Ebert's "Bigger" Little Movie Glossary
A Nonfiction, Culture, Humor book. Fast Food Rule. Wanna know what the summer's blockbuster is going...
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- Pages: 228 pages
- ISBN: 9780836282894 / 836282892
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Fallacy of the Talking Killer. The villain wants to kill the hero. He has him cornered at gunpoint. All he has to do is pull the trigger. But he always talks first. He explains the hero's mistakes to him. Jeers. Laughs. And gives the hero time to think his way out of the situation, or be rescued by his buddy. Cf. most James Bond movies. Roger Ebert, Ebert's Bigger Little Movie Glossary: A Greatly Expanded and Much Improved Compendium of Movie Clichs, Stereotypes, Obligatory Scenes, Hackneyed Formulas, ... Conventions, and Outdated Archetypes // Fast Food Rule. Wanna know what the summer's blockbuster is going to be? See who McDonald's does the marketing tie-in with. Wanna know what blockbuster will do disappointing business? See who Burger King ties in with. Roger Ebert, Ebert's Bigger Little Movie Glossary: A Greatly Expanded and Much Improved Compendium of Movie Clichs, Stereotypes, Obligatory Scenes, Hackneyed Formulas, ... Conventions, and Outdated Archetypes //
The late movie critic Roger Ebert is sorely missed by film fans who read his books and watched him on television giving a "thumbs up" or a "thumbs down" on a particular film(s). This little book takes on the inane situations that are constantly repeated in film after film and giving each of them a name. For example: Bomb Defusion Rule... Ebert's "Bigger" Little Movie Glossary (1999) is a set of terms that are supposed to apply to films in general, or at least films within certain genres. However, as I read it, I realized how often films rarely conform to this level of generality, hence underscoring Ebert et al.'s abilities as critics to adequately demonstrate the abundant... Funny collection of movie cliches and stereotypes, a very fast read. Good snarky entertainment, these old conventions pretty much get the respect that they deserve.
