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I was really disappointed by this script. Too cliche and familiar to me. And then every critic in the country started orgasming over it...

That plotline is being advanced by Guardians of the Galaxy (Benicio Del Toro and Karen Gillan's characters are connected to him).

I enjoyed it.

Nice story, fun performances, some genuine laughs, consistently entertaining.

I haven't seen it yet, though I worked a few days on set as an extra, and it was a fun set. Buscemi, in particular, was hysterical when I was there. But even as much fun as it was to be on that set, I kept thinking Vegas magicians would have been a better world for a movie 10 or 15 years ago.

Yeah, the Jim Carrey character really skewers David Blaine and Chris Angel...and that's the problem. I always love Steve Carell, and it's still funny, but the same cast in a different scenario or maybe just a rewrite with a different angle could have worked so much better.

Never seen a more brilliant turd in my life...

No, you'll never think it's 100%. But yeah, $95 is a lot of coin. Tough call.

Same boat, think I'll wait for the next one, and give a couple scripts a polish to put in at the early bird price.

clearly, i was not looking at the right graham moore!

But, ironically, Graham Moore has the same hair as Ronald Moore. http://tinyurl.com/6qksodr

Pretty close. The movie in my mind when reading the spec was better than the final product, but still pretty good. I think a different director might have improved it a little. If you like that, check out other Dan Fogelman scripts like MY MOTHER'S CURSE.

Loved the script and read it some 6-7 months before I saw the movie. I felt the movie was very close to the script, particularly when compared to how some films look in relation to the script.

Btw, definitely worth reading the script - it is very, very well written and a great example of how a script should look.

I got dragged to it but LOVED it. Great movie. The dance was great.

I just watched the screener a couple days ago and loved it. Now I feel guilty for not supporting it by buying a ticket to see it in the theater.

Can't wait to see it. I was ambivalent but read the screenplay after seeing all the love it was getting and man alive, that was a well-written screenplay.

I agree. Was unfortunately disappointed. Not bad, just not anything to get super excited over.

That's disappointing to hear. I feel like the setup was the best part of the book.

I'm going to stick with it, as I read the books and there's a great mythology there. It has top-notch vfx, I'll say that, and Cory Stoll as always is great.

I can't wait until Hobbit 2 comes out.

I'm looking forward to 4D.

That's when Peter Jackson actually reaches out of the screen and empties your wallet.

Think McFly Think!

it means that producers are requesting that agents/managers allow them to take in a spec script to their respective studios. So if Producer A has a deal or relationships with certain studios or buyers, they would want an exclusive right to submit a spec to those places.

To add to Barzini's post, producers will often seek to obtain territories beyond their particular studio.

Thought it fell flat. Besides Patton Oswalt. He's great.

I've heard amazing stories that have come from trackinb's contests though...

I don't think you have to join trackingB to enter in their contests. I've heard great things about their contests too but I wouldn't join just for that if you can enter the contest without being a member.

You don't have to be a member to enter their contests.

Jones, do you think it'll do as well as PotC at the box office?

Hard to say, really - it definitely fits the four quadrants marketing needs it to. It's Disney and Depp, so that should help...assuming star power isn't dead. I'm going to go with a soft "yes".

Currently 22% on RT, but at the end of the day won't word of mouth matter more? I for one am curious to see Depp as Tonto, and the TV ads I've seen suggest a fun ride.

My computer doesn't even have a cd drive...

My feeling is so they can destroy it when they're done. But yeah, it's archaic.

I'm surprised they don't want it on floppy.

I'm not surprised when a film contains the name Craig Mazin in the credits. He's not exactly the stamp of quality.

I actually really like Craig on his podcasts. He's smart and funny and I really wish I could say the same for his scripts.I'd like to think it's the collaboration effect...

You know what? I'm starting to think that we the movie-going public got punked with this one. I'm being serious. Like maybe it was the studio's way of saying, "Look what you suckers are willing to shell out $12 for!" Hahahaha...

Sounds nuts but...I'm being totally serious.

I didn't get that it was a tribute to musicals and 90% of the content focused on Chicago and Dreamgirls. ???

ScarJo probably didn't want to put in an appearance after "I saw your boobs" took a shot at her. As for the musicals...the producers of the Oscars were the ones behind those musicals (except Les Mis) so it was blatant self-promoting/fellatio. Disgusted personally. The Bond "tribute" was astonishingly horrendous.

That ceremony was one big three hour shit.