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3 months earlier, 6 months later…. Clumsy storytelling device

posted 3 years ago by Who (5146)
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Anyone else get fed up with this jumpy timeline? It was a gross overuse of time jumps and time stamp labels.

The Puppet Master (2022) did a much better job using time jumps to tell a similar tale of a criminal conman.

[–] TerraFirma69 (2233) 3 years ago

Normally that bugs me, but I thought they made it work here.

Not sure it was 100% necessary, but it certainly didn't detract for me.