17 minutes in, nothing's happened and I'm bored to death
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preachcaleb — 10 years ago(November 05, 2015 09:00 AM)
Maybe you shouldn't be on the internet 17 minutes into a movie.
don't tell me it gets good because to watch a film you have to watch the first 17 minutes and if a film has the audacity to bore you for 17 minutes then the director deserves a slap in the face.
Not at all. The movie doesn't "get good." The movie starts off good.
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thektroll — 10 years ago(November 26, 2015 08:15 PM)
Isn't the whole thing with Dogs how the opening credits stop and you are brought up close and personal with a guy who has been shot and dying a traumatic death?
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Iberian_Wolf — 10 years ago(November 30, 2015 06:35 AM)
lol what?
after the restaurant/waitress scene
Mr. Orange is already bleeding
on the whole friggin car.
let me guess, you only let the phone ring twice, after that you quite, right?
Sean Bean has not died from Lightsaber related issues yetjust saying -
slim_sanders — 9 years ago(January 01, 2017 07:21 AM)
17 minutes in. For that you get, one of the greatest opening scenes in movie History. Fantastic, hilarious dialogue, character development, suddenly jumping to man with a gut shot, bleeding to death, we know the heist has happened and it has ended disastrously. We find out that it's likely there's a rat in the group, plus we get some great tunes. What are you after exactly? Just out of interest what are your ideas of good movies?
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speculator-1 — 9 years ago(January 08, 2017 03:58 AM)
The 17 minute mark is when White and Pink go into the bathroom for exposition. 3 minutes after that, Pink's foot-chase flashback happens.
The first 21 minutes of a mainstream movie is the First Act, it is the setup for the main storyline.
If this were a James Bond movie, Bond would be in M's Office getting a briefing about who Joe Cabot and Nice Guy Eddie were, and what the plan was to infiltrate the gang. Tarantino put that scene later in the movie as a flashback.
Basically, Tarantino gave us character development, and lets you work out the details for yourself. The only exposition in the First Act comes from Pink wsaying that there's a goddamn rat. If this had been structured as a mainstream film, it would have the same scenes but it would be a lot more boring.
Would it have been better if the robbery had been shown?
This would also have to be balanced by an even bigger gun-battle at the end, the same way "Saving Private Ryan" needed a massive climax to balance Omaha beach.
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