tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post951474237006879162..comments2023-10-15T05:01:43.528-07:00Comments on Bamboo Killers: When story is secondaryEmily Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-25757230837289390052008-09-13T20:50:00.000-07:002008-09-13T20:50:00.000-07:00Hey Emily, I just wanted to let you know that I...Hey Emily, I just wanted to let you know that I'm seriously digging your blog. I came across it via my friend Adam's blog, "Our Man in Los Angeles". I'm new to the blogging world -- I recently started a blog about my current writing/producing project.<BR/><BR/>Regarding story, I think there has to be a happy medium. I'm all for random scenes that make you laugh & beautiful shots, but there has to be a story driven plot for me to get involved in. The most important thing to me, though, is that a film have characters that I care about watching.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04458985073476694432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-79666368535960421052008-09-13T15:09:00.000-07:002008-09-13T15:09:00.000-07:00I couldn't get past the first ten minutes of Napol...I couldn't get past the first ten minutes of Napoleon Dynamite - I wonder if that was why.<BR/><BR/>I'd agree with you about 2001. I'd go one further (and probably be labeled a heretic), but I have problems with Blade Runner where the (poorly told IMO) story again plays second fiddle to the (absolutely stunning) visuals. I love the look of the movie, I think the overall concept of the story was a decent enough one. It just wasn't told in what I consider to be a compelling manner because the director was more concerned with mood.Iainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11510552528067975098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-2784759741231733422008-09-13T03:47:00.000-07:002008-09-13T03:47:00.000-07:00I live for the moment when I emerge from the darkn...I live for the moment when I emerge from the darkness of a theater into the light of the day with a new understanding of myself and the world around me.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16897402622057966364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-28994703207621395712008-09-12T11:24:00.000-07:002008-09-12T11:24:00.000-07:00I think you're defining story in a pretty limited ...I think you're defining story in a pretty limited way. I would argue that EVERYTHING has a story. That's human nature, to see the story. You're just arguing that you like a more traditional format. <BR/><BR/>David Lynch is all about story. He's just not telling it in the way you're talking about. Story isn't merely presented through classic plot development and dialogue. Mike Leigh films are character studies. Still about story. What about Kabuki theatre? Still about story. A Hopper painting tells more of a story to me than most horror movies. <BR/><BR/>And TDK is all about story. That one was even in the classic sense.adam ___________________https://www.blogger.com/profile/01306399494751363973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-85271056259766182472008-09-12T09:56:00.000-07:002008-09-12T09:56:00.000-07:00Visuals are great! However, they're not the movie....Visuals are great! However, they're not the movie. If you can make both, then you've got a winner.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, you can have a great scene and a poor movie. See: <B>Resident Evil: Extinction</B>. Brilliant scene with the flamethrower and the birds, but the rest of the movie was lame.<BR/><BR/>What she probably meant was: <BR/><I>Entertainment</I> doesn't have to have a story.<BR/><BR/>If only a scene is great, then you have either a short, or a skit.<BR/><BR/>Then again, some movies are great entertainment, but no great story. <B>Rocky Horror Picture Show</B> for example. You can pull any scene in that and it's entertaining.Hugo Fuchshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13122110266954111510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-69793722903811421222008-09-12T06:16:00.000-07:002008-09-12T06:16:00.000-07:00I had a hard time with this. I was doing the same,...I had a hard time with this. I was doing the same, talking to a friend about movies. He pretty much likes any movie that makes him laugh and they don't have to make any sense at all as long as they do that. I need story. I watched a bunch of mumblecore movies and to me that are pretty boring but they have a huge following and get great reviews. Most have very little story, if they have any story at all. I don't don't get it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-88410777056904926562008-09-12T06:15:00.000-07:002008-09-12T06:15:00.000-07:00I had a hard time with this. I was doing the same,...I had a hard time with this. I was doing the same, talking to a friend about movies. He pretty much likes any movie that makes him laugh and they don't have to make any sense at all as long as they do that. I need story. I watched a bunch of mumblecore movies and to me that are pretty boring but they have a huge following and get great reviews. Most have very little story, if they have any story at all. I don't don't get it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-446445352792104382008-09-11T23:11:00.000-07:002008-09-11T23:11:00.000-07:00I still don't get it (also didn't like Napoleon Dy...I still don't get it (also didn't like Napoleon Dynamite)<BR/><BR/>I'm all about the story. Maybe that's why I don't like abstract art either...<BR/><BR/>It doesn't matter how bizarre the story may seem, as long as there is a story. But if it's just random pointless act after random pointless act... doesn't quite cut it.<BR/><BR/>Probably why I like South Park more than Family Guy too.Dave Alehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03474450946075032613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-40604310962363316692008-09-11T23:04:00.000-07:002008-09-11T23:04:00.000-07:00Batman: The Dark Knight...loved, loved, loved the ...Batman: The Dark Knight...loved, loved, <I>loved</I> the story in the that one. Hence it's undeniably popularity--everybody went to see it because of the great <I>story</I><BR/><BR/>I am, of course, Jerry, being ironical. (bonus points if you name the <I>movie</I> I bastardized that line from).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-52021353602062388372008-09-11T22:42:00.000-07:002008-09-11T22:42:00.000-07:00All hail Quentin and the Coen brothers.All hail Quentin and the Coen brothers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com