Re: Saving Cats?
I think there are a number of versions of this, some of them repeated just as often as the cat trope. One of the more common ones is the hero taking the time to bury the dead (usually despite a ticking clock, such as being chased, or night approaching, etc.).
I don't remember if the Portis novel or the John Wayne adaptation had this originally, but the Coen brothers had an interesting subversion of the trope in True Grit (2010), when Bridges says "If these men wanted a decent funeral, they should have gotten themselves killed in summer."
[mild spoiler ahead]
I feel like the recent Batman v Superman got incredibly ham-fisted with Bruce Wayne saving the little girl from the collapse of the Wayne Financial building within five minutes of us meeting his character. But then, I could probably write a book on all the issues that film had from a storytelling perspective...
I think there are a number of versions of this, some of them repeated just as often as the cat trope. One of the more common ones is the hero taking the time to bury the dead (usually despite a ticking clock, such as being chased, or night approaching, etc.).
I don't remember if the Portis novel or the John Wayne adaptation had this originally, but the Coen brothers had an interesting subversion of the trope in True Grit (2010), when Bridges says "If these men wanted a decent funeral, they should have gotten themselves killed in summer."
[mild spoiler ahead]
I feel like the recent Batman v Superman got incredibly ham-fisted with Bruce Wayne saving the little girl from the collapse of the Wayne Financial building within five minutes of us meeting his character. But then, I could probably write a book on all the issues that film had from a storytelling perspective...
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