The Nine-Act Structure by David Siegel
| One example is the movie The Usual Suspects. All the elements of the Nine-Act Structure are there, but the clinching information in the reversal (when the detective discovers that "Verbal" Kint's story is an entire lie) does not explain the reason for the explosion at the docks at the beginning of the show (the mysterious chunk 3). It may be a clever revelation of Kaiser Soze's true identity, but it leaves many unexplained loose ends. The latest two James Bond movies, Goldeneye and Tomorrow Never Dies are an interesting pair. In Goldeneye, the movie opens with Bond (the hero) and his Traditional Bond Opening Action Sequence. This early introduction of the hero is not considered acceptable within the Nine-Act Structure. Furthermore, chunk 3 (something bad happens...006 gets shot) does not emerge until well into the end of the opening sequence, losing the focus of 006's vendetta against James Bond. Compare this with Tomorrow Never Dies |