tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post1052046263308940799..comments2024-03-07T20:15:45.996-08:00Comments on The Bitter Script Reader: Of "Recommends"The Bitter Script Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16575166527272639709noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-82733828276754197492012-07-20T09:24:51.427-07:002012-07-20T09:24:51.427-07:00One was awful because of later rewrites that compl...One was awful because of later rewrites that completely ruined the script, which were made at the demand of the A-list star of the film. The other was kind of a train wreck of production, as I understand; there were some weird casting choices, and the movie sat on a shelf for a while.joeverkillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00409453118257936262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-79114683004765422282012-07-20T07:05:16.248-07:002012-07-20T07:05:16.248-07:00Were they awful because of later rewrites?Were they awful because of later rewrites?Shkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02996560415817668751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-26013514065799362762012-07-19T09:48:01.939-07:002012-07-19T09:48:01.939-07:00In my 6 years as a reader, I gave a total of 5 rec...In my 6 years as a reader, I gave a total of 5 recommends. Two of those ended up being terrible movies, one of them ended up being a really good movie, and the other two never got made.joeverkillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00409453118257936262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-13121216034910517012012-07-19T04:32:30.585-07:002012-07-19T04:32:30.585-07:00Follow ups...
1. You really can't think of a ...Follow ups...<br /><br />1. You really can't think of a 'recommend' you've ever given? <br /><br />2. About how many new movies released per year would you say you find to be 'amazing?' Or that are at least amazing-enough where, if you received a script of said movie as is, you would categorize as a 'recommend?' <br /><br />3. Have you ever seen a movie you thought was amazing, and it was based on a script you gave a 'pass,' or a 'weak consider?' I don't mean one that then had heavy rewrites, of course. But one where the draft you read was pretty close to the shooting script? <br /><br />4. Have you ever given a pass to a script upon initially turning in your coverage, only to find yourself still thinking about it much later? This happens to me fairly often with movies. I might think it's bad at first, but then after it's had time to digest, I realize I really like it a whole lot. <br /><br />I actually think this is a pretty common occurrence with movies. The best movies, the ones that really cut me deep, they require time to reflect on them. I didn't know exactly how I felt about THE GODFATHER immediately after the credits started rolling. I needed a while, a long while, to process everything. <br /><br />Now every reader is different just like every audience member in a theater is different, but isn't the habit most readers employ--writing coverage as soon as they finish reading, if not already starting coverage whilst still reading--counter-intuitive to recognizing 'brilliant' scripts like that? <br /><br />I'm not questioning your ability to do your job and I'm certainly not questioning whether every script you pass on is as brilliant as THE GODFATHER. I worked as a reader briefly, not long enough to ever have to answer these questions myself, but since I'm OCD they were constantly flying through my head as potential scenarios, and so I'm wondering what a veteran reader such as yourself thinks about them.Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16846265668377160152noreply@blogger.com