XPost: rec.arts.sf.written   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2020-04-22 05:26:23 +0000, Alan Baker said:   
   > On 2020-04-13 12:15 p.m., David Johnston wrote:   
   >> On 2020-04-12 1:35 a.m., Your Name wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Minority Report   
   >>>>     This was a good movie.  Never read the story.   
   >>>   
   >>> Never seen it, never read it, but it's Tom Cruise again, so the movie   
   >>> will be complete garbage.   
   >>   
   >> It wasn't.   
   >   
   > I have to laugh at those who judge a movie by who happens to be the star.   
   >   
   > What matters most in any movie...   
   >   
   > And it's not even close.   
   >   
   > ...is the writing.   
   >   
   > Write a good script, and you can make a good movie, and it doesn't   
   > matter who the stars are.   
   >   
   > Write a bad script, and you will make a bad movie...   
   >   
   > ...and it won't matter who the stars are in it, either.   
      
   You could write THE best movie script ever, but it can easily be   
   completely ruined by choosing the wrong actor, director, producer, etc.   
   For example, the next "James Bond" movie starring Pee Wee Herman (or   
   Joe Pasquale is you want a British celebrity) would be insanely stupid.   
      
   Choosing to watch a movie *simply* because of who is in it is   
   ridiculous - there's no point trying to watch a sci-fi movie when you   
   don't like sci-fi just because Fred Bloggs happens to be the main   
   actor. Choosing to avoid a movie because the main "actor" is uterly   
   useless and ruins everything they are in is simple common sense.   
      
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