Predictable and dull


One shakes one's head in disbelief at how the Lumiere Brothers could be so creatively bankrupt as to use their amazing invention to produce something less interesting than a children's nursery rhyme. Or a ruddy train timetable even! And if that wasn't enough, they even had the gall to make the film's title one big fat spoiler. I ask you! Does Arthur Conan Doyle reveal the identity of the culprit in the titles of his mysteries? No, because he's a proper storyteller, unlike this pair of French charlatans. Just think of how much more they could scare the wits out of people if only they'd called it "Arrival" and the punters didn't expect a 100 ton locomotive to appear out of nowhere and come barrelling towards the camera. You just can't truly enjoy a film if you know how it's going to end. Boo I say! I'd rather have spent my pennies on a train ticket instead and stood on a platform and watched a real train arrive.

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WELL you know, the word "train" has several different meanings. It's not the fault of the Lumiere Brothers that your highly advanced skills of perception allowed you to already know which "train" they meant.

Some other definitions of the word "train"

** to point or aim something, typically a gun or camera, at.
"the detective trained his gun on the side door"
synonyms: aim · point · direct · level · focus · zero in

** to entice (someone) by offering pleasure or a reward.

** a succession of vehicles or pack animals traveling in the same direction:
"a camel train"
synonyms: procession · line · file · column · convoy · cavalcade · caravan · string ·

** a long piece of material attached to the back of a formal dress or robe that trails along the ground.

** a trail of gunpowder for firing an explosive charge.

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