Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Strategies & Market Trends : 2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TobagoJack who wrote (63459)	5/9/2010 1:11:17 AM
From: energyplay	Respond to of 217753

There are about 22 standard plots that cover about 95% of all the movies and plays in the world. Sometimes people want familiar stories when they are under stress. Think of them as forms, like the form of a sonnet, haiku or karate kata. People watch Macbeth even though they know how it turns out. So for "fall in love with a close relative" I find the brother-sister thing much more tasteful than Oedipus Rex. Now if this story was set in the US, the brother and sister would run away and change their names and get married in another state.... Nice snarky rundown of the top ten movie plots, star crossed lovers (Romeo and Juliette, West Side Story, Eddie Rex) are number 12 or 13. epinions.com Some other plots - Zombie Apocalypse - Night of the Living Dead, Shaun of the Dead The helpful community - It's A Wonderful Life The Road Trip Movie/ Buddy movie- Harold and Kumar Visit White Castle, Blues Brothers. The other 5% have either original plots, or incoherent editing - like "Plan 9 from Space"