Love these old movies but sometimes the pacing is just… difficult.
Many of these older films start extremely slowly, and build. Some just stay slow. I get that its a taste/ style/ expectations thing, but boy oh boy it can be tough. Some of the old cheech and chong films suffer in the same way. Same with some of the Mel Brooks films (history of the world really suffers from this).
One exception (or at least I give it a hall pass) is Airplane!, which starts out slow, even very slow, but is also seemingly intentional with its slowness, only to rise into a chaotic chorus by the end. They really leaned into the use of pacing for how they structured the film, and it does work, even if its still slow in the beginning.
A lot of the comedies from this era feel like a bunch of sketches stitched together rather than a cohesive story. I recently rewatched Fast Times at Ridgemont High and it had the same feel.
True, like they write the jokes before they write the plot. It’s why kids comedies feel so forced, because they are limited with what they can do, both with regards to appropriateness, and knowledge/intelligence of the audience.
Love these old movies but sometimes the pacing is just… difficult.
Many of these older films start extremely slowly, and build. Some just stay slow. I get that its a taste/ style/ expectations thing, but boy oh boy it can be tough. Some of the old cheech and chong films suffer in the same way. Same with some of the Mel Brooks films (history of the world really suffers from this).
One exception (or at least I give it a hall pass) is Airplane!, which starts out slow, even very slow, but is also seemingly intentional with its slowness, only to rise into a chaotic chorus by the end. They really leaned into the use of pacing for how they structured the film, and it does work, even if its still slow in the beginning.
A lot of the comedies from this era feel like a bunch of sketches stitched together rather than a cohesive story. I recently rewatched Fast Times at Ridgemont High and it had the same feel.
Even now, a lot of comedies are like that.
True, like they write the jokes before they write the plot. It’s why kids comedies feel so forced, because they are limited with what they can do, both with regards to appropriateness, and knowledge/intelligence of the audience.
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