I think a smaller story set in the overall Troy context would have been something possible to do well. One main character, one plotline, one viewpoint. For one thing, it would result in a hell of a lot less irrelevant backstory to cram in.
Like Titanic?
Well, whatever your opinion on Troy, I think my original point that David Benioff is more than capable of writing an excellent screenplay still stands. So whatever new project he is attached to isn't doomed to horribleness, just because of his attachment. I wish I could find someplace for you to get a copy of the script. I'd send you mine, but I'm too attached to it. Sorry. I swear it's excellent, though.
And my only point at chiming in on the subject was that Alibelle is not the only person I'd heard that from, so it's not just crazy Alibelle spouting her usual crazy craziness.
And my only point at chiming in on the subject was that Alibelle is not the only person I'd heard that from, so it's not just crazy Alibelle spouting her usual crazy craziness.
Wait. Did this become the Angel Quotables thread? I could've sworn it was movies...
I could've sworn it was movies...
Exactly, and you don't like
Groundhog Day.
We've been over this, crazyhead. Did you forget to take your pills again?
Any thread is a good thread for picking on Alibelle.
I see how this is.
Groundhog Day is Highlander: Endgame bad.
Groundhog Day is The Neverending Story bad. (And those two are surprisingly similar in premise. Interesting.)
Groundhog Day is Wrestling with Earnest Hemingway bad.
Oh! You know what else is bad? Shaun of the Dead.
Plus it leads to absolute crap like The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen sharing a title with the Alan Moore book.
And the third installment of
Anne of Green Gables.
My BAD MOVIE is
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
Only movie I have EVER wanted to walk out on.
Oh! You know what else is bad? Shaun of the Dead.
More proof that Alibelle is a crazy crazyhead.
Groundhog Day is The Neverending Story bad. (And those two are surprisingly similar in premise. Interesting.)
t looks at Alibelle askance. Will not say anything.
I think I've mentioned here my utter loathing of Magnolia. How it's become my comparator bad movie. ("It was bad, but not Magnolia bad.")
Steph, you made my day. I can never find people who share my loathing of this film. It seems everyone and his brother worships at the altar of Paul Thomas Anderson, even though he hasn't done a single thing that impressed me other than decent visuals. The only nice thing I can say about Magnolia is that it had the best delivery of terrible dialogue I've ever seen.
