XPost: rec.arts.sf.written   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2020-04-23 16:36:24 +0000, Paul S Person said:   
   > On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 10:15:15 +1200, Your Name    
   > wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > Oh, I don't know.   
   >   
   > The 1967 /Casino Royale/ worked pretty well.   
   >   
   > You would just have to make the film a comedy.   
      
   And then it's no longer really "James Bond", but instead a parody   
   version (like Rowan Atkinson's "Johnny English" franchise).   
      
      
      
   > Well, unless Pee Wee has a dramatic/action side that, in my mind, he   
   > lacks hidden away somewhere and they hire a director able to bring it   
   > out.   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > If you haven't /seen/ everything they are in, how can you know that   
   > they ruin everything?   
      
   Because he's a God-awful "actor" with a massively over-inflated ego.   
      
   Similarly, I avoid everything starring Johnny Depp and/or made by the   
   weirdo Tim Burton.   
      
      
      
   > It depends on the actor. But, yes, standards do tend to be higher for   
   > genres that an individual does not particularly like.   
   >   
   > This is why I define a /really great movie/ as a movie that most   
   > people will enjoy /even if they happen to hate the genre/. Some films   
   > transcend their limitations. But, of course, this is a matter of   
   > individual opinion.   
      
   Personally I detest musicals and will never ever watch one. No matter   
   what anyone else claims is a supposed "great", "classic", or "must see"   
   movie musical, I will always find them to be ridiculous crap.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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