A Needle Drop Video That Turned Into A James Gunn Obsession

WARNING BEFORE VIEW!!!
THE FOLLOWING VIDEO CONTAINS MINOR TO MAJOR SPOILERS OF THE FOLLOWING: MOULIN ROUGE, AMERICAN PSYCHO, BABY DRIVER, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, VOL. 2, VOL. 3, THE SUICIDE SQUAD, SUICIDE SQUAD, TROLLS, THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE, KUNG FU PANDA 4, MAMMA MIA!, & THOR: RAGNAROK.

Needle drops are when a film or filmmaker uses already existing music in their project, to usually add to a scene in a dramatic, comedic, or emotional way. And in my opinion, the best needle drops should be used in a film in one of three unique ways and there is one filmmaker in particular that uses these to the best degree possible!

Timestamps:
0:00 - intro
1:34 - bad needle drops - mario movie
2:59 - bad needle drops - suicide squad
4:12 - bad needle drops - kung fu panda 4
4:43 - jukebox musicals
5:30 - jukebox musicals - moulin rouge
7:09 - jukebox musicals - mamma mia!
8:00 - jukebox musicals - trolls
8:50 - good needle drops
8:58 - good needle drops - baby driver
9:57 - good needle drops - thor: ragnarok
11:24 - james gunn: the king of needle drops
11:52 - guardians of the galaxy vol. 1
13:18 - guardians of the galaxy vol. 2
16:32 - the suicide squad
18:20 - guardians of the galaxy vol. 3
20:13 - outro

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