.
11. The message sent to Leia about Star killer base targeting the Ileenium system. ( Kylo could have sent it)
12. The way he treats Rey.

I know he killed Han, the villagers, and Lor San Tekka but why does he appear to be against the attack on the Hosnian system and the Ileenium system. General Hux’s speech took inspiration from the footage of Hitler giving a speech to the Germans in WW2. I believe in this case another WW2 and Star Wars parallel was President Harry Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan. He knew thousands of innocent people would die, but he also knew many more millions of innocent people would die if the decision hadn’t been made. I’m highly suspecting Kylo Ren is facing a similar situation. Even though Kylo feels extremely neglected and betrayed by his family, it’s noticeable that when facing his father he doesn’t want to go through with killing him. It’s also pretty obvious in TLJ trailer that Kylo doesn’t want to kill his mother and still has light in him.

I think at first Kylo thought going with Snoke was a good idea, but realized later he had made a mistake. But since now Kylo is already on the INSIDE with Snoke and the First Order, he now knows secrets about Snoke that will be vital in winning the war. This concept is similar to the idea of the magician already being on the inside to perform their greatest trick. Like Agent Dylan Rhodes being on the inside of the FBI. I’d like to call attention to the scene when Leia receives a message that The First Order was charging the weapon and the Ileenium System was the next target. How did the resistance come by this information? We know from Rogue One they had to transmit the plans from the enemy base (it was the only way). So I think there’s a strong chance that Kylo Ren was the one to send this bit of information to warn his mother. I don’t think it could have been anyone else on the inside since they were so desperate for Finn to help them lower the shields on Star Killer base.

If they already had someone on the inside on Star killer base then they wouldn’t be as desperate for Finn to help. Now why then would Kylo not lower the shields himself? Well, probably because it would have been too obvious that Kylo had betrayed The First Order. Transmitting a simple message would go a lot more unnoticed. That was probably the only thing he could do in his situation.

Perhaps Kylo knows he appears evil but believes someday his actions will be justified and be seen as good and something truly special to his family.

It’s the idea of line 6 “Now you don’t.” You don’t see Dylan Rhodes as the master mind, but then you do at the end. Thus the title Now You See Me. I can totally see this being applied to Kylo Ren. The general audience and the fanatics will finally see him for what he truly is.

Kylo Ren’s words to his Father are true
- “I’m being torn apart.”
- “I know what I have to do, but I don’t know that I have the strength to do it.”
- “Will you help me?”

Han - “Yes, anything!”
I think it’s a huge step for Han to trust that whatever is to come will help Ben.

This is a bit of a funny fact, but there’s always a mysterious hooded figure in Now You See Me.
Who’s Dylan Rhodes, but funny enough Kylo Ren is also a hooded figure in Star Wars. Haha!

But the idea of “Being Played” is exactly what the filmmakers are doing with the general audience and most fanatics.

I also want to go over the idea of powerful words in the Star Wars TFA and TLJ trailers and how this movie did the same technique.

TFA teaser 1:

“There has been an awakening . . . Have you felt it?”
“The dark side . . . And the light.”

TFA teaser 2:

“The force is strong in my family. My father has it. I have it. My sister has it. . . You have that power too.”

TFA teaser 3:

“Who are you?”
- “I’m no one.”

“I was raised to do one thing, but I’ve got nothing to fight for.”

“Nothing will stand in our way. I will finish what you started.”

“There were stories about what happened.”
- “It’s true. All of it. The dark side. The Jedi. They’re real.”

“The force, it’s calling to you. . . Just let it in.”

All of these quotes have either already come true or will mean something later as a foreshadowing.

All of this has importance in regards to the story line and were carefully chosen.


TLJ teaser 1:

“Breathe. Just breathe. Now reach out. What do you see?”

“Light. Darkness. The balance.”

“It’s so much bigger”

“I only know one truth. It’s time for the Jedi to end.”

TLJ trailer 1:

“When I found you, I saw raw untamed power, and beyond that, something truly special.

“Something, inside me has always been there, but now it’s awake, and I need help.”

“I’ve seen this raw strength only once before. It didn’t scare me enough then. It does now!”

“Let the past die. Kill it, if you have to. That’s the only way to become what you’re meant to be.”

“We are the spark, that will light the fire, that will burn the First Order down.”

