![]() They do so by locking random objects like ping pong paddles and napkins into a box, as well as photographs of themselves that they use dice to randomly generate numbers they can write on said pictures. But in doing so, it sets the table perfectly for some of the smartest, low-cost plotting I’ve ever seen - the characters eventually realize they need a way to “mark” themselves so they don’t lose track of who is from what reality. ![]() The script does go out of its way to make sure the audience understands that the comet is causing some sort of disruption to the fabric of our reality, and that matter is in a state of flux until observed. One could argue the movie is didactic in its exposition about Schrödinger's cat and mythology about the strange circumstances surrounding the comet. We will begin with what I consider to be the primo example of my premise:Ĭoherence (dir. I expect that most of the movies I cover will be genre movies, if not specifically science-fiction movies, and that I will be spoiling them in great detail. This column will focus on movies that I consider to have “big ideas” at their core and feel even larger when you consider how little money went into making them. I would, however, be less inclined to believe you could make a movie about a vampire lair that gets mistaken for a bar for that much money, just as a random example ( From Dusk till Dawn cost $19 million). But if you told me you could make a movie about a musician that gets mistaken for a hitman for $7,000, I would believe you. ![]() Everyone knows Robert Rodriguez made El Mariachi for $7,000, which is indeed an impressively small price tag for a legitimately exciting action movie. Welcome to BIG IDEAS, SMALL BUDGETS, in which I will be examining movies that take big swings with shallow pockets. ![]()
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