I came up with this theory on the way home from school today. Most movies are exciting, but vary in depth at different times of the movie. I found that most movies have this trend.
The movies of the late twentieth century and the twenty first century are mostly like this. A small climax and then right onto a bigger, huge one — most of the times without you realizing that’s the main climax until it gets serious. Is this interesting for viewers though? I would like to think that if a movie suddenly jumped up in the beginning and got me all perked up, and then have a really sloppy plot that doesn’t grow much in terms of excitingness, then I would say that movie sucks. But how would it get me perked up AND not disappointed?
That would be really interesting. But somehow I realized that won’t be possible, as you can’t go back in time and add a more exciting part to a plot. Oh wait, why can’t you? Technically, that graph should be a function (by definition having only one point on the y-axis for each point on the x-axis, but not necessarily vice versa). Ah-ha, but that’s for a 2d graph.
Movie plots seem to only have one perspective and one vision. Isn’t that too limited? I’d really like to see a movie that has a really interesting way of telling the story. I’m already sick of most of the drama movies. That’s why mystery ones are still on my list — they don’t reveal the plots.
Gonna watch Mr. & Mrs. Smith later. Hopefully it won’t be as bad as I described here.
You’re funny.
Though mathematically incorrect, your second graph actually makes sense!
In fact, you can. In movies, there’s stuff like flashbacks. Hell, there even are flashforwards. Movies are like the Real Life — not mathematics.
(Whilst reading your post, Pulp Fiction so comes to mind.)
Flashbacks usually bring in a setback for the plot, which loses viewer interest. But I definitely did like how Kill Bill implemented that kind of effect.
Wow, that was probably the most confusing thing I’ve ever read in my life. You’re not in high school any more, quit using your brain!
flashbacks are bad eh? well ur gonna hate mr/mrs smith then. lol. well one vision movies can be interesting. (Matrix for example) Making movies is an art and art always has hidden agendas and messages. So yes some movies can be boring on the surface but uncovering the hidden agenda is the “kick” of watching them. Star Wars has that. And Mr/Mrs Smith has it too! :)
Hmm different. Flashbacks are only good when used effectively. But how on earth your comparing movies with maths is beyond me
actually those graphs aren’t math. they are part of literature too. there are the plot graphs in lit class. Only difference is that those lit graphs always come in a shape of a mountain. But Oliver’s graphs have some point to it. We don’t have the x and y axes tho. our x axis would be time and our y axis the how the plot’s excitemenet and not the audience’s excitement. So it always works like this: http://virtual.park.uga.edu/cdesmet/class/engl4830/work/projects/siak/plotchart.GIF
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