Honestly I really like when things aren’t so damn formulaic. Most media is so damn predictable I get mad when I know what’s coming and it comes.
I know there’s a rule not to make the audience feel dumb, but if the audience is already dumb then you’re just making even dumber media…
Why shouldn’t you make the audience feel dumb? Is there rationale beyond people’s pride?
I feel like making the audience feel dumb is the key to good mystery. “You had all the pieces, you just didn’t put it together.”
Because more people watched any Adam Sandler movie than people who watched Schindler’s List.
The majority of people, even if they’re not dumb dumb, prefer to watch easy movies at the end of a long day. And studio execs prefer to make more money than less.
There are studios that focus on smart and well done plots and movies, but that’s not what we’re talking about.
I’ve always wondered if the notebook is what made him into a sociopath or the tendencies were always there and the notebook just gave him an outlet.
IIRC it was explained in the first episode that most people who find it don’t use it much
