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1. fabiob+S3[view] [source] 2024-12-28 10:28:55
>>exitb+(OP)
My wife considers “show, don’t tell” shows confusing and just bad. More dialogue, better the show.

She chooses to watch shows in which characters address each other with full names and say their intentions out loud. My brain hurts.

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2. strogo+R5[view] [source] 2024-12-28 10:54:15
>>fabiob+S3
One of my favourite films is called Upstream Color.

Below is not a spoiler, but I like to avoid reading anything about a good film before watching it, and I recommend to do the same here. You like it or you don’t.

This film has no staged speech that tries to explain anything. The little dialogue that it has is what would naturally arise given the situation. For the same reason, most characters have no names or no full names. No situation in which they would formally introduce themselves takes place.

Do I fully understand it immediately, or even after watching it once? No. Does it mean I dislike it? Rather the opposite. Actually, I enjoy being treated as an adult who can make conclusions without having given any pre-digested explanation.

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3. magica+7m[view] [source] 2024-12-28 14:05:29
>>strogo+R5
I enjoyed Upstream Color a lot as well, but yeah it's certainly not for everyone.

And agreed on not being spoon fed.

A prime example to the contrary was when in the Joker, spoiler alert, they had a recap showing his delusion. The movie would have been so much better if they had cut that entire segment, and just have the neighbor female act all surprised and weirded out like she did when he entered the apartment.

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