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[–] [email protected] 0 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

Princess Bride. The narrative framework of some shitkid not appreciating that his grandpa is Columbo ruins the whole thing. Those two characters should be cut out and then it can be good. ...Okay, Peter Falk can stay.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Remove Savage and all the other characters, and just have Falk tell the audience the story without any kind of "imaginary" scenes. It's just Peter Falk talking into a camera. Preferably wearing Columbo's signature trench coat.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 51 minutes ago

And he should narrate the whole story like this: