Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[Gemini Cricket]

To me, commercials have no place in films nor movie theatres. Bleh and double bleh.

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

To me, commercials have no place in films nor movie theatres. Bleh and double bleh.

But, is it a commercial or is it just something the character would do? If every product in a film was "fabricated" I would think the character and, possibly the film, would seem disingenious.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

But, is it a commercial or is it just something the character would do?

Exactly the point.

Tom Hanks character in Cast Away is a high level manager with a world-wide delivery company who lives his life by the seconds of the clock. It is endemic to the story being told, both to his situation and his character. Working for FedEx is simply something his character would do. And a fictional company would just have taken everybody right out of the reality of the film.

At least, Robert Zemeckis thought so, and that's his perrogative. Since he has made quite a few of the best movies of all time, how 'bout we assume he just may have something there.


We'll have to just agree to disagree. But phone number 555-5555 bugs the crap out of me. It pulls me right out of the story being told. It's noticeable by its obvious artificiality.