Why is this in the top250, and don't tell me it gets good because to watch a film you have to watch the first 17 minutes
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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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