XPost: rec.arts.sf.written   
   From: psperson1@ix.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 26 Apr 2020 17:30:11 -0000 (UTC), Doc O'Leary   
    wrote:   
      
   >For your reference, records indicate that   
   >Alan Baker  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Write a bad script, and you will make a bad movie...   
   >>   
   >> ...and it won't matter who the stars are in it, either.   
   >   
   >Not true, simply because movies serve so many purposes.  Porn is perhaps the   
   >most obvious example, where bad scripts are so prevalent that the tropes are   
   >clichés.  And there are plenty of decent Hollywood action movies that are   
   >little more than vehicles for their eye candy stars.  A number of movies   
   >likewise fall into the “so bad it’s good” category, and there’s a lot of   
   >campy fun out there that falls well short of good.  There are also   
   >documentaries that can be compelling, despite not even being post-scripted   
   >in editing, including things like those 3 hour boat/train/whatever rides.   
   >   
   >The sad truth is that it takes a *lot* to make a truly good movie.  Far, far   
   >more than a good script must be present.  What goes wrong in that process   
   >that ruins a good script can also go right to salvage a bad script.  So,   
   >yeah, you’ll likely find a bad script behind a bad movie, but that’s simply   
   >because the odds are good that bad thinking will be part of *every* stage of   
   >a failed process.   
      
   Hence my rule of thumb:   
      
   good movies are where you find them   
      
   Any genre. Any budget. Any cast. Any crew.   
   can produce a good movie   
   at least once   
   --   
   "I begin to envy Petronius."   
   "I have envied him long since."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)