To those who say there's no story

It's unbelievable, when people can't look beyond the surface and see it's not just a fantasy movie at all. Most of these beyond the surface movies(unlike LOTR or The Marix for instances) can be "got" in a single viewing if they really open up and start thinking and feeling during the movie.

I guess some of these people are the ones who claim Signs is just another Alien movie. I'm not sure when the audience will live up to the level of the director's intentions and stop being shallow. Both are great under-valued movies imo, and this is mostly attributed to many people not really getting them. Or is not wanting to get them?



Firstly, it's about a child who has had trauma all her life and only recently has she lost her father. it's not just about the story that Roy tells her(although it is also about that story and how that story is linked with their lives emotionally), it's more about how the story brings her closer to Roy emotionally, making her think he could be her dad. Secondly, it's about a man who uses the innocence of a child for his own intentions, and later on understands the love she has for him and lets her influence the major decision in his life, his life itself.

I'm surprised that people who claim to love film say this has no story. It's as if they don't understand the medium of film at all. They perhaps would prefer a wordy theater play?

The strength of film has always been visual: the way the shots are composed, the editing, the framing, the light, the camera movement. To not be able to grasp the nuances of story that are being told in this film using the techniques above is surely to admit you really don't love film at all but rather you prefer narrative as told through dialogue. I'd advise those people to watch any one of the many excellent plays that are around. But you they truly love film, then you should learn to appreciate what can be done just purely through film.

So, you are truly saying that The Cell is all visuals and no plot, but The Fall "has a terrific story"?
You are really claiming that The Fall is so deep, and its story so rich, it requires multiple viewings?
Hahaha. The fact that you are actually serious makes it even funnier.
Who would watch this pointless borefest multiple times? Only someone who puts style over substance.

Boycott movies that involve real animal violence! (and their directors too)

I agree 100%

Another film that has even less dialogue The Fall is To The Wonder ,however it's incredibly deep.

Stories can be told with allot of dialogue ,with less or even no dialogue and still be deeply moving.

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Stephen Dorff says no story? Seriously, Stephen Dorff?! His best received film in recent years was Somewhere, the film in which Sofia Coppola set up a camera and said "just do something for ten minutes here, then we move to another location and do the same."

But this is an intimate character drama. The heart of the story is about deep pain, cruelty, love, innocence, redemption. There are so many rich details embedded throughout the film it really rewards multiple viewings.

You see no story because you are digging too deep.
It's about two depressed patients. One is telling a story that he just makes up on the fly and we see the visuals of their fantasies combined. And that is really all there is to it.

Hipsters can use their fantasy to see hidden meanings so they can picture the clothing on an emperor that walks around bare naked. And they will say that this movie is epic and anyone who doesn't agree must be stupid.

And that is really all there is to it.