Word: scriptful
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...think so. Irvine Welsh wrote a sequel to the novel, called Porno, but I've never seen a script. Personally, I think Trainspotting was an amazing film, and I'll always be proud of it. And I wouldn't want to make a poor sequel that kind of tarnishes the original film...
...date movie with “Love Actually.” Like that movie, “Pirate Radio” also features a large ensemble cast of established actors, among them Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kenneth Branagh, and Bill Nighy. But even though the film succeeds with a funny script and top-notch acting performances, those elements take a backseat to what the film is ultimately about: the music...
...close Wodiczko’s depiction of war comes to feeling real. He manages to truly immerse the audience, particularly with the absence of apparent gore, but the dialogue he pairs with the images is ineffective. The men talking seem as if they are reading off a script; what they say is a clichéd version of what one might expect soldiers to say, and the way that they say it is stilted rather than realistic...
...what's happening just a recession rut? Partly, yes, but the business is also changing in fundamental ways. Just look at the way indie filmmakers raise money today. In the past, they would "presell" their movie to foreign distributors, using not much more than a script and a cast list. That meant certain funding for the filmmaker no matter how good or bad the film turned out to be. The filmmaker could then go to a private investor who, knowing that the movie was already presold to foreign territories, would view it as less risky and invest. With money from...
Clooney, with an assist from a hippie hairdo (sported in flashbacks), tries admirably to save an unsalvageable script. But he can only play the enigmatic “is he psychic, is he not” card so many times before audience members realize that the film has punted on the question entirely. McGregor delivers all his lines in monotone and does an impressive job at repelling any attempt at empathizing with his character. It is unclear why Kevin Spacey was needed at all for this production when an extra off the Hollywood strip could have delivered his seven...