If someone tells you all the “plot holes” they found in a movie they are not helping you decide if you’ll enjoy the movie, but just trying to score internet points.
Part of my enjoyment of a movie is that the plot maintains a level of consistency throughout. This generally requires a level of writing that most producers/directors aren’t willing to spend money for. While some might be more aggressive in what they label plot holes or whatever, it’s a reasonable metric that lots of complaints about plot holes is a good sign I won’t like the movie.
Most of the time, people don’t even know what a plot hole is though. A lot of times, it just means that the movie didn’t explain a unimportant detail. I saw it when Rouge One came out and people were excited to “finally have the plot hole about how the vent shaft could have been included in the design of the Death Star”.
It’s more about the execution than the story itself. I’ll readily suspend disbelief and ignore inconsistencies as long as the delivery is well made, like in Funny Games or Arrival
I swear, YouTube editorial wannabes have just utterly devastated media literacy and appreciation. Maybe not to the extent that ‘second monitor’ mentality and committe storytelling have, but they’re definitely part of the larger problem.
People have really fallen into ‘be told what to think, not how to think’.
If someone tells you all the “plot holes” they found in a movie they are not helping you decide if you’ll enjoy the movie, but just trying to score internet points.
Part of my enjoyment of a movie is that the plot maintains a level of consistency throughout. This generally requires a level of writing that most producers/directors aren’t willing to spend money for. While some might be more aggressive in what they label plot holes or whatever, it’s a reasonable metric that lots of complaints about plot holes is a good sign I won’t like the movie.
Most of the time, people don’t even know what a plot hole is though. A lot of times, it just means that the movie didn’t explain a unimportant detail. I saw it when Rouge One came out and people were excited to “finally have the plot hole about how the vent shaft could have been included in the design of the Death Star”.
It’s more about the execution than the story itself. I’ll readily suspend disbelief and ignore inconsistencies as long as the delivery is well made, like in Funny Games or Arrival
Exactly! It’s like I don’t need someone to enumerate the logical inconsistencies of Mullholland Drive, I want to know how it made you feel.
I swear, YouTube editorial wannabes have just utterly devastated media literacy and appreciation. Maybe not to the extent that ‘second monitor’ mentality and committe storytelling have, but they’re definitely part of the larger problem.
People have really fallen into ‘be told what to think, not how to think’.