What if things are happening but your story is still boring?

thing + thing = excitement?

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Recently I was watching a movie I was excited to see, that had a good trailer, and good buzz, but was disappointed to find out that it was pretty boring. As in, I started playing Candy Crush Saga on my phone multiple times as it dragged o…