[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I think it is more that there is really no story there.

Which is the problem with most movies anymore.

Once you strip away the light show where is the core story?

There is nothing there to care about.

Sure, songs and dancing and flashy CGI are fun. So are witty one liners and even visual jokes. But you have to have a story underneath it all.

And that is where they fail.

[cgbg]

Great point.

My favorite movie of recent years is, not surprisingly, based on one of my favorite short stories of all time.

The movie:

https://www.amazon.com/Arrival/dp/B01MTRV1ED

The short story was the lead story in this book:

https://www.amazon.com/Stories-Your-Life-Others-Chiang/dp/0765304198

[buwaya]

The story is Romeo&Juliet (Shakespeare). “West Side Story” has the same plot, in all significant ways, and was meant to.

[buwaya]

There have also been tons of musical Romeo&Juliet’s in every form. West Side Story is just one of these.

This is a bit out of Gounoud’s opera Roméo et Juliette

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIBFtNKCceU

[DUMBGRUNT]

—”Once you strip away the light show where is the core story?”

Some believe that a storyline, plot, or character development
are not needed.

Just action and more mindless action.

Action driven; take it to the bank.