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What is the first immediate sign that a movie is going to suck? Discussion (piefed.social)
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[–] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

exposition in the form of character monologue at a length longer than 30 seconds that is required for the rest of the movie to make sense.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    Two come to mind here, neither are bad.

    Dune and The Lord of the Rings.

    I suspect these two to be exceptions to the rule of thumb you're proposing though, but I can't actually think of any that does this poorly.

    Got any examples?

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    I'd say any bad exposition, no matter how short. I was marginally interested in watching Shang-Chi after watching Wonder Man since I heard Trevor was in it too.

    Right after the intro sequence, they jump to the present to introduce him and his friend and she immediately says something like "we've been friends for 10 years" and it was just so forced that I turned it off.

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