As a former movie theater worker and projectionist (2000 - 2004), I've seen many folks, many of them elderly or families, up and leave before the introduction of the rising action. How is it possible to decide if a film is worth your time by only the opening act?
Take the Darjeeling Limited. It is a film with a prolonged character development act before the main turn-around, something I like to call the 'T-Bone' effect. I had heard that the film was terrible, and, since it was a Wes Anderson picture, I had to see it. After this, and discussing it with someone who hated, I learned that they had not even finished the film. They had stopped before the 'T-Bone' action and felt like it was trite and incoherent. I pressured for them to watch it fully. What did I get the next day? Glowing reviews. They loved it, it all made sense, etc.
I have found that many people base their reviews on small snippets of the work in question. Would an art critic base a review on a small piece of the sfumato in an Italian Renaissance piece?
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