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How do movies like this get a Greenlight?

posted 9 years ago by Amanni3968
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I'm asking in all seriousness. I have not seen the film nor do I plan to, as I find the premise absurd, but that's just me. I don't care that someone produces a movie that I find to be ludicrous, I just want to know how this is done? How does this happen? How are decent scripts passed over for movies like this or Jupiter Ascending, and on and on and on (the list is never ending). I can't wrap my head around this. You catch whiffs or hints of potentially great movies and/or plots, then they fade into obscurity and Hollywood fills the dead space with dung like this. Is the magic formula to take a classic book, and rip it apart, add several layers of ridiculousness, and then that makes it a hit? Can I just come up with oh I don't know, " The Count of Monte Cristo meets the Hunchback of Notre Dame all while attending Hogwarts fighting off nargles". (BTW - that's my idea - my idea, no stealing it!) I mean WTF - who picked this up and said - "WOW, a classic stuffy romance set to the back drop of Victorian England with, say what now, Zombies! Shut the front door *nameless genius scratches chin* Hmm The walking dead is doing pretty good right now, so I say let's run with it"! Is that how it goes down?

[–] Carycomic 9 years ago

I liked it. But, I was only ONE OF FOUR people in the theater during the matinee showing I attended! So, this does not strike me as being more than a one or two week-wonder (a fate I fear will also befall "5th Wave") at best.

It also differs from Seth Graeme-Smith's novel in that the characters of Mary Bennett and Charlotte Lucas seemed to have been amalgamated as the middle sister, Charlotte Bennett. That, and there was a horseback riding blooper during the final action scene at Hingman Bridge.

My final score? 4 stars out of five.

[–] teatat 9 years ago

At the matinee I went to there were only three of us, it was a Friday afternoon. In my area there wasn't a lot of advertising. You kind of already had to be looking for it to know.

Mary and Charlotte were two separate characters. The confusion might be that one of the sisters says Charlotte's "right to be proud" line. I think it was Jane but it was hard to tell who was talking and then Mary says her line about the difference between vanity and pride. Charlotte is not in that scene at all.

They don't really make a point of introducing Charlotte but I did think Mary was introduced by name (I could be wrong about that.)

[–] C-Younkin 9 years ago

They first become moderately popular books, which this was (I guess primarily because people thought it was a laugh) but oddly enough the movies don't seem to get the humor of the stories at all.

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[–] mechajutaro 9 years ago

How do movies like this get a Greenlight?

Gals who fit snugly into plunging necklines plus zombies are a strong prospect at the box office.

[–] EllenRipley47 9 years ago

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I couldn't agree more, OP.

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[–] mbevel2002 9 years ago

I like the part where you hadn't seen the movie at all, but REALLY needed to get your opinion out there.

Oh, my tender little one. I probably love you most of all.

[–] wintermonk 9 years ago

"How do movies like this get a Greenlight?

I'm asking in all seriousness. "

It's a high-concept film. There's your answer. " Jane Austen characters battle zombies." It's something that can be easily pitched and marketed.

[–] verucasalt23-1 9 years ago

It was funny and based upon a popular book. It's not supposed to be a serious movie like Brooklyn or an actual version of Pride and Prejudice. It was amusing. I went with my husband. I like Austen, he likes zombies. We enjoyed it.

You really can't judge a movie you haven't seen. Maybe just chalk it up to different strokes.

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[–] kya1 9 years ago

I haven't seen it, but the fusion of two totally different genres makes it seem interesting to me.

I'd rather give it a chance than watch another "exciting" action hero film or an "exhilarating" car chase sequel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAIJ3Rh5Qxs