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Re: LEGO Theatrical "trailer" Fight Club Spoilers!
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Tue, 12 Dec 2000 16:10:08 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Dave Schuler writes:
D'oh! PREVIEW first, *then* POST.
> I have no trouble suspending disbelief when I watch a movie or read a
> book; in fact, it's essential to the enjoyment of most modern entertainment.
> However, I have trouble when we're required to accept that characters within
> the film have suspended their disbelief, too.
That's how the movie came across to me--that everyone in it was suspending
his/her respective disbelief just to accomodate Ed and Brad's characters,
rather than reacting as actual people would react when faced with similar
circumstances.
I don't mean to seem petty in assigning such priority to characterization,
but that's generally my first concern in films. The more sensational the
subject matter, the more important characterization becomes; when that falls
short, the portrayal of the subject matter becomes less meaningful.
I might be interested to read the novel, but I don't think my assessment
of the film will be changed. When was the novel written?
Dave!
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| (...) I won't go into the suspension of disbeleif thing again, but I will add something I forgot in the first post- as much as I like the film, my suspension of disbeleif is strained by watching Brad Pitt deliver a speech about how he's learning (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: LEGO Theatrical "trailer" Fight Club Spoilers!
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| (...) Haven't read the novel. I wasn't too wowed by the message, which has been done to death elsewhere (perhaps the novel preceded that, but the film presented nothing new to me in that way.) That whole treatment of identity is a foundation piece (...) (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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