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Post by doctorstrange on Dec 10, 2019 16:48:39 GMT
Me: Character driven films.
I don't care much for story.
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Post by Archelaus on Dec 10, 2019 17:15:47 GMT
I prefer story-driven films.
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Post by ck100 on Dec 10, 2019 17:19:26 GMT
"The story is the foundation of all entertainment. You must have a good story otherwise it's just masturbation."
-George Costanza
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Post by politicidal on Dec 10, 2019 17:25:48 GMT
"The story is the foundation of all entertainment. You must have a good story otherwise it's just masturbation." -George Costanza Good characters are just the products of good writers anyway.
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Post by sjg on Dec 10, 2019 17:38:34 GMT
Characters. If i don't like any of the characters in the film it will ruin the story for me
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Dec 10, 2019 17:56:38 GMT
Story driven
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Dec 10, 2019 18:27:11 GMT
Characters. If i don't like any of the characters in the film it will ruin the story for meMostly agree, but that's not really the question. A great story driven film will have good characters.
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Post by James on Dec 10, 2019 18:29:22 GMT
Probably character driven, but it just depends.
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Post by mslo79 on Dec 10, 2019 18:56:45 GMT
Character drivenI suspect I prefer that over story driven on average. because some movies can have a good story but if you don't have a solid director or cast and the like, it will ultimately fall flat. that's why something like The Departed (2006) is much better than Infernal Affairs (2002). both have a good enough story at their foundation but Infernal Affairs lacks the cast/flair to carry it and ends up being a pretty average/forgettable movie where as The Departed is within my Top 77 movies straight up. and like I always say... it's not about doing something new but taking a idea that's already been done and doing it well. ; this tends to favor characters (and the like) over story if you ask me. so I guess I could say this... story without much else going for it is not going to end up giving us a solid movie at the end of the day where as if you have an average-ish story but other things are going for it, your more likely to get a better movie in general. because movies are a visual medium at the end of the day and things need to click on screen to make it work. it's not like say reading a book for example where story will probably be more crucial since it's just words on a page as you got no visual medium to potentially enhance it. p.s. the OP should have made this into a poll.
I would definitely disagree because I am sure there is a fair amount of movies that are nothing special in the story dept but yet are solid movies overall for me and I am sure there are some movies with a above average story but are ultimately average/forgettable movies.
since movies are a visual medium... story itself is not as critical for the overall movie to work since it can be boosted from it's visuals with atmosphere/mood and general visual style and locations etc.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Dec 10, 2019 19:05:54 GMT
Character driven.
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Post by Catman on Dec 10, 2019 22:49:04 GMT
Catman prefers a nice mix of the two.
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Post by drystyx on Dec 11, 2019 2:01:15 GMT
Obviously "character driven" for me, which is evident by my ratings, and by the opposition here from those who simply hate "character driven" theater.
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Post by SuperDevilDoctor on Dec 11, 2019 4:11:15 GMT
Story-driven.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Dec 11, 2019 5:59:02 GMT
Both, BUT the story is MORE important THAN its characters.
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Post by sdrew13163 on Dec 11, 2019 6:06:45 GMT
Story, by far.
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Dec 11, 2019 12:01:10 GMT
Depends on the film.
I have very little interest in the family issues of Tony Stark, but it makes the story in Ladybird.
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Post by PreachCaleb on Dec 11, 2019 14:25:20 GMT
No preference. A good film is a good film regardless of whether it was driven by story or characters.
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Post by sjg on Dec 11, 2019 19:14:48 GMT
Characters. If i don't like any of the characters in the film it will ruin the story for meMostly agree, but that's not really the question. A great story driven film will have good characters. Not necessarily, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest is a good story but i didn't particularly like the characters so my rating of it suffered.
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Post by gw on Dec 12, 2019 0:44:37 GMT
Personally I've enjoyed films that are abstract and experimental so they technically have neither. Even those have to have a good framework however, even if they don't have a conventional plot. For regular movies I'd say it's only a fair comparison if you assume that the weaker element of the two is at least decent. Personally I could go either way. With a Marx Brothers comedy I could lean towards character where as with The Wages of Fear, the characters are decent but not as interesting to me as the plot.
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Post by Marv on Dec 12, 2019 1:25:02 GMT
I prefer character driven films in general. Either aspects is gold obviously but I actually think I could enjoy a character driven film with less story but I don’t think I’d like a story driven film with shallow or uninteresting characters.
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