The plot line to almost all movies that come out today.

by free2beme 16 Replies latest jw friends

  • free2beme
    free2beme

    Ever notice how much every movie follows the same plot line and pattern, so much so, that you can set your watch by it. Here it is ...

    The Introduction - The short moment in the beginning of the movie that has you listening to characters explain themselves and their past.

    The point - The short moment that follows the Introduction that explain what this movie will be about, and offer at least a couple subtle points that will be major in the end. (Example, a small character mentioning something they know, someone they know or a history they share)

    The false climax - The point in the movie that makes you think, "If it stopped right here, all would be good in the world"

    The conflict - The time in movie when all falls apart, the characters have something revealed they wanted hidden, or something happens that makes everyone seek out what seems like chaos.

    The resolution - The time in the movie when people put aside their differences and remember they need to stick to the point and get back on track.

    The conclusion - This is when those subtle points come out from "The point" that you hardly noticed, but now you go "Oh, now I see it" and you end up coming to the end and thinking, "What a ride" and all is good in the movie world ... unless it wants a sequel, in which the last five too ten seconds do something that makes you go, "Where too now?"

    What a ride! Except for it is the same ride in all movies. I just sit there watching each part reveal themselves and they never let me down. Anyone else notice this about modern cinema?

  • yaddayadda
    yaddayadda

    Sounds like my sex life

  • Butters
  • Frannie Banannie
    Frannie Banannie

    I'm just glad they use different characters and time frames so I don't recognize the pattern and plot similarities.

  • MsMcDucket
    MsMcDucket

    You haven't seen "I'll Sleep when I'm Dead" then. That movie just left you hanging. . .wondering

  • free2beme
    free2beme

    I respect movies that try to step out of this pattern. Even if the story is a little weak. At least they try.

  • Wasanelder Once
    Wasanelder Once

    I just saw The Prestige. For the first ten minutes I had trouble following what was going on. I may have been tired, but it was very effective in getting me all wound up. There are several bizzare plot turns in this film that make no sense till the very end. I MEAN THE VERY END. Don't walk out on this one.

    It broke the pattern several times over.

    There was some wicked foreshadowing, but I missed it till the end when I said, "Holy crap, that's what that reference was about."

    I liked it.

    W.Once

  • Butters
    Butters

    Another really good movie that has a lot of ideas different from the normal mafia brainwashing stuff is the "Usual Suspects" starring Kevin Spacey, Stephen Baldwin, Kevin Pollack, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri(sp?), and Benicio Del Toro. Hilarious and dramatic.

  • riverofdeceit
    riverofdeceit

    I'd recommend for you:

    Memento

    November ( I think that is the name. It has Courtney Cox in it.)

    Don't read anything about them, just watch them.

  • trevor
    trevor

    free2beme

    The Introduction

    The point

    The false climax

    The conflict

    The resolution

    The conclusion

    Sounds like the story of the Bible. Must be how fiction stories are!

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