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One of my favorite things to do with people who'd gush over how much they "LOVED IT!!!" was (is) to ask them to tell me the movie's plot.

Posted by Cuzzin Todd (aka cuzzintodd) Jul 18 '09, 18:02

They can't of course.

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Sounds fun. -- nm - GWAA Jul 18, 18:50
my attempt - tRuMaN Jul 18, 18:24 4
- Which is essentially it, but so few people I've asked can describe it. - Cuzzin Todd Jul 18, 18:30 3
  - well perhaps you have been asking the wrong people. - tRuMaN Jul 18, 18:31 2
    - yeah I don't see why this should be any more difficult than any other movie people like -- nm - GWAA Jul 18, 18:51
    - Yeah, I think the lesson is "People are stupid." -- nm - mara Jul 18, 18:38
a man attempts to prove a point to an adversary. -- nm - Reagen Jul 18, 18:12
spoil - Spawn Jul 18, 18:10 18
- That's not a plot, that's a series of events. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 18, 18:14 17
  - I'm not a fan of the dictionary argument, but read the first sentence of tihs article. -- (link) - Reagen Jul 18, 18:44 2
    - Thanks for the link, that's one of the best (and shortest) definitions of plot I've seen. - Trish Jul 18, 18:57
    - DEFINE YOUR TERMS! -- nm - internet arguer Jul 18, 18:48
  - Spoils - Trish Jul 18, 18:34 4
    - I would more call that the theme, but it's certainly accurate. -- nm - Reagen Jul 18, 18:37 1
      - The theme was basically the plot (and this is just *my* opinion)--Neutral good vs. chaotic evil. - Trish Jul 18, 18:43
    - "Some men just like to watch the world burn" = Plot: Joker sets the world ablaze to prove a point. -- nm - TWuG Jul 18, 18:36 1
      - See, you get it :) - Trish Jul 18, 18:40
  - describe the plot of Saving Private Ryan. -- nm - Reagen Jul 18, 18:16 5
    - The plot of that movie is so simple and easy to understand it's essentially summarized in the title so I don't get your point. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 18, 18:29 3
      - wait, your point is that TDK has a complicated plot? -- nm - Reagen Jul 18, 18:33 2
        
        No, I didn't make that point anywhere. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jul 18, 19:01
        
        Not complicated, but it is a bit more complex than your standard blockbuster. - TWuG Jul 18, 18:39
    - a collection of every WWII soldier cliche makes its way across enemy lines to rescue the last surviving member of three brothers -- nm - 500 dugs of summer Jul 18, 18:18
  - we must have watched different movies -- nm - Beaker Jul 18, 18:15 2
    - I often think that with movies like this. ;) - Cuzzin Todd Jul 18, 18:17 1
      - I can agree about the Ledger, I was in awe -- nm - Beaker Jul 18, 18:20
You are dumb. -- nm - nubby, Astronauts champion Jul 18, 18:08
duh -- nm - The Joker Jul 18, 18:05 1
- that's the whole point -- nm - The Joker Jul 18, 18:06

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One of my favorite things to do with people who'd gush over how much they "LOVED IT!!!" was (is) to ask them to tell me the movie's plot.

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