Nic.Lishko

"In my day, we didn't have fancy nancy broadband connections. We had to manually dial in to a pirate BBS at 2400 baud. Downloading Ultima or Lode Runner cracks took until the cows came home."

Which in 50 years will turn into "We didn't have fancy shmancy holographic friends. We had to talk to real people!"

Ever since nanobots started doing everyone's chores this country has gone down the crapper.

I like to think of the 'bad guys closing in' aspect of STC not so much in literal terms, but rather as an increasing sense of pressure being applied to the hero. In this case, it's the ever-present 'ticking clock' by which Lou must come up with something new and better each night before 6am.

Yeah, the discussion of character often gets lost in how people view Snyder's beat sheet, but fundamentally his sheet is about character metamorphosis. The thing that's different about Nightcrawler is the metamorphosis is really fucking bleak and scary. The beats are still there. But we don't see very much of this kind of negative metamorphosis on screen anymore (at least, not since the late 60's - mid 70's). Most of the time, Hollywood characters change for the bette...

... change for the better. Rarely do characters become more powerful crazyfucks.

Me too!

Boy... that must suck!

lol. The scripts have sucked that I've been reading actually. But it tis amazing.

This kind of makes me want to hold a football for you.

I'm really gonna kick the football!

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AAUUUGGGHHHHH!!

WOMP.

BOOGIE TRANSYLVANIA NIGHTS. Shit, I'd watch that.

I enjoyed this much more than I thought I would.

Hot trash... Boardwalk us getting hot tho

Tried one episode of Empire. Not for me I don't think.

work craigslist. Everyone I know eventually finds their place (apartment or house) here.

Found my first place on Beachwood in the 068! Yeah, work Craigslist... work it

i had both padmapper and westside rentals because a friend let me use their account. Padmapper/craiglist is just fine.

Amen

15:00 PTZ?

I'll try to pop in around then.

I need to get back in on this!

Definitely their broadest and most accessible film. Thought the last half of the third act was their best work to date. Definitely altered from the initial script I read.

That said, it was a pretty big departure from their mumblecore beginnings. Saw it at AFF last fall. Crowd dug it.

I'm glad they're getting away from the mumblecore. Quiet City (not them, but in that genre) is awful.

Why, what happened?

Save to Dropbox or iCloud or equivalent.

You encouraged me to apply too! Good luck Charlie & thanks for the tip! I never even considered volunteering before...

SWEET. Me neither. Figured I'll just apply and see what happens.

Yay! Thanks to them and to you.

Thank you, Charlie Brown!

Good news.

In regards to the terrible title, when our CE told me about this one, I passed on it from hearing the title alone. It wasn't until later in the day I realized Borelli wrote it. Who the hell would chose that title. It sounds like the movie Ben Stiller made in "Tropic Thunder"... which I'm surprised no one has tried to make yet.

What's a CE Red? I'll be the noob and ask.

"I've been a bad, bad boy Father..."

Creative Exec

It was...surprisingly.

Last act was uneventful though

Correct. I felt like it was a "faster" version of The Road (book not movie) that still left a lot to be desired.

Agree - one of my favorite reads of the year... but also one of those films I don't see making all that much money, regardless of cast.

Sure. I think it would make maybe 20 mil? Like I said in my mini review, I liked the way he wrote it MOST of the time

Ugh. Happened to me with "Swing Vote" and "Balls of Fury."

Really? Balls of Fury? That sucks dude......maybe just change the sport? Like to Curling?

Just had the same experience where my reps are discouraging me to spec a script that I had been developing for six months.Frustrating!Maybe I need to turn it into a novel...

Was it at least good confusing?

Maybe? It's hard to say. The trailer was deceiving as all crap which probably was what really pissed me off at the end of the day. I give it 2 mleh's out of 5.

Dug it! But that better not be the final mix on Bane's audio! Couldn't understand jack of what he was saying.

That's what all of us said as we left. I'm sure they're more than aware of the issue. As I left I asked "Is Bane gonna get subtitles?"

Big Nolan fan, but his track record with sound design leads me to fear that Bane's voice won't be altered that much at all, and somehow these choices are all part of Nolan's aesthetic (see Watanabe's sometimes-hard-to-understand accent in 'Inception' smothered in booming score; And ditto for the Scarecrow in Batman Begins)

Those scripts were always so hard to find anyway... but yeah, it was good for a few random projects popping up..

Did the Brits stop writing scripts? Wouldn't be surprised, with the state of the British film industry at the moment.

Great review. Look forward to your next one. I love this new section!

Well stated. I did read your review and saw your reference to "Equilibrium" and thought to myself, "I didn't like that script either," so you're correct. Dystopian future projects can be a tough sell for me.

Didn't like script was waaaaaaay too predictable and stopped by page 32... Sorry Charlie -- the Script Nazi has struck again...

Gah! Struck down again....

me too!

i posted my pilot in works in progress. I can't give you a female perspective because I'm a guy though!

Right on and thanks for the encouragement!