Bad movies with good screenplays?
11-03-03, 08:24 PM
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Bad movies with good screenplays?
Perhaps this thread could also have the title "good scripts botched by Hollywood". Are there any notorious examples of a film that was good on paper, but badly ruined when adapted to the screen?
11-04-03, 04:56 AM
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I wouldn't say that Hollywood ruined them, but I've always felt that Paul Sharader (with the exception of Mishma) is a far better writer than director. I wouldn't call Blue Collar or Hardcore 'bad' movies. I wished they could have been done by a stronger director.
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I know i read somewhere that tarantino thinks that i know what you did last summer had a good screenplay but the movie obviously sucked. I'm not sure about this one, althought the book was pretty decent, so maybe....
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Originally posted by jaeufraser
Supposedly "Soldier" had a pretty good screenplay, but was just ruined by the stuido/Paul anderson. But I'm nto sure on that.
Supposedly "Soldier" had a pretty good screenplay, but was just ruined by the stuido/Paul anderson. But I'm nto sure on that.
But then I read the script of Matrix well before it came out and thought the Wachowski's were some crazy white boys and no ****ing way would they pull it off.
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Natural Born Killers springs to mind.
Barton Fink is better read than seen.
There aren't too many examples because generally people don't read the screenplays to films that sucked.
Barton Fink is better read than seen.
There aren't too many examples because generally people don't read the screenplays to films that sucked.
11-08-03, 02:07 PM
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The Boondock Saints.
The Boondock Saints.
11-08-03, 05:22 PM
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11-08-03, 11:05 PM
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Rod Lurie's first major film, Deterrence, although I wouldn't call it "bad." Ironically, his next film, The Contender, would have and should have been great had it not been for the screenplay.
