Check out these amazing movie narrative charts
Graphs. Charts. Those words send chills up my spine and cause unpleasant flashbacks of times when I actually had to do math. Well, I have graduated, so I no longer have to do math. I could care less about who Pythagoras is, and that goes for his little theorem as well. So, as you can guess, I could care less about any chart or graph. That is, until now.
The folks over at XKCD, “a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language,” have developed an amazing set of film-inspired charts that graph five different movie narratives. Have you ever sat around a table, smoking a pipe, and contemplating the mysteries of life when, all of the sudden, a more important question pops into your head? “When in the world did Frodo interact with the character Faramir?” I know you have. Well, lose sleep over this question and more never again. Check out the graphs after the jump.
I would never, in a million years, have the patience to create such a chart. I don’t have the attention span. Well, maybe I could have done the 12 ANGRY MEN or PRIMER one, but forget the LORD OF THE RINGS graph. That sucker is intricate. Anyway, the smarty-pants that developed these pieces deserve a serious pat on the back, or a real life (I kid, I kid). To check these awesome charts out in high resolution (means you can actually read the words), then click HERE.
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