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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

Similar to a post I made ages ago about "Anime Physics", here is a site about Rules that will always happen in Hollywood films......

http://academic.sun.ac.za/forlang/bergman/tech/glossary/ebert_glos.htm

Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

They should make a movie in which every one of these rules are broken! [Smile]

Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :

Funny, but it seems a bit dated to me.

Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :

quote:
Originally posted by AndrewR:
They should make a movie in which every one of these rules are broken!

I think there was a horror flick that broke all the horror film rules, but then it pointed out which rules it was breaking which sort of invalidates the effort. I think it was called Feast. Very low budget type film (think Evil Dead, but trying too had to be cool and funny.)

Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

"Never share a foxhole with a character who carries a photo of his sweetheart."