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What's the best use of a narrator in a movie or show?
Posted on 12/6/14 at 8:53 pm
Posted on 12/6/14 at 8:53 pm
The thread on A Christmas Story got me thinking. What movie or show made the best use of a narrator as a major part of its storytelling?
Some that come to mind:
A Christmas Story
Stand By Me
Wonder Years
Princess Bride (kind of questionable on amount of narration but I'm a Peter Faulk fan, so.)
Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer
Some that come to mind:
A Christmas Story
Stand By Me
Wonder Years
Princess Bride (kind of questionable on amount of narration but I'm a Peter Faulk fan, so.)
Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer
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Posted on 12/6/14 at 8:56 pm to Methuselah
Gone Girl.
Posted on 12/6/14 at 8:57 pm to Methuselah
American Psycho
The Big Lebowski
Goodfellas
The Big Lebowski
Goodfellas
This post was edited on 12/6/14 at 8:59 pm
Posted on 12/6/14 at 9:00 pm to Methuselah
Shawshank
Stand By Me
Stand By Me
This post was edited on 12/6/14 at 9:01 pm
Posted on 12/6/14 at 9:01 pm to Methuselah
The Sandlot
The Help
Goodfellas
Christmas Story has to be at or near the top.
The Help
Goodfellas
Christmas Story has to be at or near the top.
Posted on 12/6/14 at 9:16 pm to Methuselah
narration = shity writing. almost as bad as blunt expository dialogue. just awful and cheap ways of storytelling—indicative of nonexistent creativity.
whats worse:
"I dont know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last moments, he loved life more than he ever had before. Not just his life -- anybody's life. My life. All he wanted was the same answers that the rest of us wanted."
or
I stole ^ from some website after googling "bad expository dialogue" because there was nothing that came to mind. exaggerated but you get the point
only good narration i can think of is American Psycho
whats worse:
"I dont know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last moments, he loved life more than he ever had before. Not just his life -- anybody's life. My life. All he wanted was the same answers that the rest of us wanted."
or
quote:
JEFF
Hi Chuck. How are things in the accounting business?
CHUCK
Fine, Jeff. I hope that the transition you made from being
a high profile defense attorney to being a middle school
English teacher is working out for you.
JEFF
Oh, it is. It really helped me resolve that midlife crisis I
had last summer. How’s Betty?
CHUCK
My wife? She’s great. That artisanal cupcake bakery she
opened two summers ago is doing great business. How is
your son, Billy? Is he still captain of his college football
team?
I stole ^ from some website after googling "bad expository dialogue" because there was nothing that came to mind. exaggerated but you get the point
only good narration i can think of is American Psycho
This post was edited on 12/6/14 at 9:18 pm
Posted on 12/6/14 at 9:24 pm to Methuselah
Orson Welles in any movie that he narrated.
Posted on 12/6/14 at 9:29 pm to Methuselah
I really liked the vibe it gave Seabiscuit. Made the movie seem like a Ken Burns documentary.
Posted on 12/6/14 at 10:13 pm to Methuselah
Memento
Posted on 12/6/14 at 10:22 pm to Methuselah
Gattaca
Posted on 12/6/14 at 11:01 pm to Methuselah
Posted on 12/7/14 at 12:13 am to Methuselah
I watched SP Woodland Critter Christmas a few nights back. Idk if it belongs on this list, but it's one of the only times I can recall characters argueing with the narrator.
Posted on 12/7/14 at 1:23 am to Methuselah
300.
Posted on 12/7/14 at 1:28 am to Methuselah
sir Laurence oliver in the world at war
tGOAT
granted it was a documentary but still
tGOAT
granted it was a documentary but still
This post was edited on 12/7/14 at 1:31 am
Posted on 12/7/14 at 1:33 am to Methuselah
Not sure if this qualifies, but I really love how Kevin Spacey narrates key parts of House of Cards.
Posted on 12/7/14 at 3:56 am to Methuselah
City of God
Posted on 12/7/14 at 4:12 am to Methuselah
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Wolf of Wall Street
Casino
Forrest Gump
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Wolf of Wall Street
Casino
Forrest Gump
Posted on 12/7/14 at 9:57 am to Methuselah
To add to what has already been said (I think Shawshank and Goodfellas is tops for me):
The Royal Tenenbaums
Sin City
The Usual Suspects
The Royal Tenenbaums
Sin City
The Usual Suspects
Posted on 12/7/14 at 1:28 pm to Methuselah
Ron Howard in Arrested Development
Posted on 12/7/14 at 4:17 pm to Methuselah
Rod Serling - Twilight Zone
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