History: I have taken the two most popular things from the 70's and put them into one movie: Drugs and Mobsters (genre). This movie is going to appeal to everyone because even even if the people going to see it aren't a mobster or a druggy (which very few weren't ;)) they will still come to see the big names of the 70's this movie has to offer. There would also be a conformity factor. People would flock to see this movie because of the popularity and glamorous image that these two elements have in the 70's.
The Story: This is a tale of two Italian families in a power struggle in Seattle. There is one family that lives in Seattle and has for a long time so they are in tight with everyone in the city. This includes politicians, police, business owners.... and yes.. drug dealers.... who are dealin'... But when a new family comes to town with competitive deals and persuasive negotiating, this family challenges the authority the original family has in Seattle. We see the struggle from the top ( between the two families) and we also see the story from the bottom between two drug dealers who are best friends. But one of the friends ends up going with the new family, and the other ends up going with the old one. This leaves their friendship torn, and their allegiances gray. By the end of it all, the new family wins. This is a political message to the people saying that if our federal government doesn't take our foreign affairs seriously, then other countries may bully us out of the equation, just as the new family did.
The Studio: I am going to choose Paramount pictures to produce my movie. They made some fantastic decisions in choosing Francis Ford Copola and the cast within the greatest mob movie of all time. I cannot find a better pick for this. American International Pictures will be my distribution company because they were the first to market towards teen age groups and we believe they will continue to develop their marketing skills.
The Cast/Crew: The director for my film will be Francis Ford Copola because of his experience with Mob films. The main actors of my film will be Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall and Jack Nicholson. The reason for this is because they all have proven that they can play hard ball. They will be ready for the rough life of Dealin'. For my Cinematographer I choose Freddie Young. We are bringing Freddie in from Britain because of his success in the 70's. He has 3 Academy Awards! As Cinematography can sometimes be hard to standout, those three awards really say something.
The Industry: This movie will be rated R. I do not believe children should be allowed to view the mature elements of this film. Not only would it be morally wrong, but to show them the film would be confusing because they would not be able to comprehend the adults themes expressed in the picture. There will be plenty of money to go around because adults 17 and older will find Dealin' very entertaining.
The Message: As I mentioned before, this movie will be making a political statement towards our government and how we should be handling our foreign affairs. I love the dynamic of this because we are getting the average Joe perspectives (the dealers) from the ground level, and we are also getting the perspective that comes from the seat of power, which in this movie is the head of the mob families. This is not only entertain, but also teach.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
MYST #4 - Sappy love story
For my forth pick, the movie Maid of Honor was on FXX and so I decided to give it a go. This movie got one star and for good reason... It was pretty bad.
I did not like the screen play in this one. Patrick Demsey plays a slick player who seems to have it all. They make it abundant clear that he is 'the man'. He gets all the girls and has the nicest car etc.. But there is one thing that he doesn't have. His best friend, played by Michelle Monaghan. They have been best friends since college and I could have guessed that they were going to end up together from the very beginning. When writing, one should not spoon feed the what's happening to the audience. I think they were lacking in the mysterious department. It's kind of like when a joke is made, and the audience can guess the punch line before it's even given.... It's not as funny. There were also some unnecessary elements that were adding to the script like when they talk about the Duke (this is the guy Demsey eventually steal his best friend back from) and they say that they have arrived at the castle. A girl says it's really big and the butler replies that it the smallest of the four, as they have one for every season. The castle wasn't that impressive so that tells me they didn't have enough money to rent a legit one. Also, they never show the other three so why bother? Another aspect I didn't like from the writing of this was the meeting and introducing of our duke character. This just got thrown on us out of no where. They sit down for 5 seconds and at dinner and then the best friend says that she is getting married to him. Very anticlimactic.
The Camera work here was average. I was not wowed because they didn't do anything industry changing, but it wasn't so awful that I couldn't see what was going on. There were close ups when needed and they kept there distance at times when needed. I liked the shot they did of Patrick walking through the park by himself. He had just lost her and so he went off to think to himself. They kept their distance here and I think that this exemplified his inner-thought well.
The acting was a bit sub-par for me. I thought that Patrick played a good "player" but when it came to his soft side, it felt a little weak. It seemed really fake when he tried to win over his best friend from the Duke. He said "I love you" and I cringed. Michelle didn't have any sophistication to her character. This performance was waaay too generic. The character's personality was not fleshed out at all and that is partly her fault and partly the writers fault.
If you look at the pictures below, you will see why I did not enjoy the camera work that much. The one on the right shows the couple together, and you can hear what they are saying, but I would have liked to have seen it a little more up close and personal to feel like I was a part of the conversation. The same goes for the one on the bottom. Let us be a part of the action!!
So the camera work was adequate, but nothing special.
Overall I give this movie exactly what it earned, which is one star out of 5. Don't bother.
I did not like the screen play in this one. Patrick Demsey plays a slick player who seems to have it all. They make it abundant clear that he is 'the man'. He gets all the girls and has the nicest car etc.. But there is one thing that he doesn't have. His best friend, played by Michelle Monaghan. They have been best friends since college and I could have guessed that they were going to end up together from the very beginning. When writing, one should not spoon feed the what's happening to the audience. I think they were lacking in the mysterious department. It's kind of like when a joke is made, and the audience can guess the punch line before it's even given.... It's not as funny. There were also some unnecessary elements that were adding to the script like when they talk about the Duke (this is the guy Demsey eventually steal his best friend back from) and they say that they have arrived at the castle. A girl says it's really big and the butler replies that it the smallest of the four, as they have one for every season. The castle wasn't that impressive so that tells me they didn't have enough money to rent a legit one. Also, they never show the other three so why bother? Another aspect I didn't like from the writing of this was the meeting and introducing of our duke character. This just got thrown on us out of no where. They sit down for 5 seconds and at dinner and then the best friend says that she is getting married to him. Very anticlimactic.
The Camera work here was average. I was not wowed because they didn't do anything industry changing, but it wasn't so awful that I couldn't see what was going on. There were close ups when needed and they kept there distance at times when needed. I liked the shot they did of Patrick walking through the park by himself. He had just lost her and so he went off to think to himself. They kept their distance here and I think that this exemplified his inner-thought well.
The acting was a bit sub-par for me. I thought that Patrick played a good "player" but when it came to his soft side, it felt a little weak. It seemed really fake when he tried to win over his best friend from the Duke. He said "I love you" and I cringed. Michelle didn't have any sophistication to her character. This performance was waaay too generic. The character's personality was not fleshed out at all and that is partly her fault and partly the writers fault.
If you look at the pictures below, you will see why I did not enjoy the camera work that much. The one on the right shows the couple together, and you can hear what they are saying, but I would have liked to have seen it a little more up close and personal to feel like I was a part of the conversation. The same goes for the one on the bottom. Let us be a part of the action!!
So the camera work was adequate, but nothing special.
Overall I give this movie exactly what it earned, which is one star out of 5. Don't bother.
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