Comment by ndsipa_pomu
1 year ago
> You can't do 100% "show, don't tell" unless your movie is 15 hours long
You most certainly can, though it relies on trusting the audience.
Flow (2024)
Sasquatch Sunset (2024)
Hundreds of Beavers (2022)
1 year ago
> You can't do 100% "show, don't tell" unless your movie is 15 hours long
You most certainly can, though it relies on trusting the audience.
Flow (2024)
Sasquatch Sunset (2024)
Hundreds of Beavers (2022)
> Hundreds of Beavers (2022)
Hundreds of Beavers! So pleased that someone else here has seen this awesome film
It's like a live-action Looney Tunes cartoon
It also probably depends on having a generally undistracted audience which you probably don't have a lot of the time especially outside of a movie theater.
I watch a lot of films and series (mainly SciFi) at home and I find that when I start to get bored is when I'll pick up my phone and half-watch the TV. It's one sign of a great show that I'll be paying it 100% attention and not mucking around with a phone.
I admit I find the long complicated series (yes, often SF or fantasy) a bit exhausting, have a definite limit, and I try to avoid interleaving too much.