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Post #641377

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CatBus
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What single (Non-SW) movie from the last 30 odd years has come closest to the spirit of Star Wars?... and why?
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27-May-2013, 1:24 PM

imperialscum said:

In my opinion, nothing ever came close to Star Wars OT.

Yeah, I agree, but not because Star Wars is so great nothing comes close, but because Star Wars managed to perfectly capture the zeitgeist of 1977.  It was an adventure movie before adventure movies became absorbed into action movies.  It was (space opera) sci-fi before sci-fi became just another demographic target.  If Star Wars were released for the first time today, it would seem weirdly retro in a lot more ways than the special effects--the pacing, the cinematography, everything would scream 1977.

Firefly was what Star Wars would have been if it were unhitched from the 70's, swapped some adventurous spirit for character study, and given a lot better dialogue.  It's not the same thing at all, really, IMO.

Then again, maybe Star Wars is only tied to the 70's in my mind.  Someone watching Star Wars for the first time today probably gets a totally different feeling from the movie than I do.