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Originally Posted by bronco67
You're right, in the end a plot is not what makes or breaks a film...some of the best films ever have almost no plot(but a narrative). Full metal Jacket, Goodfellas are some examples.
Saying a movie has no plot is not a good argument, but I hear it all the time from dimwits who didn't understand a film. "A didn't connect with B, and C wasn't wrapped up in a nice, neat little bow for me."
A moviegoer that likes everything spoon fed to them is just not going to like this film. There's always a couple of movies each year that are force fed to multiplexers and false-advertised as something juicy to lure them in. The studios make their money, but the inbred, mouth-breathing, porcorn gobbling masses feel cheated...and rightly so. They want to see Jim Carrey pop out and every five minutes and say "where's the beef?" or see that clean, wholesome negro Will Smith say a bunch of canned catchphrases. They don't want to think.
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You are totally off there.. it's not about the movie not following some typical hero kills the bad guy routine.. It's because the movie led you into that storyline building up the drama and suspense pointing to that kind of ending, but then didn't deliver.
I don't mind thinking about a movie and wondering things.. However I do feel like it left me hanging and not in a good way. I wasn't left hanging thinking about what might happen but more left hanging by having the storyline pulled out from under me for no reason.
When I say I felt jipped it doesn't mean I thought the movie sucked, but rather like getting a blowjob then having your mom call. Meaning the end just kinda went limp..