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Old 07-24-2008, 11:42 PM
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Originally Posted by MS Fowler View Post
I find I have to suspend belief at many points when I watch movies--I figure its just part of the experience.

For instance-- Car crashes in which the cars ALWAYS explode.

"Weekend at Bernie's"--Funny movie, but dead bodies do not respond like Bernie.
What are your favorites?
Okay, I liked "Weekend at Bernies." It's a comedy. It makes no pretensions toward reality. Dramas entertain by asking the audience to enter a familiar world and endure the disorientation of the plot. If or when the the world violates it's own internal rules it loses my ability to suspend belief.

For example, "Mystic River" was internally consistent, the characters were archetypical and so, the story was compelling and the tragedy, terrible.
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