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In Reply to: On evaluating movies like..... posted by Ran on August 4, 2000 at 09:31:56:
When viewing a movie, I decide upon completion what was the story's strength? Did the movie take advantage of it's strength?Action films must allow you suspend your disbelief. A love story must captivate your heart. A drama requires compelling acting. Otherwise, it falls flat.
Sometimes it's critical scenes that loose it's objective. For instance, in "Star Wars Ep.I", the jewel of the movie was the Pod race. But with all the attention to CGI detail, the dirctor had forgotten to include suspense. Good old tangent-itis.
"Matrix" never forgot the story with all the CGI & fashion details. That's what made it a great movie IMHO. The details just favored the movie with some individual panache. Even though others tried these same ingredients, this recipe was perfect for the style of story.
Do these have their faults? Damn straight! But, they're still enjoyable. I pick on "Star Trek 4" a lot but it was highly enjoyable. Why? Because the story was maintained through all the dumb errors. This assisted in allowing the audience to be reabsorbed after a particularly stupid incident. This is why I liked "The Patriot" too.
I liked "X-Men" too. Although, it was left open-ended. I felt like it was intermission upon conclusion, or like I need to return next week for the next episode. This was disturbing. But considering it was the end of the movie, it doesn't take away from the fact it was highly enjoyable upto that.
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