Unoriginal? Maybe. But tropes like these are still useful for communicating concepts efficiently precisely because they're so overused. Very few people will appreciate a film that's completely "original" in every way because it'd just feel way too foreign.
Thanks for the lesson in how unoriginal Hollywood is.
ReplyDeleteIf you've seen the first 20 seconds, you've seen the whole thing...
Unoriginal? Maybe. But tropes like these are still useful for communicating concepts efficiently precisely because they're so overused.
ReplyDeleteVery few people will appreciate a film that's completely "original" in every way because it'd just feel way too foreign.
Credit goes to Rich Juzwiak from fourfour.typepad.com; he does great reviews of horror films, r&b music, and reality tv shows.
ReplyDeletehe left out the scene in Dressed to Kill, possibly the scariest in movie history - what a putz
ReplyDeleteInteresting. Makes me curious about some of the movies that I couldn't identify.
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