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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 8:59 pm to Fewer Kilometers
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Gone Girl.
Good one.
Shawshank is sure up there.
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 Birdie King
American Beauty
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 ehidal1
Some good ones mentioned here that I didn't think of. Particularly Goodfellas and Shawshank.
I think I'd put Stand By Me and Shawshank at the top. Maybe a slight edge to Shawshank.
And Dreyfuss and Freeman as best narrators.
I think I'd put Stand By Me and Shawshank at the top. Maybe a slight edge to Shawshank.
And Dreyfuss and Freeman as best narrators.
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 9:19 pm to Carson123987
quote:
narration = shity writing. almost as bad as blunt expository dialogue. just awful and cheap ways of storytelling—indicative of nonexistent creativity.
Get over yourself.
Posted on 12/6/14 at 9:20 pm to Carson123987
Forrest Gump
Posted on 12/6/14 at 9:21 pm to Fewer Kilometers
sorry for not liking lazy writing
Posted on 12/6/14 at 9:22 pm to Carson123987
quote:
narration = shity writing. almost as bad as blunt expository dialogue. just awful and cheap ways of storytelling—indicative of nonexistent creativity.
quote:
only good narration i can think of is American Psycho
The Coen Bros and Big Lebowski disagree with you.
Posted on 12/6/14 at 9:23 pm to Carson123987
quote:
narration = shity writing. almost as bad as blunt expository dialogue. just awful and cheap ways of storytelling—indicative of nonexistent creativity.
You are just the worst
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 9:30 pm to wildtigercat93
Posted on 12/6/14 at 9:45 pm to Carson123987
The Thin Red Line
Casablanca
Citizen Kane
Casablanca
Citizen Kane
Posted on 12/6/14 at 10:13 pm to Methuselah
Memento
Posted on 12/6/14 at 10:22 pm to Methuselah
Gattaca
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