food for thought
I've noticed lately that my suspension of disbelief is broken, especially for movies. It still works pretty well for books, but not perfectly. Here's what I mean (this specific movie is Spiderman 2) - when I'm watching a movie, I have a hard time getting lost in the movie without constantly saying things like "Couldn't you just OPEN the door instead of breaking through it? Imagine how much that door cost!" and "Yeah, show me an elevated train track in NYC that comes to a complete dead-end over water with only one little buffer at the end." I am perfectly happy believing in men who can shoot spiderwebs from their wrists for the duration, but throw in one nonsense element and it drops me right out of the movie. It doesn't have to be Spiderman 2, for example. I keep doing that even for romance (chick) flicks and so on (ex. little mechanical problems like eyeglasses that don't do anything for the wearer). I watch "Thomas and the Magic Railroad" with Nate, and I keep saying things like "How does a diesel train sneak up on anyone?". I have no problem with trains that talk, but pretending that a diesel can sneak up on someone is ridiculous. This bugs me. Does it mean that I'm getting old and don't believe in faeries any more? I'm pretty solidly logical and scientific, but hey, I enjoy a good story as much as anyone. It's just that the obvious things are getting more and more obvious, and the stupid things are getting stupider and stupider.