“This is not going to go, the way you think!”

“Fulfill, your, destiny!”

“I need someone, to show me my place in all this.”

TLJ teaser 2:

“Darkness rises, and light to meet it.”


All of these lines were also chosen, because they all illustrate the story beautifully and have deeper meanings that we’ll discover later.

Similar to all the lines of dialogue in Now You See Me were clues all along to help us figure out the truth. Of course most of these lines are looked over and forgotten by the general audience but all of these lines put together make the whole point of the movie. Once you see it, watching it a second time makes all these clues way more obvious. The filmmakers have said that once we see TLJ we will view TFA in a completely different way. Why? Because all the clues will come together and will reveal the truths. However, if you’re a Reylo theorist it’s my humble belief that you already know the majority of the story. Why? Because the answers are right in front of us. Daisy Ridley said herself in an interview that she thought a lot was answered in the TFA already.
And it’s not only in TFA. The clues are everywhere throughout the 7 movies. Again, it’s the idea to look at the deeper/bigger picture. “Because the closer you look, the less you’ll actually see.”

In the sequel to Now You See Me, Thaddeus, gives a speech at the beginning of the film which seems rather vengeful, but of course he repeats this same dialogue at the end, and now it carries a completely different meaning.

There’s also the idea of following the magicians pattern in order to catch them. Even though their enemy believes they caught them before arriving at their final destination. The trick is still a success and they arrive at their destination anyway. Once again the magicians have fooled their enemy and still followed the pattern. In a completely different way.

Just like Star Wars fans who think the story is following the same pattern of the originals. The protagonist is the child of another major character with issue, and the protagonist is also a long lost sibling or cousin of another main character. The fans are right about the fact that Star Wars is following a pattern. George Lucas himself said that “Star Wars is like poetry, it rhymes.” However, the pattern will continue in a way no one is expecting, it’s not following the exact same formula of the originals, it’s following the themes that Star Wars has always been about. Love, hope, redemption, forgiveness, and my personal favorite, TWISTS that will blow people’s minds.
Dylan Rhodes said something that I believe speaks very well to how the fanatical fan boys come across when discussing Star Wars. “How you let yourself be so blinded by your ego that you convinced yourself that you were one step ahead when you were always two steps behind.”

Right now I’m sure the filmmakers want the majority of fans looking at the surface level. I can see them saying the same thing to the fans as Atlas said to his fans. “Come in close. Closer. Because the more you think you see, the easier it'll be to fool you.”

I also want to comment on how different the Reylo community is. With everyone I’ve seen and heard who have figured this mystery box out, I’m very blown away with the amount of diverse intelligence. Those who are gifted in psychology, literature, religion, mythology, history, music, art, film language, human behavior, etc. This reminds me of another quote at the end of Now You See Me. “The real magic is taking four strong solo acts and making them all work together. And that's exactly what you did. So welcome. Welcome to The Eye.”

Most of the time I feel like the Reylo fandom is all part of “The Eye”

As stated before with line 6 “Now you don’t” For all those who don’t see the Reylo theory or make fun of it now. In the end they will see it. Thus, Now You See Reylo.



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Post by SheLitAFire Fri 17 Nov 2017, 10:14 pm

First off, welcome to the forum @EmiBugs, good to have you here!
Your deep analysis & insight of both movie's trailers and questioning the idea of misdirection has given me A LOT to think about! We definitely had a discussion in a couple of threads about misdirection/debunking the misdirection idea once the trailer came out in October. I thought your analysis of Hitler & Harry Truman is quite thought provoking. You've nailed down Truman's debate (whether we agree with his decision or not) and the nuance of his reasoning. Your comparison of Kylo and Truman could possibly align with what some on here believe about Kylo, that he has a hidden agenda that's different than Snoke's, but that he's using Snoke as part of his plan and to learn from in ways Luke didn't educate him in, which now that I'm scrolling up and re-reading some of your post I can see you point it out as point #2.
The diversity of the Reylo community is strong and I'm glad you feel a kinship with us. That was definitely one of the things that drew me here, specifically reading the meta analyses and just feeling like my mind was expanding with creative ways of looking at film, literature, even real life. Thank you for adding more to our collection interpretations!
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Post by snufkin Fri 17 Nov 2017, 10:32 pm

