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<blockquote data-quote="Ariosto" data-source="post: 4742716" data-attributes="member: 80487">The movie The Matrix early on smashed my suspension of disbelief by throwing the laws of thermodynamics out the window with its fundamental premise. That was a little hard for me to take in stride because the movie seemed otherwise somewhat intelligently and carefully put together -- and there was no need for such a stupid explanation (worse really than none at all). Dark City worked better for me partly because it lacked the &quot;cyberpunk&quot; trappings inspiring science-fiction expectations.The Core, on the other hand, was obviously and thoroughly absurd. I expected no less going in, and it kept up the &quot;so bad the badness itself is entertaining&quot; aspect enough to sustain my interest. I could see much more interesting possibilities, though, in a story not so determinedly clueless.It was hard to avoid sensing some contempt for the audience in both cases. Apparently, the film makers could not be bothered to educate themselves (even to a barely passable high-school level) on very basic matters -- because they assumed of the audience a deep-seated ignorance. The assumption might generally be correct, but taking that as an excuse for such laziness is insulting. It's like the things children of a certain age notice with distaste in works by authors who have the notion that stories for children should be childish.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ariosto, post: 4742716, member: 80487"] The movie [i]The Matrix[/i] early on smashed my suspension of disbelief by throwing the laws of thermodynamics out the window with its fundamental premise. That was a little hard for me to take in stride because the movie seemed otherwise somewhat intelligently and carefully put together -- and there was no need for such a stupid explanation (worse really than none at all). [i]Dark City[/i] worked better for me partly because it lacked the "cyberpunk" trappings inspiring science-fiction expectations. [i]The Core[/i], on the other hand, was obviously and thoroughly absurd. I expected no less going in, and it kept up the "so bad the badness itself is entertaining" aspect enough to sustain my interest. I could see much [i]more[/i] interesting possibilities, though, in a story not so determinedly clueless. It was hard to avoid sensing some contempt for the audience in both cases. Apparently, the film makers could not be bothered to educate themselves (even to a barely passable high-school level) on very basic matters -- because they assumed of the audience a deep-seated ignorance. The assumption might generally be correct, but taking that as an excuse for such laziness is insulting. It's like the things children of a certain age notice with distaste in works by authors who have the notion that stories for children should be [i]childish[/i]. [/QUOTE]

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