Dear Hollywood and Indie Filmmakers,
Please never ever again let a movie be made that David Mamet wrote. He is by far the most overrated writer in the English language. Steps must be taken...he must be stopped. Please stop the madness. Let him GO to the movies, sure, let him watch what other screenwriters have written, but please don't let him write any more movies. The industry can't take much more of this.
Thanks,
A Movie Fan
The Untouchables, Hoffa, Glengarry Glen Ross, Wag the Dog, Ronin...these are all solid films (albeit Wag the Dog is a bit ridiculous).
"you're a handsome devil. what's your name?"
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Dear Hollywood and Indie Filmmakers,
Please never ever again let a movie be made that whiplashkid999 wrote. He is by far the most overrated writer in the English language. Steps must be taken...he must be stopped. Please stop the madness. Let him GO to the movies, sure, let him watch what other screenwriters have written, but please don't let him write any more movies. The industry can't take much more of this.
Thanks,
A Movie Fan
Lemme guess? You adore the whole Saw trilogy(sixtology or neverendinlogy or crapology) and Hostel? You must think those are great movies!
shareHey! I really liked Hostel and the original Saw. I also loved Redbelt, the Spanish Prisoner is one of my all time favorite films, and GGGR is a damn good film, too. It is possible to appreciate *beep* films while still liking good films.
sharehmmm, remember taste in films is like taste in music - everyone is different.
This film had some dodgy camera work (though some might say this added to the realism and helped suspend disbelief), the script was kind of lame but fit the purpose, there wasn't much going on, for a martial arts film there wasn't much martial arts!
............. But I loved it. The film succeeded where 99.8% out of all Hollywood movies fail really badly - It was full of emotion. The kind of emotion that hits you when you believe someone in front of you is really passionately upset or hurt by something that stuck a blade right through their hart. I can count on 3 hands the number of films where I believe the pain and emotion I'm seeing onscreen is real. Films that succeed in this respect stay with me for a very long time where as 99.8% of films are easily forgotten.
so in short the content of the film was poor and predictable but the emotive feel of the movie over rode everything else and held my attention throughout (to do this a film maker needs some serious skills). Not all films need to be "Hollywood blockbusters that smash and bang from one scene to the next!
agree with OP. Mamet hasn't written anything worthwhile since House of Games
What the $%*& is a Chinese Downhill?!?
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