A Beginning, Middle And End

Story telling is as old as we are. Good stories are told with the three elements however styled, to have a beginning during which you find out who, what and where. The middle usually develops the how and why, and the end, ties it all up with a satisfying reason for the telling. It used to be, in "modern" times that when you tuned in, either on the radio, at a movie house or with The Box, you got your storytime time. Someone in the entertainment world, once found out that you could pull in more customers and keep them in their proverbial seats, if you drew out the tale for weeks on end. I think you know what I mean if you are one of the souls who sits in front of the television until one in the morning, to find out how the series ended. The serial approach is designed to entice you by dangling a carrot hint of what could be coming in the next episode. Often times the producers who don't know what the ending will be themselves, until it is born out of their creative staff resources, base their work on taking your viewers' pulse. The pulse is frequently the silly thumbs up or down or star system which  guides them in furthering the plot. This tactic is common knowledge. And while the story goes on and on amusing us like the seven veils, it can be frustrating because most of us, simply want to get to the conclusion without having to agonize for weeks on trivial end. When I browse to find a movie, one that does have a one-evening tale, I become annoyed. To find a piece that is not done in language subtitles or is that of a series, is becoming rare. My viewing system tells me what the film is about in general terms, unfortunately often misleading, but it always neglects to say whether it is in my language or some other. My only clue is the long list of film companies that rolls in endlessly before the main event. When I see that they are in a tongue other than my own, I try to quit the site. That used to be simple, but now you cannot just click left and be out of the situation, you often have to leave the site completely and re-enter to do the the process all over again. Just saying!  The point is, why not make it simple. In the film blurb, would they please state the nitty and gritty of format instead of a plot sentence about what I already picked up in the visuals and title? And I am not going to bend to the trite excuse of "generation gap" in feeling this way. The bottom line is for a production to be thoroughly pleasurable. To do so, it should tell a tale that is worth the time it takes to view it, not how long they took to make it.  Not a lot of us want car chases, sex scenes, blood and gore meant to stimulate our emotions. All we want is a story well told, one with a beginning, a middle and an end.