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*metaphors seemed to be really awesome and complete | *metaphors seemed to be really awesome and complete | ||
| + | *The "death" mouse and the pit. That whole setting. | ||
Bad stuff | Bad stuff | ||
*seemed to drop metaphors and themes in mid stride | *seemed to drop metaphors and themes in mid stride | ||
| + | *Near the end they jump from location to location; this seemed easy, but should have been very hard! (it was much harder earlier) | ||
==Emporers New Groove== | ==Emporers New Groove== | ||
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Good stuff | Good stuff | ||
| − | *For our God hath blessed creation, | + | *Believable "good guys" and "bad guys" who have real thoughts and self-deceits. |
| − | *Calling it good. I know | + | *Profound insight into the timeless struggle of right behavior. |
| − | *What spirit with whom you blindly band | + | *This: |
| − | *Hath blessed destruction with his hand; | + | **For our God hath blessed creation, |
| − | *Yet by God's death the stars shall stand | + | **Calling it good. I know |
| − | *And the small apples grow. | + | **What spirit with whom you blindly band |
| + | **Hath blessed destruction with his hand; | ||
| + | **Yet by God's death the stars shall stand | ||
| + | **And the small apples grow. | ||
Bad stuff | Bad stuff | ||
*Usually too high-minded to grip the heart | *Usually too high-minded to grip the heart | ||
*difficult to follow except with exceptional concentration. | *difficult to follow except with exceptional concentration. | ||
Latest revision as of 23:06, 19 April 2011
We seem to be really good at finding things we dislike in many different stories and situations so I figured we could compile them into a list so we ourselves don't make the same mistakes... or at least have something we can beat ourselves with afterwords.
Contents
Movies
9
Good stuff
- set some ideas up about teamwork
- complete setting
- simple story
Bad stuff
- half constructed metaphors
- schizophrenic themes
- So surreal one couldn't connect
- screaming bad guys
- consistent repetitive omnipresent human failure
- plot holes
Tale of desparouxque
Good stuff
- metaphors seemed to be really awesome and complete
- The "death" mouse and the pit. That whole setting.
Bad stuff
- seemed to drop metaphors and themes in mid stride
- Near the end they jump from location to location; this seemed easy, but should have been very hard! (it was much harder earlier)
Emporers New Groove
Good stuff
- Good moral
- Got the serious/goofy mix just right for the genere
- Incredibly quotable
- Dynamic archetypical characters
- Clear plot, convoluted into an interesting story
Bad stuff
- Permissive/lying/stupid father figure
- Poorly resolved moral tone?
Batman, Dark Knight
Good stuff
- Believable and powerful villain (Joker)
- Awesomeness
Bad stuff
- No "good" person will kill others
- Contrived choices, fallacy of false alternatives
- Godless grasping for a basis of right action
- Dumb idiot villains (Anyone but The Joker)
Megamind
Good stuff
- Excellent dialog
- "Clean" in action and speech, while still presenting real struggles
- Fantastic yet believable characters
Bad stuff
- Continuing confusion over what "evil" really means
- Power of Eros to create Agape ex-nihilo
- Mocking overtones
Books
Dragon Spear
Good stuff
- uneducated main charcter (makes exposition easy)
- Main character isn't a jerk, but also isn't a manly-woman
Bad stuff
- Friendly dragons.
- Farmer dragons.
- Generally good dragons. Better than most people even... seriously
- elementery style and vocabulary
- Too much repitition
The Ballad of the White Horse
Good stuff
- Believable "good guys" and "bad guys" who have real thoughts and self-deceits.
- Profound insight into the timeless struggle of right behavior.
- This:
- For our God hath blessed creation,
- Calling it good. I know
- What spirit with whom you blindly band
- Hath blessed destruction with his hand;
- Yet by God's death the stars shall stand
- And the small apples grow.
Bad stuff
- Usually too high-minded to grip the heart
- difficult to follow except with exceptional concentration.
