I’m not very good at analyzing/critiquing movies or novels, so I was wondering someone more experienced than me to help understand why I can’t enjoy recent movies.
Specifically, I recently watched Jurassic World: Rebirth and didn’t enjoy it at all. I just feel like movies have very little consequences for crappy decisions by the characters and there are so many safety nets (plot armour) for the main characters. As a result,
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hardly anyone you’d expect die in a dire situation like in the movie to actually die.
So, nothing is really thrilling and most character deaths don’t elicit any kind of emotional response.
And when speaking of death, I feel like there are other shows, movies, and anime where they just kill people off nilly willy like kind of an anti-meme. I guess it’s more like gore shock that they’re going for, but the most I get from that is maybe disgust.
I was thinking it’s because I’m just too old and can’t get attached to things so quickly, but I seriously cried when
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Rengoku died after fighting Akaza ::: in Demon Slayer. I still feel like a real person has died and I miss him dearly.
Assuming it’s not me, and it’s the kinds of “blockbusters” that I’m watching, what is it that they’re getting wrong with their storytelling?
No character development and just a lot of one liners. If you don’t care about the characters you don’t engage into the movie.
Yeah, and in the car of Jurassic World, nothing felt like it was at stake. It was so weird. I was even thinking “jeez I hope this guy gets eaten.” Like, that’s a horrible thing to wish for lol. But that’s how much I didn’t enjoy the characters.
You should watch the original Jurassic Park movie - it’s a great film. Jurassic World was a soulless reboot.
Oh I’m old (and lucky) enough to have seen it in theatres when it came out. I was absolutely blown away. The newest ones hardly had any dinosaurs imo. So it felt half-ass for dino-lovers and half-ass for action lovers, and catering to no one in particular. Such a shame.