memes

This is how I feel about almost every Coen brothers movie. Basic plot structure exists for a reason. That reason is because it's good, and it's satisfying, and it connects with something inside of us.

If you have a good artistic reason to depart from the expected structure, cool, great, I hope the risk pays off. But at some point these auteur filmmakers are just being lazy because they know they can get away with it.

Like in the Hateful Eight, when instead of revealing the twist in an organic way, within the confines of, you know, filmmaking, Tarantino just relies on blatant, unapologetic exposition. That's not clever. It's lazy.

A good filmmaker can say what they want to say while being entertaining and making sense.

And yeah, that's also how I feel about the Godfather. Lots of great scenes, but I didn't enjoy it as a film. A film should be more than just a loose collection of great scenes.