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   From: notonyourlife@no.no.no.no   
      
   On 2020-04-26 10:30 a.m., 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.   
   >   
      
   Feel free to disagree, and I didn't say that having a good script would   
   guarantee a good movie.   
      
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