Posted by Kevin at etntwn1-blk1-hfc-0252-d1db060b.rdc1.nj.comcastatwork.com on October 27, 1999 at 19:41:22:
In Reply to: I'll be nice posted by B. Buster on October 26, 1999 at 17:20:23:
: Really, the biggest problem I had with it was that it broke that old adage to show and not tell. I thought there were too many long scenes where the characters are standing around explaining everything.
But that's what I do. That's how I tell a story. If you're not into that, believe me, that's cool (it better be, by this point). Thankfully, though, not everyone adheres to all old adages when it comes to film-making (I'm assuming the adage applies to visual entertainment; I mean, books tell without showing - unless we're talking about comic books, which I know we're not, because comics are for kids only). If everyone did, we'd see the same stories, told with the same techniques, over and over again. There has to be something said for breaking the rules in film-making sometimes, doesn't there? It makes for diversification.
For proof of this on a lesser scale, just imagine how less interesting this board would be if you, B., weren't around to break the unspoken cardinal rule of finding fault with me. Say - if you adhered to the old adage "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all"?
: It's an oddball flick, a strange melange of the sublime and the juvenile. As funny as this may sound, I actually felt myself hoping the serious-minded scenes would just get on with it so we could get more of the Jay and Silent Bob shit. In this context, I found them to be a breath of fresh air
And that, my friends, is just about as good as it gets, in my opinion.
Thanks for coming, Mike. And remember: that $30 is tax deductable.