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In Reply to: Re: Vertical Limit. Wow!!! posted by Doug Schneider on December 26, 2000 at 16:46:27:
Battleground, Sands of Iwo Jima, The Longest Day, etc....We knew the Allies would win WWII. Predictability need not be a deterrent to a good, or even great, movie.Oh yeh, Titanic was predictable too! I think we all knew even before entering the theater she would go down.
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Besides the story, by predictable I mean that it relied on some many standard plot elements:-- the old mystic (Scott Glenn)
-- disposable characters that serve no purpose than to get taken out with nifty special effects and death scenes
-- the main character (Chris O'Donnell) has ghosts that haunt him (the circumstances of his father's death) that will play a key role at the end of the film.
....and on and on. My point is that although the effects were good, in terms of a story, characters, etc. there is nothing here that has not been done hundreds of times before.
Doug Schneider
You are describing probably 98% of all movies made. The other 2% are either classics or too dull to sit through.Moral: Enjoy things for what they are.
You're right - 98% of the movies we do see are re-hashed garbage. However, that doesn't mean we have to take it. We *can* ask for something more! Notice how refreshing it is when something intelligent and original comes out! Easier said than done, though.Doug Schneider
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