TheImpressiveX@piefed.socialM to movies@piefed.socialEnglish · 1 month agoWhat are some movies where the setting is more interesting than the plot?message-squaremessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down10
arrow-up150arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some movies where the setting is more interesting than the plot?TheImpressiveX@piefed.socialM to movies@piefed.socialEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square39linkfedilink
minus-squareEmil Muzz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoAgreed on Valerian. It wasn’t bad, but the world around it looked more interesting than the plot it had. Jupiter Ascending had some potential as well, but the plot just felt disjointed and chaotic.
minus-squaremakeshiftreaper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoI never saw it but John Carter is probably in that camp too
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoJohn Carter pulled off the story and setting being very well intertwined. The protagonist was the generic white savior type, but all of the world building came through the supporting cast.
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minus-squaredkppunk@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoAgreed on both parts. I always thought Jupiter Ascending would have made a far better book than movie.
Agreed on Valerian. It wasn’t bad, but the world around it looked more interesting than the plot it had. Jupiter Ascending had some potential as well, but the plot just felt disjointed and chaotic.
I never saw it but John Carter is probably in that camp too
John Carter pulled off the story and setting being very well intertwined.
The protagonist was the generic white savior type, but all of the world building came through the supporting cast.
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Agreed on both parts.
I always thought Jupiter Ascending would have made a far better book than movie.