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Post by Harmless elf on Mar 22, 2019 23:36:57 GMT
What's going on in the movie by talking to another character.
I can't think of a better example of this than in the movie sixth day when Robert duvall's character is talking to Arnold Schwarzenegger and basically explaining everything that's going on.
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Mar 23, 2019 0:35:59 GMT
The Matrix.
The entire movie is about explaining the Matrix.
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Post by mikef6 on Mar 23, 2019 0:45:40 GMT
The opening scene to "Moneyball" where the team owner lays out the facts for the field manager, Brad Pitt, even though Pitt would know them perfectly well already. We are a small market team. We don't have the revenue to field a winning team... All information strictly for the audience's benefit. Wasn't there a more "movie" way of conveying the film's premise? Hack work. (The rest of the movie was not much better.)
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Mar 23, 2019 0:49:28 GMT
That scene in Birdman where Emma Stone is yelling at Michael Keaton is probably the most forced I can think of. It's like "Hey, here are the themes of the movie and your character flaws! You getting that, audience?"
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Post by MCDemuth on Mar 23, 2019 1:12:15 GMT
The BTTF Trilogy...
Doc constantly teaches "Marty" about their adventures through the Fourth Dimension.
And if this post get 88 likes, you're gonna be reading some serious shit!
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Post by vegalyra on Mar 23, 2019 1:21:22 GMT
The first Terminator? Kyle basically tells Sarah everything about the Terminator and the future.
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Post by Harmless elf on Mar 23, 2019 1:35:05 GMT
The BTTF Trilogy... Doc constantly teaches "Marty" about their adventures through the Fourth Dimension. And if this post get 88 likes, you're gonna be reading some serious shit! Yeah good example of that is in the second movie after doc meets Marty in the graveyard and they go to that chalkboard |
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Mar 23, 2019 1:57:21 GMT
Inception
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Post by TutuAnimationPrincess on Mar 23, 2019 2:04:29 GMT
That's when a character becomes Captain Exposition. I prefer not to have him in movies, but I'm fair and judge on a case by case basis.
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Mar 23, 2019 2:15:05 GMT
I'm sure there has to be at least 100 examples
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Post by ellynmacg on Mar 23, 2019 2:56:57 GMT
Probably the most honest use of the device (and one of the funniest) takes place in The Great Muppet Caper, in which wealthy Lady Holiday (Diana Rigg) is reeling off most of the back story to her new secretary, Miss Piggy (Frank Oz), who--understandably--asks her boss, "Why are you telling me all this?" and Lady Holiday admits, "It's plot exposition. It has to go somewhere."  |
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Post by Harmless elf on Mar 23, 2019 3:00:50 GMT
Probably the most honest use of the device (and one of the funniest) takes place in The Great Muppet Caper, in which wealthy Lady Holiday (Diana Rigg) is reeling off most of the back story to her new secretary, Miss Piggy (Frank Oz), who--understandably--asks her boss, "Why are you telling me all this?" and Lady Holiday admits, "It's plot exposition. It has to go somewhere." Ah yes the 4th wall break. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Mar 23, 2019 3:38:21 GMT
"It's plot exposition. It has to go somewhere." Great example ! Thing is that so often the newer movies just plunk the viewer down into the world of the movie and unless you are a devotee of the original comic book, you have no idea who anyone is or what is happening and are totally lost and the writers don't care … in these cases a little "exposition" would be helpful. It's NOT just the newer comic book movies though. I had read Lord of the Rings ages before the movies came out .. READ .. not memorized ! The films didn't bother making clear who anyone was for the benefit of those not totally familiar with the story ahead of time.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2019 3:58:48 GMT
Psycho is the most iconic example.
The movie hits a brick wall and stops dead at the end as a psychologist explains everything about Norman's state of mind for what feels like 30 minutes. Perhaps it was necessary in 1960 but boy does it not hold up today.
For a good example, I think of The Terminator where Kyle Reese dumps all the important exposition during a car chase.
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Mar 23, 2019 4:01:21 GMT
The Prestige
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