Defiant-Document4027 t1_j5k1pai wrote on January 23, 2023 at 3:51 PM

Reply to comment by FinaglingFox in Why zombies and most zombie movies and shows are driving me insane! by FinaglingFox

Off topic but...

>suspension of disbelief

I almost typed that instead of "suspension of belief," but that phrase always has bothered me. It doesn't make sense. If you are going to immerse yourself in the movie and make a commitment and buy in to all the illogical stuff, aren't you suspending BELIEF? Seems like suspending DISBELIEF would be the opposite and would make you more critical of the facts

poo-rag t1_j5k73az wrote on January 23, 2023 at 4:26 PM

Belief would be blindly following something without critical thought.

So suspending the ability to believe would entail you being critical of plot points, etc. As you would be unwilling or unable to see the film as it is being presented

Suspending disbelief means you would be in a state of willingness to believe. So you would accept what you are being shown. You are suspending doubt

Disbelief = critical thought of the presented narrative Belief = acceptance of the presented narrative

Does that help?

Defiant-Document4027 t1_j5k85hc wrote on January 23, 2023 at 4:32 PM

Mmm... aybe. Seems to make sense. But I'm running on just a few hours' sleep in the last two days, so I'm going to let it sink in a little bit. I'll get back to you :)