Comments on: Miserably obvious movie marketing: the Ghosts of Girlfriends Past trailer.

By: Burbanked

Burbanked — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:22:16 +0000

@MC: no no no – by all means do it. Clearly there’s a market in Hollywood for this, and I’m thinking that the writer was well-compensated. Just because it sucks doesn’t mean you can’t sell it.

By: MC

MC — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:13:00 +0000

I am taking this post as a what not to do in terms of comedic screenwriting.

By: Bob Turnbull

Bob Turnbull — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:53:01 +0000

I have to say that he does have some talent though – “Frailty” and “Dazed And Confused” showed that (along with “Contact” and “13 Conversations About One Thing” to a lesser extent). But yeah, it’s getting kinda silly now isn’t it?

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By: Vincent

Vincent — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:40:25 +0000

VOICEOVER

What if we could ship this script back 70 years? Would Cary Grant or Carole Lombard laugh in your face upon reading it (with Carole adding some of her inventive invective to say how she really feels)? Would Ben Hecht, Norman Krasna or Billy Wilder have the cojones to punch it up? And if they did, and you brought the revised script back to today, would one of the IVy League-trained execs at the studio claim it wasn’t salable in its new form?

By: Forewarned :: Hollywood Elsewhere

Forewarned :: Hollywood Elsewhere — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 19:59:35 +0000

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By: Ray

Ray — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 19:07:42 +0000

I must say … for someone without a lot of time, you sure did a lot of work here, Alan. Perhaps if you just did a few semi-brilliant posts a week, rather than saving it all up for one masterpiece, we’d all be happier.

By: Righteous Fury : Sammyray On Film!

Righteous Fury : Sammyray On Film! — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 19:01:20 +0000

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