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In Reply to: Vertical Limit. Wow!!! posted by Daryl R on December 22, 2000 at 18:33:19:
Can't agree with you on this one. Yes, some spectacular stunts...but VERY predictable and, in great Hollywood tradition(despite being of New Zealand orgin) made absolutely no sense. The plot was simply written around a bunch of stunts.Doug Schneider
www.soundstagenetwork.com
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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.
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
www.soundstagenetwork.com
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