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The director runied this script

posted 18 years ago by kolo_a
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This movie had the potential to be everything that the T.V show has been, even though the buffyverse was really undeveloped. The dialogue has the whedonesque genious and you can tell that the scarier scenes would of looked quite good on paper, but the director did nothing to bring them to life. All the elements to make a good kill/fight/action/horror scene were there and/or potenially there but they just were not executed. I feel for Joss that Kuzui ruined this script.

[–] gilez66857 18 years ago

I agree. Then agian, the TV show be like it is now if Fran wasn't a frickin' retard?

[–] Rufus-T 18 years ago

Fran Rubel Kuzui is no Amy Heckerling. I could see the potention of this movie could have been as funny and lively as Clueless which I automatically compare this movie to when I think of the character portrayed by Kristy Swanson.

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[–] filmfan420 18 years ago

No, I cant stand clueless. I can actually watch this movie. I guess whedon just capture that teenage mindset really well, lol.

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[–] PrincessConsuelaBananahammock 18 years ago

The movie wasn't supposed to be as light and funny as it turned out. Joss's original script was darker and more like the TV series. BTW, if you think that the TV series is "overly-serious", that pretty much says how little you've seen of it. Yeah, there's a lot of serious and dramatic episodes, but there are also a lot of light, silly "filler" episodes such as Beer Bad, Band Candy and Something Blue to name just a few. The first season was fairly light compared with the rest of the series.

[–] carmer1986 18 years ago

The director may have the final say but they should also respect the script and the universe otherwise they shouldn't do it.

[–] DanWallace 17 years ago

In the special features of the DVD there's an old tv spot about the film wherein the director says "This isn't a vampire movie so much as it is a comedy contexualized by vampirism." I'm paraphrasing, but this is pretty much it. I think that says a lot about why it didn't work.

And then there's the clunky fighting. The choreography was SOOOO much better on the show. The fight with Lothos at the end of the movie was laughable. There wasn't enough challenge to it. Also, Luke Perry looks like he weighs about 12 pounds in this movie. If he's able to throw vampires around and take hits from them, how scary can they be?

[–] rwsmith29456 16 years ago

Didn't the movie actually come out long before the TV series??

[–] rebeccacharlton1031 10 years ago

Five years, so not that long. The movie was a summer '92 movie, and the series started as a mid season replacement in Jan of '97.

[–] Virgil_Hawkins 16 years ago

Donald Sutherland also had a hand in the quality. He rewrote all his lines.

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[–] jenniferles1000 16 years ago

Very average movie i didnt really understand it either wasnt it a bit of a coincedence that the lead vampire happens to be in the same place as Buffy.

[–] somecutemoniker 15 years ago

I know I will be miuch disagreed with here, but I like the movie way better than the TV series, but then again I am more of a humor girl than a goth/darkness girl. I realize the director messed with the script-but I never would've taken this movie remotely seriously if it wasn't a comedy (ironically)-just like I think the TV series is stupid.

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[–] PrincessConsuelaBananahammock 15 years ago

just like I think the TV series is stupid.

The series is far from stupid and it has a lot of humor in it. It sounds like you haven't watched the series much.

[–] superturbo4 15 years ago

The director is now trying to redo Buffy again without Whedon or the TV stars and the pretty much established Buffyverse characters.

Yeah like WTF? Think she hasn't a friggin clue what makes Buffy work. And of course Hollywood without a brain in its skull will jump on the *remake everything from Television bandwagon* and think it can outdo and make a better Buffy without Whedon efforts or input at all.

*sigh*

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[–] marcusman48 15 years ago

That's what I couldn't figure out, either. What were Lothos and Amilyn doing in Los Angeles at all? Hollywood and the music industry aside, L.A. is not exactly a widely influential city. Wouldn't vampires trying to take over New York or Washington, D.C., have made more sense?

And what was the point of only "converting" teenagers? To inspire them in a revolution against their parents and take over that way? Okay, I can dig that....but teens aren't exactly known for doing whatever you tell them, whether they're vampires or not. I mean, hell, if I were a vampire and wanted to bring a city to its knees, I'd bite the MAYOR!

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[–] fullhans1 11 years ago

I hate topics that start with a preface as if it were a fact, but is really just purely subjective.

Okay, YOU didn't like the movie, the script being "ruined" in the film is an opinion, not the state of how things are in which we are to then dissect and discuss.

Some of us love the movie, and consider it a nostalgic cult classic on its own merit regardless of what the creator (Whedon - I like Whedon but make my own decisions) thinks.

I also don't compare it to the TV show that wasn't released until five years later. They're not comparable, two different mediums and we're talking early 90's vs late 90's and a whole different cast and crew (aside from Whedon of course and perhaps a few others). Personally, I love both the movie AND the TV show.

This reminds me of the same failed idea of trying to compare Burton's Joker with Nolan's Joker. You just don't, because it's not relevant.

This. And especially the bolded part. I can understand that many people like Whedon's work, but that doesn' mean that he's god and his word is law.

And in my personal opinion: Playing the concept "Cheerleadwer valley girl gets superpowers and fights vampires" straight in a standalone 90 minutes movie 5 years before the TV series could've ended up as a disaster. I think the decision to make this movie a comedy was the right one.

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