re: What's the best use of a narrator in a movie or show?

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

quote:

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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?

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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