If you're going to make a movie, and spend over $200 million on it, why not get it right?
-If your director (who deserves a truckload of credit for handing you this wonderful franchise) wants to do some other movie first before doing his THIRD X-Men movie, let him. Wait another year or two to make yours. It wouldn't be a bad idea to avoid oversaturating the market. If people want to see X-Men in 2006, they'll be clamoring for it in 2008.
-If the stars won't sign on for more movies after the third one, throw your hands in the air and exclaim "Actors!". Then say you just can't make the movie. And don't do it.
-Just because all the decent stars, the director, the writing team, the editor and your mom don't want to get away from you for a while doesn't mean you have to kill the franchise and make this movie "The Last One."
-If your academy award winning diva actress complains about wanting a bigger role, before you just give her a bunch of awkward time-filling dialogue consider whether your fan-base really even cares if she's in the movie. Do comic book/superhero/action fans give a shit about Halle Berry? NO! We might like Storm. But after hearing that she's not doing a S. African or S. American (or whatever the Hell she is in the comics/cartoon) we move on to someone more interesting. You wouldn't even need to throw in some line explaining "where Storm at". Just make no mention of her. Only Halle and her agent would notice. Fans, once someone told them about it, would say, "Halle Who?" You'll save millions. And noone need look foolish, as so many do now.
For once, push the edge of the envelope, break the mold, defy low expectations, and don't release a summer blockbuster. I know, I know. What the Hell do you do all winter without a tentpole? How about not living in a tent? Try building a house. Use the money for that 1 movie that won't break even until DVD and make 10 movies that audiences weren't expecting you to. Make 10 movies that have a shot at intriguing people. Or even make a bunch of crappy horror/slasher films. There are so many teenagers out there. And they're so stupid. They actually want to watch that stuff. But make one of those 10 movies something slightly unusual. It doesn't have to be "different" or "good". Just something that wasn't really easy for you to do. It'll give you street cred. Those of us that like movies (Americans) will appreciate that you actually tried to entertain us.
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I didn't like Halle Berry getting a bunch of extra lines. Some of which should have been said by other characters. Others shouldn't have been said at all. It was like she was playing Storm, some combo of Cyclops/Jean/Professor, and Jar-Jar all at once. "Close the school!" Then, after inhaling, "Let's keep it open!" And all this meant that Cyclops had to be killed off. Quickly. Now, it's true that there wasn't much to him before. I liked him, but all you people that didn't care about him have a point. But do you mean to tell me that you liked having such a stupid pointless death for a major character (it's true) AND extra Halle Berry? It can't be.
Oh, and half the movie being about Logan and Jean's star-crossed love affair was stupid. The love triangle worked to a limited extent when it was a passing thing. It wasn't played as a crucial plot element of the first two movies. It was a character thing. Something I could ignore while the awesome was happening.
Let's see, killing Professor Xavier. And Jean. That's really more of the whole "the director left (studio wouldn't let him come back) so everyone wants to leave with him" bit. But it that any reason to just kill off a bunch of characters? Why end the story here? Shut it down for a while. Years. Or forever. Whatever. Never make another X-Men movie if you're so God-damned determined to do so. But why make it the end of the story? End it on a high note. Let me believe in my mind that Xavier is still leading the X-Men in the fight against Magneto and all those asshole humans. You jerks.
Part 1, damn LiveJournal
-If your director (who deserves a truckload of credit for handing you this wonderful franchise) wants to do some other movie first before doing his THIRD X-Men movie, let him. Wait another year or two to make yours. It wouldn't be a bad idea to avoid oversaturating the market. If people want to see X-Men in 2006, they'll be clamoring for it in 2008.
-If the stars won't sign on for more movies after the third one, throw your hands in the air and exclaim "Actors!". Then say you just can't make the movie. And don't do it.
-Just because all the decent stars, the director, the writing team, the editor and your mom don't want to get away from you for a while doesn't mean you have to kill the franchise and make this movie "The Last One."
-If your academy award winning diva actress complains about wanting a bigger role, before you just give her a bunch of awkward time-filling dialogue consider whether your fan-base really even cares if she's in the movie. Do comic book/superhero/action fans give a shit about Halle Berry? NO! We might like Storm. But after hearing that she's not doing a S. African or S. American (or whatever the Hell she is in the comics/cartoon) we move on to someone more interesting. You wouldn't even need to throw in some line explaining "where Storm at". Just make no mention of her. Only Halle and her agent would notice. Fans, once someone told them about it, would say, "Halle Who?" You'll save millions. And noone need look foolish, as so many do now.
For once, push the edge of the envelope, break the mold, defy low expectations, and don't release a summer blockbuster. I know, I know. What the Hell do you do all winter without a tentpole? How about not living in a tent? Try building a house. Use the money for that 1 movie that won't break even until DVD and make 10 movies that audiences weren't expecting you to. Make 10 movies that have a shot at intriguing people. Or even make a bunch of crappy horror/slasher films. There are so many teenagers out there. And they're so stupid. They actually want to watch that stuff. But make one of those 10 movies something slightly unusual. It doesn't have to be "different" or "good". Just something that wasn't really easy for you to do. It'll give you street cred. Those of us that like movies (Americans) will appreciate that you actually tried to entertain us.
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I didn't like Halle Berry getting a bunch of extra lines. Some of which should have been said by other characters. Others shouldn't have been said at all. It was like she was playing Storm, some combo of Cyclops/Jean/Professor, and Jar-Jar all at once. "Close the school!" Then, after inhaling, "Let's keep it open!" And all this meant that Cyclops had to be killed off. Quickly. Now, it's true that there wasn't much to him before. I liked him, but all you people that didn't care about him have a point. But do you mean to tell me that you liked having such a stupid pointless death for a major character (it's true) AND extra Halle Berry? It can't be.
Oh, and half the movie being about Logan and Jean's star-crossed love affair was stupid. The love triangle worked to a limited extent when it was a passing thing. It wasn't played as a crucial plot element of the first two movies. It was a character thing. Something I could ignore while the awesome was happening.
Let's see, killing Professor Xavier. And Jean. That's really more of the whole "the director left (studio wouldn't let him come back) so everyone wants to leave with him" bit. But it that any reason to just kill off a bunch of characters? Why end the story here? Shut it down for a while. Years. Or forever. Whatever. Never make another X-Men movie if you're so God-damned determined to do so. But why make it the end of the story? End it on a high note. Let me believe in my mind that Xavier is still leading the X-Men in the fight against Magneto and all those asshole humans.
You jerks.
Part 2 Next.