Post by Nora on Jan 10, 2019 4:54:35 GMT
@bartlesby thanks for a thoughtful post. i agee with all the things you point out as positive (didnt think of the Aliens connection but now that you said it : yeah true, that was kinda like that and worked similarly well.) and i agree about the structure being a problem. i dont get why some movies chose to show us the end in the beginning. Annihilation did a similar thing where they start with a dialogue with the only surviving character, where she explicitly says she is the only one who survived and THEN we watch the group go on their dangerous mission. But we allergy know who does and does not die. WHY structure it that way?
Same here. Since you know from the beginning who is going to survive or at least lives long enough in the movie, so much of the tension is gone. i too regretted they opted for this approach.
i somewhat agree about the potential inconsistency in the effect it had on various people. it didnt bug me too much though, i was perfectly willing to accept the limits of the premise, simply because bullock and malkovich carried the movie so well. But i get your point.
Same here. Since you know from the beginning who is going to survive or at least lives long enough in the movie, so much of the tension is gone. i too regretted they opted for this approach.
i somewhat agree about the potential inconsistency in the effect it had on various people. it didnt bug me too much though, i was perfectly willing to accept the limits of the premise, simply because bullock and malkovich carried the movie so well. But i get your point.