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Why the 3rd Act?

posted 16 years ago by ktfest
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this movie is an absolute masterpiece, for its first 2 acts.

at that stage i said to myself 'these types of movies always have a dramatic twist that can make or ruin the movie. Its normally someone being shot, or hit by a car, or some weird freak or something'

then what happens in the final 25 mins of the film. Someone gets shot, someone gets hit by a car, and a freak does stuff to the main characters.

Why the insistance on having something dramatic occur in the 3rd act of films baffles me, as this was simply superb for its first 75 minutes, and even the last 5 minutes. But that 20 minute gap inbetween spoiled it from being perfect for me.
still 9 out of 10, but could have been so much more.

[–] geode 14 years ago

Yes, the film does sort of lose its power andd momentum just where you describe. Some of what happens sets up the brilliant ending, but the script needed a re-write to smooth it all out and make it more logical.

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