Comments on: After Oscars

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 06:36:13 +0000

Not necessarily. There’s a lot of really great screenplays which are directed horribly and vice versa. It’s a strange art. And like they say, the screenplay is the blueprint for the entire film, so it has to be good from the start. Every department needs to be able to pull from the screenplay, which means that it needs to have a great visualization of the entire project from the start, yet it’s generally meant to leave enough space in the interpretation for the director to make his/her own choices. So while you should be able to tell if the movie is well written without reading the screenplay, it all comes back to that.

By: Deuce

Deuce — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 04:57:35 +0000

Oscars suck, for sure…

But can’t you tell that a movie was well written without reading the screenplay? I mean, we don’t actually see a director direct, either.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:36:24 +0000

Hey Paul!

Nice thoughts after the awards show. I agree that it would be amazing if we could access all the films up for awards, even if it were like an Oscars Netflix. I’d pay for it, too, if it meant I could avoid the dummies at the theater in San Ramon!

And from what I’ve heard, a lot of members of the academy haven’t even seen most of the movies, and they just kind of vote on feelings or other factors that have nothing to do with the movies.