Sentences with phrase «pointless framing device»
That could have been easily remedied if Verbinski had just removed the pointless framing device that features an elderly Tonto recounting the story to a young boy at the San Francisco fair.
http://blog.bullz-eye.com/ Not exact matches
Though Nickerson is the one recounting the tale of the Essex's demise, the movie includes moments from Chase and Pollard's perspectives that Nickerson's 14 - year - old self (played by Tom Holland) simply wouldn't be privy to, which makes the whole framing device pointless.
Beginning with a pointless and irritating framing device, an old Tonto (Johnny Depp) tells a young boy dressed as the Lone Ranger about the real Lone Ranger, John Reid (Hammer).