Constant fast pacing isn’t important to me in fiction. Fiction needs variation to tell a proper story. That doesn’t mean things should be dull. “I couldn’t put it down” for me means that I was allowed time to understand the characters and the situation, not that Indiana Jones’ boulders are constantly rolling toward the main character.
I rewatched part of the first Avengers movie Monday night, the one where Loki and a bunch of aliens attack NYC, and that movie and its pacing always impresses the heck out of me. A flawless use of characters, backstory, pace, high stakes, light and dark moments, and exploding stuff.
Even though I’m not a fan of killer pacing because it makes me so tense, I enjoy watching “Edge of Tomorrow,” “Inception,” and “The Dark Knight.”
And I just remembered… any of the “Back to the Future” movies… not as fast-paced as the others I mentioned, but they’re fun to watch.
Constant fast pacing isn’t important to me in fiction. Fiction needs variation to tell a proper story. That doesn’t mean things should be dull. “I couldn’t put it down” for me means that I was allowed time to understand the characters and the situation, not that Indiana Jones’ boulders are constantly rolling toward the main character.
I rewatched part of the first Avengers movie Monday night, the one where Loki and a bunch of aliens attack NYC, and that movie and its pacing always impresses the heck out of me. A flawless use of characters, backstory, pace, high stakes, light and dark moments, and exploding stuff.
John Gilstrap’s Jonathan Grave/Irene Rivers series.
Mission Impossible movies.