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> the audience usually knows who’s going to win I just watched The Eternals, and spoiler: they’re not all eternal. It added an excellent real sense of risk to
by gcanyon 5y ago
> the audience usually knows who’s going to win
I just watched The Eternals, and spoiler: they’re not all eternal. It added an excellent real sense of risk to the film.
- acdha 5y agoOh, yeah, that’s why I said usually. It’s just that when you remove the usual constraints on what people can do, how much damage they can handle (“plot armor”), and set the precedent that almost anything can be changed retroactively as desired for the next movie, the writers have a lot less to keep the audience’s interest with.
- gcanyon 5y agoAbsolutely agreed. I read an article years back that criticized superhero films where the stakes are world-ending, or similarly large-scale, because that actually lowers the stakes, since you know the world isn’t ending. With smaller stakes, it’s actually possible for the protagonist to lose, at least in some ways.
- acdha 5y agoThat’s much more succinctly expressed
- udbhavs 5y agoThe Eternals is also fantastic for not using slow motion at all for the speedster. Although she doesn't have a lot of screen time, the little action that is there feels great.
- gcanyon 5y agoAbsolutely agreed, that was awesome. It’s unlikely, but if you haven’t seen it, check out Dash’s 100-mile run from The Incredibles: https://youtu.be/t5v2qBBD-gE https://youtu.be/t5v2qBBD-gE