Hmmmm… if a movie starts with stupid plot points in the first few minutes, and not in an ironic/satirical way (e.g. “I’m alone in a park - what’s that noise in the dark? Let’s investigate!” or “Everyone is carrying a gun. I’ll fight them with my katana sword!”) then I kind of know what I’m getting myself into for the rest of the movie.
Yeah exactly, like this one time I watched the first couple episodes of this show called The Good Place, and it’s basically about a bunch of characters who are in heaven? Kinda boring, would have been a bit more interesting if they weren’t in literal heaven the whole time… made everything feel like it had no stakes.
Hmmmm… if a movie starts with stupid plot points in the first few minutes, and not in an ironic/satirical way (e.g. “I’m alone in a park - what’s that noise in the dark? Let’s investigate!” or “Everyone is carrying a gun. I’ll fight them with my katana sword!”) then I kind of know what I’m getting myself into for the rest of the movie.
Same deal.
Yeah exactly, like this one time I watched the first couple episodes of this show called The Good Place, and it’s basically about a bunch of characters who are in heaven? Kinda boring, would have been a bit more interesting if they weren’t in literal heaven the whole time… made everything feel like it had no stakes.