What’s with movies these days? Big chunks of good movie-making technique are getting flushed.
Take, for instance, the current fad of over-the-top, vastly unrealistic set pieces of mayhem, with a million explosions and CGI moving parts, and where the hero emerges from 50 close calls in a row with nary a scratch.
What is that? It’s the movie equivalent of high fructose corn syrup. HFCS tastes good but causes obesity, contains contaminants, and is a staple of nutrient-poor, disease-creating industrial food products and food-like substances.
The point is to anchor "the doings" in reality and then extend it. That's what comedy is.