The novel/film about magic and misdirection I thought of after seeing TFA was The Prestige. If you've seen Christopher Nolan's adaption, it's the bookend introduction and finale v/o by Michael Caine





snufkin wrote:It's a magic trick. The sleight of hand is that you get a "re-hash" of the original storyline with twists like Girl Power Heroine, Stormtrooper gone rogue, and all of the media coverage with people enthusing over it being a return to childhood and familiar beats that reference things like the MF, the trash compactor, Death Star, Finn is her love interest etc. Meanwhile, off to the side (or rather, the subtext that my brain knew it was seeing), the actual story is being set up about Han and Leia's son being manipulated by Snoke and the parallels with a young scavenger who is thrust into the middle of the action and the build up for how their destinies are intertwined (with the big bad of Snoke). It's a three part trilogy and this movie is the first part of a magic trick, the Pledge. I am more of a Christopher Nolan fan than a Star Wars fan (even if Nolan is so obviously influenced by the OT) and realized that it was like the line from the Prestige, which was originally a book by Christopher Priest:

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/91029-every-great-magic-trick-consists-of-three-parts-or-acts

“Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called "The Pledge". The magician shows you something ordinary: a deck of cards, a bird or a man. He shows you this object. Perhaps he asks you to inspect it to see if it is indeed real, unaltered, normal. But of course... it probably isn't. The second act is called "The Turn". The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary. Now you're looking for the secret... but you won't find it, because of course you're not really looking. You don't really want to know. You want to be fooled. But you wouldn't clap yet. Because making something disappear isn't enough; you have to bring it back. That's why every magic trick has a third act, the hardest part, the part we call "The Prestige".”

I'll have to wait and see if what comes next is the Turn and the finale being the actual Prestige. But in the meanwhile, TFA was most definitely the Pledge. It will be interesting to see in the future how many people who took it at face value revisit what we've already discussed.

...

OK now that I thought a little more, it's sort of another Christopher Nolan reference. My brain picked up on the fact that a magic trick (sleight of hand being a call back to childhood nostalgia elements and rehash, hiding a different and more subversive narrative that includes a feminist reading of Fairy Tales and Force=sexual/romantic awakening) was being performed in the story. From the original book by Christopher Priest:

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/91029-every-great-magic-trick-consists-of-three-parts-or-acts

“Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called "The Pledge". The magician shows you something ordinary: a deck of cards, a bird or a man. He shows you this object. Perhaps he asks you to inspect it to see if it is indeed real, unaltered, normal. But of course... it probably isn't. The second act is called "The Turn". The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary. Now you're looking for the secret... but you won't find it, because of course you're not really looking. You don't really want to know. You want to be fooled. But you wouldn't clap yet. Because making something disappear isn't enough; you have to bring it back. That's why every magic trick has a third act, the hardest part, the part we call "The Prestige".”

So maybe what my brain picked up on (and which @vaderito has been so skilled at possibly teasing out w/analysis) is that this first part of the trilogy is the Pledge. We are presented a story about a heroine and villain, whom, we take to be unaltered and normal in their presentation. What remains to be seen is if the next story in the trilogy is The Turn (flirting with the Darkside), and the final story will be the Prestige.


...
The whole story is a bait and switch, or as I realized and posted about here, it's a magic trick. All of the callbacks and references to the first movie were to keep your eyes off of the actual story that was being set up (think of the 3 stages of a magic trick, the Pledge, the Turn, & the Prestige). Even just doing a group rewatch of ESB, it's striking how the two main storylines, love story takes flight during battle of war/battle of the sexes and obsessive cat & mouse between two FS, are not just referenced but rolled into the whole reason we've come together on the Internet to argue/debate.

There are probably many different reasons why a lot of people didn't pick up on this element, hard to say how much was by design and how much was miscalculation. But it's been a lot of fun trying to figure out the pieces of the puzzle. x



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Post by panki Thu 23 Nov 2017, 5:00 pm

I see a parallel between the trailer scene of Kylo looking out at the AT-ATs and other war equipment being built/repaired, and the Night of "Nations Pride" premiere red window scene in Inglorious Basterds.

