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Similarly, Parasite uses the "Three-Act Structure" like a sniper rifle. Just when you think the rising action is over (Rule #7), the basement door opens, and the genre flips. The rules didn't restrict Bong Joon-ho; they gave him a trampoline. Here is where the rules become a straitjacket. Look at any forgettable "algorithm-bait" thriller on streaming. It obeys all seven rules perfectly. The hero has a flaw (he drinks too much! How quirky). The stakes are global (a bomb in a baby carriage!). The conflict is relentless (no one ever eats a sandwich in peace).

Useful for execs, useless for geniuses. See it with a notebook and a grain of salt. 7 movie rules rules

And yet, it is dead.