Comments on: Telling stories with pictures :The Kingdom http://www.andydickinson.net/2008/04/20/telling-stories-with-pictures-the-kingdom/ online journalism, newspaper video and digital media Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:00:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Andy http://www.andydickinson.net/2008/04/20/telling-stories-with-pictures-the-kingdom/comment-page-1/#comment-3695 Andy Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:34:17 +0000 http://www.andydickinson.net/?p=714#comment-3695 Mr Person :) It seems that the part of the reason they did it was that a lot of the background was orginally written and shot for a scene as they flew to Saudi - in flight exposition. But pacing wise it slowed things down. You're right, it does seem like overkill given the nature of the film but you could say, fair play for keeping it in at all. Perhaps that makes it a half-brained actioner rather than a no-brainer. Mr Person :)

It seems that the part of the reason they did it was that a lot of the background was orginally written and shot for a scene as they flew to Saudi – in flight exposition. But pacing wise it slowed things down.

You’re right, it does seem like overkill given the nature of the film but you could say, fair play for keeping it in at all. Perhaps that makes it a half-brained actioner rather than a no-brainer.

]]> By: Strange Person http://www.andydickinson.net/2008/04/20/telling-stories-with-pictures-the-kingdom/comment-page-1/#comment-3694 Strange Person Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:53:01 +0000 http://www.andydickinson.net/?p=714#comment-3694 Both 'presentations' are very clever abbreviations ... though it does seem a little incongruous that the makers of The Kingdom would go to such lengths to provide a historical 'background' for what boils down to a completely infeasible flight of fanciful fiction. Still ... that opening sequence made the experience worthwhile. Both ‘presentations’ are very clever abbreviations … though it does seem a little incongruous that the makers of The Kingdom would go to such lengths to provide a historical ‘background’ for what boils down to a completely infeasible flight of fanciful fiction.

Still … that opening sequence made the experience worthwhile.

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