While these two images are not exactly alike, I get the same sense of melancholy from them.....the feel of a person determined to finish something and about to embark on a dangerous and suicidal mission (with what they are against present beyond the glass- the FO war machine in Kylo's case and the nazi flag in Shoshanna's case)....I wonder if Kylo plans to take down Snoke (with Rey's help?).

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Post by LadyHa Fri 24 Nov 2017, 1:46 pm

Irina de France wrote:Can I step in as a longtime POTO fan? (Well, not as long as some people, but still, I've been a POTO fan since 2012 XD)

I can see the POTO parallels in TFA right up until Kylo unmasks. There's a bit of a Reaper/Death thing going on with him, and the whole bridal carry is typical Death and the Maiden trope. POTO is not the only horror movie to use that imagery: pretty much every Universal Monster/Hammer Horror film uses it as well.

However, I kind of disagree on Rey and Kylo being like Christine and Erik - not just in terms of personality, but also because the overall dynamic is very different. The unmasking in POTO is also different, because a) it's involuntary and b) it's a climax. Kylo's unmasking is kind of anti-climatic because you wouldn't expect him to unmask at that very moment - hence all the complains from people who thought that he'd unmask for Han. So of course, we've talk at length as to why Kylo unmasking for Rey *is* significant, but in contrast to the unmasking in POTO, it's voluntary on Kylo's part. And when he unmasks, we don't see a monster, we see a young man who JJ Abrams describes as "looking as some sort of prince". So you expect Erik-in-space, but you end up saying "Raoul, what the f*ck are you doing there?"

Though, to be honest... I'd have to say that if I had to make POTO parallels with the ST, Kylo would be Christine, Rey would be Raoul, and Snoke would be Erik, but ya know, 1 000 000 times less sympathetic. Mainly because of this scene (skip to 4:31, because there are a lot of different Christines, but imo Rachel Barrell does the best rendition here, and no, I didn't want to put the same scene from the 2004 movie for reasons):
@Irina de France

(I missed this thread until now.) I think I agree with you about how POTO is a pretty different story! This partly motivated my images post, since I was surprised at how it seemed kind of upside down compared to Kylo's storyline. However, I still do suspect that TFA writers were consciously invoking Kylo as an archetype shared with Phantom. The mask, the cape, the kidnap, a dramatic unmasking, the failed attempt at seduction. But, some of the common "beats" in the two stories are interesting to me because of how opposite they are - especially the mask scene. In POTO, Erik warns Christine to never remove his mask, but she sneaks up on him and does it anyways. Then, she is horrified and, at least in the old silent film, everything goes south from there and she is never into him again.

I like your idea of comparing the Phantom more to Snoke that Kylo, though! Gives me something to think about.

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Post by nite0wl29 Sun 17 Dec 2017, 12:52 pm

So my mom told me last night that she had heard Rian Johnson took some inspiration from LotR for TLJ. Not sure how much truth there is to that but then it dawned on me just now: Gollum! Kylo Ren is to Ben Solo what Gollum is to Smeagol.
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You have that evil voice inside Smeagol who takes every little chance whenever Smeagol shows an ounce of humanity to stay evil and to think nobody wants him. I want to think Ben Solo is Smeagol, covering his ears saying "I'm not listening!"
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Post by rey09 Sun 17 Dec 2017, 1:01 pm

Oh yeahh when Rey started hearing those whispers from the tree, it immediately took me back to LOTR, when the ring calls out to people. SO blatant.

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Post by Blood Moon Sun 17 Dec 2017, 4:58 pm

Nice tribute to this iconic shot from Wings (1927) in the Canto Bight casino.

I did love the cinematography of TLJ, lots of wide-shots and no shaky cams( or I didn't notice). It was just very relaxing for my eyes to watch it, even in 3D. Still want to see it in 2D.
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Post by LadyHa Sun 17 Dec 2017, 5:05 pm

Blood Moon wrote:Nice tribute to this iconic shot from Wings (1927) in the Canto Bight casino.

I did love the cinematography of TLJ, lots of wide-shots and no shaky cams( or I didn't notice). It was just very relaxing for my eyes to watch it, even in 3D. Still want to see it in 2D.
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Excellent catch! I just saw Wings for the first time this past year, and this tracking shot is an obvious homage. Along with all of the groundbreaking cockpit shots, it seems like it must have been an influence on the OT? I hope someone asks Rian about this.
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