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Sleepyjack · 02-17-2004, 09:33 AM

Ok, this doesn't really have any spoilers in terms of giving away plot, but a general atmosphere, tension or mood, i guess, could be spoilt??????

SO, if you hvaen't seen Fargo pr Texas Chainsaw Massacre you may not want to read? but there's no real plot revelations or anything, it's tought to say... (although the thread title could fuck things up

.. argghhh too much crapping on......)

(highlight if you want to read

)

Spoiler:
I saw the movie Fargo on the weekend. A really great movie about some fantastical occurances in a rather small out in no-where place. Anyway, at the start of the movie, there was a Based on a true story disclaimer with some minute details about the case.

So throughout the movie i was constantly under the belief of thinking the story was true, cause the claim, at the start seemed genuine. Also, after the movie finished, a friend and my brother where discussing how close to a true story it could've been (as the occurances where rather fantastical, and fasinating). Namely about how they knew that Buscemi buried the breifcase.

They actually got in a bit of an arguement about it, albeit rather nonsensical. Seeing the DVD had a documentary on it, i suggested we watch that as well, because they might havce some of the actual news or details about the case.

However, we soon discovered that, in fact, the movie wasn't based on a true story at all, in the sense that a simlar event or crime had taken place. Even a poor Japenses woman apparently flew to Fargo to try and find the suitcase buscemi buried, cause she thought it was true.

Although, the whole hype and pyschology of saying based on a true story, at the start seems to play on your mind a lot, and make the movie, seemingly, quite a bit more interesting, 'cause you ahve in the back of your mind that this is real, and can happen.

The same with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It had a simialr disclaimer at the start, and i thought it was real? Only to discover it was inspired by some of the serial killings and canabalism of Ed Gein.

yeah, so this has just been about wether a story is true or not? and how the truth aspect really does seem to make the movie experience have an extra dimension (even though, they're fucking lying, cheeky bastards

).

I don't know if this was a justified spoiler or not, but it was cool to properly use the function

anyones thoughts on this? or exmaples of any other movies?

edit:
also, i reminded of a cool quote out of Good Will Hunting (i think), where Matt Damon is telling a joke, or an anecdote and he says it in first person even though it didn't actually happen to him, but that it sounds more believeable or better, or something, if it's in first person. Too true

I, like most others, hate the "oh, it happened to a friend of a friend of a sister... etc of mine"

02-17-2004, 09:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
Sleepyjack Fast'n'Bulbous Location: Australia, Perth	Based On A true Story... Ok, this doesn't really have any spoilers in terms of giving away plot, but a general atmosphere, tension or mood, i guess, could be spoilt?????? SO, if you hvaen't seen Fargo pr Texas Chainsaw Massacre you may not want to read? but there's no real plot revelations or anything, it's tought to say... (although the thread title could fuck things up .. argghhh too much crapping on......) (highlight if you want to read ) Spoiler: I saw the movie Fargo on the weekend. A really great movie about some fantastical occurances in a rather small out in no-where place. Anyway, at the start of the movie, there was a Based on a true story disclaimer with some minute details about the case. So throughout the movie i was constantly under the belief of thinking the story was true, cause the claim, at the start seemed genuine. Also, after the movie finished, a friend and my brother where discussing how close to a true story it could've been (as the occurances where rather fantastical, and fasinating). Namely about how they knew that Buscemi buried the breifcase. They actually got in a bit of an arguement about it, albeit rather nonsensical. Seeing the DVD had a documentary on it, i suggested we watch that as well, because they might havce some of the actual news or details about the case. However, we soon discovered that, in fact, the movie wasn't based on a true story at all, in the sense that a simlar event or crime had taken place. Even a poor Japenses woman apparently flew to Fargo to try and find the suitcase buscemi buried, cause she thought it was true. Although, the whole hype and pyschology of saying based on a true story, at the start seems to play on your mind a lot, and make the movie, seemingly, quite a bit more interesting, 'cause you ahve in the back of your mind that this is real, and can happen. The same with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It had a simialr disclaimer at the start, and i thought it was real? Only to discover it was inspired by some of the serial killings and canabalism of Ed Gein. yeah, so this has just been about wether a story is true or not? and how the truth aspect really does seem to make the movie experience have an extra dimension (even though, they're fucking lying, cheeky bastards ). I don't know if this was a justified spoiler or not, but it was cool to properly use the function anyones thoughts on this? or exmaples of any other movies? edit: also, i reminded of a cool quote out of Good Will Hunting (i think), where Matt Damon is telling a joke, or an anecdote and he says it in first person even though it didn't actually happen to him, but that it sounds more believeable or better, or something, if it's in first person. Too true I, like most others, hate the "oh, it happened to a friend of a friend of a sister... etc of mine" Last edited by Sleepyjack; 02-17-2004 at 09:42 AM..