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5 hours ago, grim22 said:
You can be the only credited screenwriter and still not be responsible for most of the movie. WGA guidelines are weird like that. If the studio brings in 5, 10 or even 20 other writers to write one scene each, they haven't contributed enough to get credit. Credit is given based on how much of whose work is in the final script used, so even if one writer's idea is found to be the impetus, he gets the story credit.
Not saying Landis isn't responsible for the issues the movie may have, just that WGA guidelines work in weird ways.
There are some really good episodes of "Scriptnotes" dealing with this which unfortunately are for subscribers only now.
Really interesting to know. Thanks!
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6 hours ago, AJG said:
Max Landis seems to be taking it well so far.
He's asked people to judge him only on the work which he has primary control, and has uploaded the original draft of the script for us to download:
http://vk.com/doc99359845_233729572?hash=9d64d7a324a37145b5&dl=6adde029926c9d20bb …
Isn't Landis the only credited screenwriter on this though?
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Laugh out loud funny and lots of good zombie stuff. Up there with Shaun of the dead and zombieland for me (probably even better).
The (very) crude humor may not go well with a lot of people, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Way more zombie action than I was expecting.
For now..
3.5/4
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^ He's just that big for marketing purposes.
In the film, his official height is 108 meters, or around 1/3 the Eifel Tower.
Now of course, in some shots Godzilla looks bigger/smaller but that's always been the case in Godzilla films & other monster movies.
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I guess Sony is already happy with this & really wants a sequel?
"To be No. 1 in such a competitive marketplace is an incredible result," said Sony worldwide president of marketing and distribution Josh Greenstein. "This is the beginning of a franchise."
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-goosebumps-spooks-bridge-832844
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I found the overall plot to be decent enough to keep my attention. It did get slow at points though.
Visual FX and use of 3D were really great.
Plus, I liked JGL here; he just had this sort of appealing energy.
2.5/4
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Overall, not bad, but its still far from being anything memorable.
PROS:
-Unsurprisingly, Del Toro's visual style. Costumes & set are fucking great.
-Acting is great. loved Chastain & Wasikowska were standouts for me.
CONS:
-I know how Del Toro's said "its not a ghost story, but a story with ghosts" but still, the ghosts here aren't scary at all. They're clearly cgi, and not very convincing cgi at that. Their scenes were too brief to have any real impact on me.
-Emotionally, it didn't really connect to me either. I can't put it exactly into words.
-For me it was slow..3rd act was kinda worth it though.
Audience response:
Some people left in the middle. Clearly some were expecting all-out horror, and that may affect its box-office dearly.
Anyway, at least it looks good and the actors work with what they have. But its a step down from Del toro's past works, IMO.
2/4
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If the Crimson peak team diverted some of that costume/set design budget to the CGI for the ghosts..I think it could have made a difference.
A small difference like that could have helped with the WOM..and this needed all the help it could get.
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All of which GODZILLA has singlehandedly beaten which doesn't bode well for KONG..
Well.. he did lose to the Mothra larvae.
And my point was Kong seems a lot tougher and smarter than these guys
I just don't think it'll be very one-sided.
But of course, its all just opinions.
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My personal reservation about this movie is the fact that it's revisiting Skull Island. I'm just not sure how they're going to top the bug pit or the T-Rex battle from Jackson's Kong. That movie as a whole may have been imperfect, but the hour-long sequence on the island was just about perfect.
Easily the best thing about the 2005 film.
I'm pretty sure the Legendary team is aware of this as well, though.
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Honestly, Godzilla vs Kong doesn't look like a mismatch at all when you consider the fact that Godzilla's been given a hard time by:
Mothra, a giant moth.
Ebirah, a lobster.
Kumonga, a spider.
And Mothra's larvae.
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The funny thing is, King Kong battled a "Humongous T-rex" called Gorosaurus in King Kong Escapes, a TOHO film from the 60's. I don't know if they would use that Toho monster or not. I do think they should put some sort of giant monster in this for Kong to fight to establish he can battle Godzilla.
Gorosaurus:
Gorosaurus would be cool, maybe to show us how Kong could overpower and outmaneuver larger opponents like Godzilla
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I wonder if Kong will be fighting any "Godzilla" sized kaiju in this movie.
Humongous T-rex?
Plus, they could probably introduce some of the other Toho monsters as simply being Skull Island inhabitants.
Wouldn't be that hard for the likes of Rodan.
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Beach scene!!
Callback/foreshadowing to this?
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I told you guys the directors pitch was Apocalypse Now esqe but on Skull Island. Its 100% in the 70's. My good buddy went to a party a month ago and had an hour convo with Derek Connelly.
Oh yeah, forgot about your post a while back.
Thanks anyway for the reminder.
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70's setting confirmed?
(All pics from Reel Tours Hawaii)
Samuel Jackson with a vintage helicopter at Ford Island, Hawaii:
Cast pic:
Working title is Titan:
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My biggest worry is that rewrites to accommodate the new shared universe could have an impact on its quality.
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The actual title is GODZILLA vs. KONG
While KONG: SKULL ISLAND and GODZILLA 2 will probably make similar numbers as Gareth Edward's GODZILLA from 2014, GODZILLA vs. KONG should easily make a extra 100-300m globally. There is plenty of hype for the film.
Let's hope so.
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Blomkamp thinks he's the new Verhoeven with his attempts at "satiristical social commentary" coming from a frat dudebro but he's just the Afrikaner's Zach Snyder at the core gleefully blowing shit up in slomo because it looks cool and awesome. He's a one trick pony (His schtick of making a sleek VFX showcase against real shanty backgrounds as a shallow canvas to his simplistic and trite "poor chaps vs nasty rich corporates" narrative that sounds hollow because he got nothing relevant to say. It's just a cartoony pretext for his hardcore gamer sensibility). I smelled the bullshit that he was all style/no substance ever since D9.
Woah. I don't agree with you but this is some well-written shit right here.
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Huh. A bunch of friends who watched this were expecting a Gothic thriller, not a horror.
And they loved it.
Guess it really helps watching this with the right mindset.
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That press release is amusing, given that Warners and Legendary execs do not like each other very much.
They will work with each other, but don't expect them to party together.....
Sounds like King Kong & Godzilla to me...
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Yikes, may be in for brutal legs.
Sadly, I wouldn't be surprised if this is the case..hope I'm wrong.
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Crimson Peak (2015) please..
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I watched it. Overall, not bad.
PROS:
-Unsurprisingly, Del Toro's visual style. Costumes & set are fucking great.
-Acting is great. loved Chastain & Wasikowska were standouts for me.
CONS:
-I know how Del Toro's said "its not a ghost story, but a story with ghosts" but still, the ghosts here aren't scary at all. They're clearly cgi, and not very convincing cgi at that. Their scenes were too brief to have any real impact on me.
-Emotionally, it didn't really connect to me either. I can't put it exactly into words.
-For me it was slow..3rd act was kinda worth it though.
Audience response:
Some people left in the middle. Clearly some were expecting all-out horror, and that may affect its box-office dearly.
Anyway, at least it looks good and the actors work with what they have. But its a step down from Del toro's past works, IMO.
I guess I'll see the general perception from you guys in a couple of days.
2/4
(I should probably give this a rewatch)
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KRAMPUS | 12.4.15 | Universal | final domestic gross: $42,725,475
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With a supposed $15 million budget, it shouldn't be hard to be in the black...hopefully.