The Nice Guys And Plot

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Before we get into this, let’s make it clear that this post will include spoilers for The Nice Guys. Now that is out of the way, let’s go. The Nice Guys reads like a list of Shane Black’s greatest hits. Mismatched buddy cops (although in this case it is a buddy PI and a buddy tough for hire), fast-paced dialogue, jabs at corporate America, plucky young children and an underlying darkness beneath the jokes. There’s even some Christmas. It also has a plot that at some points is completely nonsensical.

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Boyhood and Plot

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Plot is a pretty important thing in the movies.  Not just movies really.  Books, games and even some music all relies on the idea of a story.  It is something that it is hard to go without.  Yet this week I saw what is probably my movie of the year and if you asked me to describe the plot I think I would seriously struggle.  The answer, it is just life, just make me sound like a pretentious arse (which I may well be, but I should at least try and hide it).  Yet if you ask me to describe Richard Linklater’s Boyhood in any other way, I really struggle.  Because it is just life man.

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