Doesn’t matter the genre. Horror- you get the fun backstory. Kids movies, you get the silly character development. Sure, endings of movies can be great, but I prefer the first 20 mins.
Doesn’t matter the genre. Horror- you get the fun backstory. Kids movies, you get the silly character development. Sure, endings of movies can be great, but I prefer the first 20 mins.
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I can think of at least one movie where this definitely isn’t true, Novocaine. The first 20 Minutes of Novocaine are an okay RomCom with themes of disability, the rest of the movie is what all the marketing markets it as, and what the film is truly about, Man who cannot feel pain has to fight through bank robbers to save his girlfriend, and it’s a truly great action comedy for those parts.
I didn’t even know this was like a topic people think about lol
Endings are harder than openings.
This is particularly true of comedies. Rare is the comedy movie that maintains its first half level of humor in the second half. I think it’s due to the need to address the plot and tie up the story with a happy ending, which takes away the momentum, while the early part just focuses on funny stuff.
Bro watches horror movies for absolutely the wrong reason lmao.
Well 10 mins credit sure so bore people
the middle is always the best bit. The finale is usually very generic, depending on the genre. If it’s a horror, the final 20 minutes too far fetched with all sorts of batshit stuff happening or if its a slasher, a boring show down with the killer. If it’s an action or adeventure movie, a boring generic shoot out.
The middle is where you get the fun stuff regardless of genre–the fun and exciting kills in a horror, the travelling to different cool locations in an action or adventure film, the piecing together of clues in a mystery film.
I can think of several examples where that is objectively wrong. Jaws might be the best example
Idk if this is generally right or not but I do know the climax of Sonic 3 was definitely the best part of that movie.
Sure, unless the last 20 minutes is better
Go watch Hellraiser and get back to me on that.
You mean I could have walked out of the Titanic after the first 20 minutes?
I argue the final fight of action movies is usually better than the first 20 minutes.
It depends on the movie tbh.
Kill Bill Vol. 1
No shot are the coma scenes interspersed with flashbacks better than the O-Ren Ishii fight and the final scene reveal.
Wolf of Wallstreet! but the whole thing was good tbh..
OP has never seen a movie that builds up to an explosive ending.
There has been numerous times I’d turn on the TV and found a movie playing with 20-30 minutes left and thought, “Oh yeah, the last 20 minutes of [movie] is on. I’ll watch that!”
I’ve never turned on the TV and found a movie was just starting and thought “Oh yeah, [movie] is just starting. I’ll watch the first 20 minutes and then watch something else.”
What about The Descent?
If it’s in a theater with heated seats the first 20 is all I usually see 🤣🤣
This isn’t even unpopular, it just doesn’t make sense
You prefer setups over the payoffs…?
Ya’ll this might be JJ Abrams account.
Counter example: Wonder Woman
The first and last half hours are garbage, but the middle kicks ass.
Hereditary.
You couldn’t be more right. That is why I watch all my movies backwards.