I love movies. I'm talking, love them. I don't necessarily keep up with actor names, or the process of making a movie or whatever, but I love movies and watching them. I can obsessively watch a movie almost to the point that it seems like something is absolutely wrong with me. But, that's a whole other tale - I've probably seen Back to the Future more than 100 times. Reserve your judgment, Judgey McJudgerson!
I really want a movie to suspend my disbelief - and honestly, I'm willing. I want to like your idea and run with it. I WANT to believe your world and your people. I want to believe that Tom Cruise would be cloned into a 50 year old man over and over and over again instead of cloning him much younger with a longer shelf life. I want to believe!
I'll start with another Tom Cruise movie - A Few Good Men. I like this movie - not like "holy fuck this is changing the way I see movies and my life," but it is one of those movies that I can turn on and just leave on and not be pissed about it. I'm willing to let slide some of the obvious issues - like a "code red" would have to be explained to a jury of peers - military folks.
But here's the line,:
"...and I'm an officer in the United States Navy. You're under arrest you son of a bitch."
WHY, WHY, WHY?? Why does he have to say "You're under arrest YOU SON OF A BITCH". Ridiculous. I'm Ok accepting that Tom Cruise would express his pride of being an officer after Jack N has pissed on him the whole movie. But YOU SON OF A BITCH is completely out of place. Completely. I hate that line. I hate the thing to the point where I usually bitch about it every time I've watched it. Which is too much.
I sort of like Revenge of the Sith. It isn't an outstanding movie, but when compared to Star Wars I and II, the movie isn't bad. There are lines in that movie that... that... are horrible. The line for me that I'm really like... UGH... is "from my perspective, the Jedi are evil". WHY. Why would anyone upset and falling apart, becoming evil, changing the course of the galaxy come up with a line that says "from my perspective"? The fuck is this, the state writing test for middle school (Argument paper with three points - first, second, and finally) ?
And I thought about this from the "How It Should Have Ended" thing that was on Starz last night - if anyone is curious.
Pretty Woman - and knowing a lot of the writer types that I follow/follow me are women and will be the ones reading this, I'm OK with including it - it is a cute movie. It really is. I'm OK with this movie. Have seen it too many times. ANYWAYS... my point is that movie is silly at parts, probably paints the life of a hooker a bit wrong, and not the best message to girls... but why are you ending the movie with "She rescues him right back"?
Now... I know that was the original title of the screen play, and that's wonderful, but that doesn't mean it was good. It doesn't mean it needs to be in the movie. I mean Good Will Hunting was originally about some smart kid who was used to do math-science-magic to make weapons or something. That got kicked out for "How you like them apples?".
Anyways... I welcome ones that you guys have... encourage comments on them. Please.
So, writers of "Plug and Play" movies where a computer could write them - remove your shitty lines that don't fit. I'll watch your movie because I do that, I'm weak, and I'll give in to your story about the odd guy who should be loved by the smart woman if he could only change one tiny little thing about himself. I'll also accept your story about a mannequin that comes to life to help design store windows - and yes, I know that's a greek myth... but David Spader was not a greek myth. Mannequin is a shitty, shitty movie, but it was on last night, so it came to mind.
Thanks for reading...
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