Comments on: The Hurt Locker Review: Best Superhero Movie Of The Summer http://filmonic.com/hurt-locker-review-superhero-movie-summer Molesting Your Film Shaft! Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:00:31 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: rhinohttp://filmonic.com/hurt-locker-review-superhero-movie-summer/comment-page-1#comment-9434 rhino Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:34:39 +0000 http://filmonic.com/?p=6444#comment-9434 "so there will inevitably be a scene where key information about what’s happening is withheld from you."<br><br>isn't that like every movie, ever?<br><br>i read an interview with ian mckellan a couple months back where even he--maker of period melodramas--said something like "narrative tension is mainly derived by witholding information from the reader." this ain't a war movie thing, man.<br><br>also, having a "hero" is not a war movie thing. and i'm not buying that he's a super one. i think by your definition, everything from Lost to the Bucket List would suddenly become super hero movies. “so there will inevitably be a scene where key information about what’s happening is withheld from you.”

isn't that like every movie, ever?

i read an interview with ian mckellan a couple months back where even he–maker of period melodramas–said something like “narrative tension is mainly derived by witholding information from the reader.” this ain't a war movie thing, man.

also, having a “hero” is not a war movie thing. and i'm not buying that he's a super one. i think by your definition, everything from Lost to the Bucket List would suddenly become super hero movies.

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