Plotholes on a Sunday evening
Another all-too-brief weekend concludes. Damned little to report, except that the zip on the @#$%ing boots broke, so I'll be taking them back to Payless with fire in my eye.
Watched Equilibrium again with director's commentary on...I'm noticing a lamentable tendency on the part of directors who write their own material to be better at directing than writing...at least in the genre I'm most partial to. Believe it or not, some of us action fans really *do* expect a plot.
Why, oh why, do I fall in love with these flawed pictures that demand to be fixed?! (I'm counting Desperado/OUaTiM in this category; Robert Rodriguez is a genius director, but I think he tends to skimp on writing so he can get to the parts he likes: filming and editing.) Equilibrium is riddled with such little annoyances; it zips from scene to scene, gives scant clue as to whether it's the same day as the previous scene, the next day, or week...
I want to know *where*, exactly Wimmer thinks Preston had the puppy stashed while his apartment was being searched. While the cityscape is blowing up after Dupont's death, Preston's daughter is shown with the dog, so where was he in the time between the shooting in the Nether and the end? This is the kind of gonzo plothole that makes me go nuts. (Yes, like the underground room in The Pacifier....)
Obviously, in my 'verse, Charlotte was keeping puppy, but the scriptwriter is supposed to think of these things!!! *eyeroll*
No, I haven't actually written anything this weekend, but I have been thinking...entirely too much!
Watched Equilibrium again with director's commentary on...I'm noticing a lamentable tendency on the part of directors who write their own material to be better at directing than writing...at least in the genre I'm most partial to. Believe it or not, some of us action fans really *do* expect a plot.
Why, oh why, do I fall in love with these flawed pictures that demand to be fixed?! (I'm counting Desperado/OUaTiM in this category; Robert Rodriguez is a genius director, but I think he tends to skimp on writing so he can get to the parts he likes: filming and editing.) Equilibrium is riddled with such little annoyances; it zips from scene to scene, gives scant clue as to whether it's the same day as the previous scene, the next day, or week...
I want to know *where*, exactly Wimmer thinks Preston had the puppy stashed while his apartment was being searched. While the cityscape is blowing up after Dupont's death, Preston's daughter is shown with the dog, so where was he in the time between the shooting in the Nether and the end? This is the kind of gonzo plothole that makes me go nuts. (Yes, like the underground room in The Pacifier....)
Obviously, in my 'verse, Charlotte was keeping puppy, but the scriptwriter is supposed to think of these things!!! *eyeroll*
No, I haven't actually written anything this weekend, but I have been thinking...entirely too much!