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It's a bell curve issue. Most of the audience is close to the centre. If you challenge them too hard and don't give them the roller coaster ride they're paying
by TheOtherHobbes 5y ago
It's a bell curve issue. Most of the audience is close to the centre. If you challenge them too hard and don't give them the roller coaster ride they're paying for and expecting, they get bored and tune out.
Subtlety and nuance are not the point. Big Dumb Movies are a theme park ride, and deliberately designed that way.
- jiggawatts 5y agoPrecisely.
- maxerickson 5y agoFor example though, Interstellar is a convoluted mess, where the resolution depends on the unseen hand of the future humans (with the characters in the film having to take some risks to carry out the plan the future put into place...). Nolan tends to do that though, wrapping science words around some magic thing that is needed to drive the plot.