Current Events > Movies that open with a large thing of text explaining the plot.

(+) Yeah! (+)

Fuck off.
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Four score and seven years ago, two Jedi ambassadors were sent on a peace mission to trade people. They were framed and sent to prison but escaped. If you need help just call and maybe they'll answer. Ghostbusters.
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oh no, I have to read!
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Expository walls of text are bad but it's even worse when it's in the middle of end of the movie.
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fire810 posted...

oh no, I have to read!

Oh no, I need the story explained to me!
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so essentially you mean Star Wars movies and the pre-Star Wars movies that George Lucas took that from
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averagejoel posted...

so essentially you mean Star Wars movies and the pre-Star Wars movies that George Lucas took that from

Some people actually had the audacity to get upset at Rogue One for not including it.
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averagejoel posted...

so essentially you mean Star Wars movies and the pre-Star Wars movies that George Lucas took that from

Bud if you think Star Wars is the most recent series to rely on an expository wall of text you are sorely mistaken. That godawful Alone in the Dark movie had one. So did Judge Dredd. So did the recent Les Miserables movie. That's just off the top of my head, but I know there are a bunch more.
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MB2012 posted...

averagejoel posted...

so essentially you mean Star Wars movies and the pre-Star Wars movies that George Lucas took that from

Bud if you think Star Wars is the most recent series to rely on an expository wall of text you are sorely mistaken. That godawful Alone in the Dark movie had one. So did Judge Dredd. So did the recent Les Miserables movie. That's just off the top of my head, but I know there are a bunch more.

As much as I liked Bladerunner 2049, I was a bit bugged when they did it. I know it was most likely paying to the original film, but I didn't like it when they did it either.
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