>gallant knight slays a dragon to save a womanThis is so often used as an example of a generic tired trope, but when has this ever actually been done in films? I can't think of a single film that plays the trope straight.
>>215589186Bro, Sleeping Beauty? Maleficent Battle still the most kino animation Disney ever made.
>>215589219Sleeping beauty is 65 years old...
>>215589244And it's the most classic trope so it checks out.
>>215589186It's often used metaphorically, like in Bond movies where he has to rescue the girl from the villain's lair.
>>215589186Dragonslayer 1981 is the closest one, but the hero is a wizard apprentice
>>215589186Star Wars the young hero and his mercenary hire breaks into the evil wizard/knights castle to save the princess
>>215589186Are you serious??It's been used over and over as others have said metaphorically in various genres but usually in action movies:In Die Hard, his wife is held hostage by the German terrorist guy.In Leon the Professional he literally rescues a 12 year old woman from the bad guys.In every Bond movie of late.The entire plot of Django Unchained is about going to rescue a woman.Etc etc...
>>215589404>metaphoricallySo it literally never happens then.
>>215589186it represents the hero's journey, the dragon and woman are both metaphorical, the dragon is just an enemy/problem seems more powerful than the hero, it doesn't have to be something physical it could be a problem that has to be overcome.
>>215589432it happens in every culture's folklore, which are the basis of all storytelling, go back far enough and some cavemen without speech where probably signalling their victory over some bear to make the cavegirl wet.
>>215589319And he doesn't exactly save a woman a from the dragon, even if he does gain a love interest.
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>>215589186Die nibelungen
>>215589479ok but not in any films but this one >>215589219
>>215589259>slays the dragon then sexually assaults a teenager Weird movie
It's an oldie.
