Been far too long since I had a nice deep dive into functional storytelling! What better way then exploring the miracle of Tension-Based Action in Mission: Imposible Fallout?http://observer.com/2018/08/mission-impossible-fallout-is-a-master-class-in-dramatic-tension-film-crit-hulk/ …
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Replying to @FilmCritHULK
While I agree that the intentions of injecting tension on action scenes is great, I think they kinda fall short because they never go through with the stakes. In the first minutes for example, we believe that the characters are in danger and that there's now way out of their +
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Replying to @kk3thess @FilmCritHULK
(No way*...) situations. For a few seconds, we believe that one of the characters has been killed... but he hasn't. From that moment on, every daring intention, every possible tension is diminished because the movie doesn't go through with it's decision.
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It's a very complicated explanation, especially given your belief in this, but that's actually a false assumption. I write a big thing about in the new book, but the belief in consequences to action doesn't *quite* work like that, especially in this kind of movie.
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