20 Tiny Changes That Would Result in Much Shorter Movies
‘Elsa, just tell your sister about your ice powers’
Not to get all alt-right on you, but conflict usually stems from poor decisions. From getting to work late because you didn’t want to move a cat off your leg to white-collar crime, these bad decisions are the stuff movies are made from. Otherwise, every movie would just be called Several People Have a Nice Time.
Some decisions leading to conflict, however, are so tiny that it pulls the cord on the suspension of disbelief right back. Entire movies could be resolved in minutes with just one infinitesimal adjustment. That’s why user ehudros asked r/AskReddit, “What smallest change to a movie plot would solve its main conflict immediately?”