On 01/22/10 06:39, Captain Jack wrote:
> Also, a film is not just a story, although I think a compelling story is
> important. This one has the classic
> "boy-meets-girl-boy-loses-girl-boy-does-something-heroic-boy-gets-girl",
> which is one of my favorites. But, to each his own.

	Oh, I don't mind it either. I just wish it was a bit different in 
execution, though. Did they really need that jealous guy, for example? 
It was as if the writer was following some recipe book to the letter.

> To me, a compelling story is not just one that's interesting, it makes me
> wonder, "what happens next?" My favorite novels always leave me wanting to
> know more about the lives of the characters. That certainly happened for me
> with this film.

	Not for me. Some of the (human) characters were so heavily stereotyped 
that there was little left to wonder about them after you'd seen each of 
them for a few minutes.

	I'd say it was a pretty good movie if they'd just had better characters 
- even if the plot was completely unoriginal.

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