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richiro33
December 2007
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View profile »Why do some movie makers insist on crappy narration by the main character. YES WE SEE YOU CAN TELEPORT OR COUNT CARDS AND IT IS CHANGING YOUR LIFE, why do we need a narration of exactly what we are seeing. These two movies wouldn't be good either way but the narration just makes them so stupid and unbearable to watch.
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July 2006
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View profile »[Post edited by ReaggieP on Jan 28, 2009 - CST 7:49 AM]
JJ79
January 2006
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The run time was also a problem. At 88 minutes for Jumper, there wasn't enough time for the story to get into gear.
Jason
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June 2006
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View profile »All of the fire and mental-flash "battles" ETC could have been avoided if one had used a gun, cause as far as I know neither the bad guys or the jumpers are immune to BULLETS - hello!
JUMPER - corny movie and overall a waste of time (and I did see it on Blu-ray too).
-JOE- (Love Hendrix!)
the_dvd_chef
December 2007
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View profile »In some cases it's an attempt to patch together a shaky plot, and sometimes it's just because they think it is a cool thing to do. Narration by a main character can be a very effective tool when used in the right way. Narration tends to work when it is filling in the inner monolog of the character. It gets you inside their head and conveys what they are thinking. This is basically the same point of view that the vast majority of novels use.
It works well in the right film, but so many use it in the wrong film, in the wrong way and to overstate things that we already know are going on. In fact a lot of problems with bad films can be attributed to writers and directors copying things that were cool in other film with no understanding for what made them cool in that context. Any tool has it's proper use. A sledgehammer may be a cool way to knock a hole in a wall, but it's probably not the best way to repair jewelry.
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(TAXI DRIVER, AMADEUS)
But it's a tricky thing to do, i mean, if ur saying what ur showing then it becomes a radio play accompanied by relevant images.
I hated both movies mentioned above, i thought jumper was a waste of my time and "21" yet another gambling flick with dudes punching each other in a basement somewhere near a casino.
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Question for Americans reading this: Is "BOY A" out in the states or near release?
JJ79
January 2006
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It is. It's a Miriam Collection disc from Genius/Weinstein IIRC. (Even included it in my 2008 Top Ten...)
Jason
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