tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post7449049682976098678..comments2023-10-15T05:01:43.528-07:00Comments on Bamboo Killers: Don't be an idiotEmily Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-73268649379945053062007-06-22T12:18:00.000-07:002007-06-22T12:18:00.000-07:00I agree. You shouldn't make a contrived reason for...I agree. You shouldn't make a contrived reason for your character to make a stupid decision.<BR/><BR/>Instead you should make your character make a less stupid decision. So that's what we did. Our character commits a crime in a way that is almost garaunteed to get him caught. So all we did was change it around so that he plans ahead a little to try not to get caught. Now when he gets caught it's because someone else betrayed him, not because he's just stupid.<BR/><BR/>I think it's a much better choice.Emily Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-10809898542535081872007-06-21T20:52:00.000-07:002007-06-21T20:52:00.000-07:00100% completely ignore the problem.Seriously. Don'...100% completely ignore the problem.<BR/><BR/>Seriously. <BR/><BR/>Don't write some contrived reason your character makes a stupid decision. The audience will pick apart the reasoning because it won't make sense, is against the character, and panders to them.<BR/><BR/>Take a leap of faith and let your main character make a bad decision.<BR/><BR/>If you've crafted a story that is compelling, stands on its own, and every scene/sequence presents a dramatic conflict that moves the story forward a bad decision illustrates character with or without reasoning behind it. <BR/><BR/>When people talk about suspension of disbelief ... these are the problems that they are talking about. I think the term is used too often. <BR/><BR/>Probably one of the best examples of believability...<BR/><BR/>GROUNDHOG DAY<BR/><BR/>Why is Phil constantly stuck in the same day?<BR/><BR/>The movie never gives us a reason. It alludes to a lot and leaves it up the the viewer, but their is no definitive answer.<BR/><BR/>Don't believe me?<BR/><BR/>In the original script, a girl that Phil was seeing just prior to the start of the movie is pissed he blows her off and curses him with voodoo.<BR/><BR/>I'm not kidding.<BR/><BR/>GROUNDHOG DAY is an AMAZING film. I'd consider it a classic.<BR/><BR/>If they had left the voodoo part in, it would be akin to a Rob Schneider film in terms of excellence. <BR/><BR/>One little change in an attempt to explain the unexplainable.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16897402622057966364noreply@blogger.com