Blankments Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 It has officially been lowered to 258 min. That's the lowest I'm going to go on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 The longest film I ever made in the old CAYOM was Once Upon a Time in Italy which ran 212 minutes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 What was it about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 What was it about? It was a crime epic with parallel storylines taking place in 1895 and 1915 in Naples, Italy, following two brothers, with bookends taking place in 1883. To put it very simply: The 1895 storyline follows the two brothers as they're about 17-18 years old. Their family is connected to the Mafia through their grandfather though their father does his best to maintain a relatively honest living though he still has connections he uses to keep the peace. However their parents are murdered in a Mafia-related hit so the rest of the storyline is one brother getting himself inducted into the Mafia organization to carry on the family legacy and keep order while the other searches for their parents' killer and get revenge. Suffice to say Brother 2 does get some revenge, but the result is him being convicted of multiple murders and sent to jail for life. The 1915 storyline picks up with World War 1 in full swing and Italy joining the war. Brother 1 makes a deal with a rival Mafia lord (who we meet in the 1895 storyline as well when he's lower in the food chain) to get his brother out of jail, but the terms would be for him to get conscripted into the Italian Army. So Brother 2 agrees and goes to fight in World War 1 and we see trench battles and other stuff from his POV and he also falls in love with a woman near the front lines. Meanwhile Brother 1, who by 1915 is a full Mafia kingpin, is engaging in lots of politics and deals to try and outmanuver his rival who is making a power grab. Eventually Brother 2 deserts the army and returns home and the two brothers, still with very different ideas of how to get things done, have to figure out together a way to end the rival's bid for power. I intended to make a sequel that would have spanned 1922 to 1945, but I never got around to making it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Alfred Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Giant Spiders > GWTW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted February 2, 2013 Author Share Posted February 2, 2013 Just got up one very last filler on an empty date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Giant Spiders > GWTW Honestly, when I review it, I'm going to review it as three separate things really since that's the impression I got from it being talked up. Unless the three volumes are interconnected enough to really be a single unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted February 2, 2013 Author Share Posted February 2, 2013 Good god, Blank, what the hell have you just created?! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Put up my last filler: If I wasn't using him for Chuck Norris, I was contemplating having Tarantino direct Honey Boo-Boo. Numbers, I hope that you remake your crime epic, it sounds really good, and I've love to read the whole thing. Also, they are kinda interconnected. Film one follows Chuck Norris and Liam Neeson, film two follows the other stars dealing the giant spiders, film three is them all getting rid of the giant spiders once and for all. You could review either as one film or three films; both would work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 It's probably the one thing I won't ever remake for this reason alone: In Year 33 of the old CAYOM there was a grand tournament (March Madness style) that matched-up 64 films (all BP winners through Year 32 and then 32 nominated films) with the players selecting the winners of each matchup. Final round was Numbers (Once Upon a Time in Italy, Year 22) vs. Numbers (Leningrad, Year 28) and Numbers (Once Upon a Time in Italy) won. So after having it crowned the greatest CAYOM film of the first 32 years, there's nowhere for it to go but down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiccup Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Honey Boo Boo flick! Avarice should be shaking in its boots. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted February 2, 2013 Author Share Posted February 2, 2013 ....We should do that for the new CAYOM too, maybe after a few more years, at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChD Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 OH MY GOD. I wonder if that movie (Honey Boo Boo) will manage to get $1k opening weekend, lol. 40M Budget? 39M from it went on food, I guess? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiccup Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 OH MY GOD. I wonder if that movie (Honey Boo Boo) will manage to get $1k opening weekend, lol. 40M Budget? 39M from it went on food, I guess? It will wipe 1 billion opening weekend 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted February 2, 2013 Author Share Posted February 2, 2013 Don't be ridiculous, Hiccup. 1 billion MIDNIGHT showings. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 I think post-Year 10 a Grand Tournament would be a good idea. December 16 still needs a solid teen/adult-oriented tentpole to go against Unfortunate Events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Hey people, if you simply copy & paste a plot from wikipedia, it'll hurt the film since wiki C&Ps leave out important character and plot details loads of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted February 2, 2013 Author Share Posted February 2, 2013 My policy is to only use Copy & Paste for fillers, and add a few details if necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 My policy is to only use Copy & Paste for fillers, and add a few details if necessary. Fillers obviously no one should care, but if I am asked to review a major film and that film is a C&P with nothing extra added, that film won't be received as well as otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 I generally copy-and-paste one or two of major films, adaptations that I don't really want to bother with, and then a majority of fillers. This year, I believe my only big copy-and-pastes are Unfortunate Events and Man of La Mancha, with Portal having some copy-and-paste but a lot of original writing, and then a lot of my fillers are copy-and-paste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
