Can a movie assume it’s audience has too much intelligence?
I saw Syriana at Logan theatre here in Chicago. The seats were super cheap at $3 each. I watched it with a mate that had just seen it three days prior and I think he said, “Man, there’s so many things that make more sense now.”
I like crappy Summer blockbusters as much as any movie fanboy might, but I do like being treated like an adult and not have everything spelt out for me. But Syriana seemed to be so full of implication, inferrence and plot hinting snippets that I spent entire thirty minute blocks thinking to myself, “I have absolutely no idea what is going on.”
Is it obvious that someone is speaking Farsi and not Arabic? I mean come on, throw me a freaking bone here fellas!
The movies tells the story of the complications around oil trade in the middle east but is about as complicated as it really is. In real life. Part of the reason I go to the movies to get away from all the complications of real life. Argh!
I think if my mate saw it once more, he’ll get all the nuances and he can tell me what I missed. Till then, read the reviews here.
