Sentences with phrase «structure of an actual plot»

The structure of an actual plot, with the Pirate Captain becoming too big for his pantaloons and facing off against a pirate - hating Queen Victoria (voice of Imelda Staunton), weakens their effect (Darwin's monkey butler, who wears a monocle and «speaks» in flash cards, remains amusing throughout, though).

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You see I want to talk about the film's structure, how its episodic and unfocused storyline actually points toward its origins as a manga, and how while having little in the way of actual plot the film uses metaphor and subplot as text rather than subtext.

You can make «video game» work as a structure concept, like the way Jumanji and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World use the structure of video game play to frame their plots, but actual video games do not work as movies.