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What Writers Should Learn From Batman Begins

posted 5 years ago by TMC-4 (19411)
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[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Bah. Batman Begins is bloated and overly-earnest.

It completely ignores all Aristotle's Unities of Drama.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Oh the horror, it ignores some archaic notions of dramatic structure.

[–] ATG6 (3000) 5 years ago

this story is lean and moves fast. you want bloated, check out Endgame.

[–] ATG6 (3000) 5 years ago

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[–] ATG6 (3000) 5 years ago

Aristotle was a wise man, but he was no screenwriter

[–] dmac8 (5050) 5 years ago

much of the analysis doesn't hold up.

and if John Truby is your guru, you're doing it wrong.

[–] HarlemEagle42 (16160) 5 years ago

It covers a lot of ground and has a pretty extensive supporting cast. Both this and TDK exceled in that department and it is where TDKR fell short, it needs to be said.