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Why do people consider him a hack?


I LOVE his movies. I don't understand it.

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No one considers Shane Black to be hack? And if they do they are stupid.

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No one considers Shane Black to be hack? And if they do they are stupid.

Sure. I mean, can you blame people for considering a guy who wrote Last Action Hero and Iron Man 3 to be a hack? Clearly you CAN('T).

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Iron man 3 does not deserve the hate. It's got some of the best scenes and set pieces of any Marvel film.
Last Action Hero the finished film bears little resemblance to Blacks screenplay as anyone involved with the film will attest to. It's not a bad film anyway.
Let's not forget this is the man who wrote Lethal Weapon and The Last Boy Scout two of the best action films ever made. And wrote & directed Kiss Kiss Bang Bang one of the best films of the early 00's and The Nice Guys one the best films of this year.
We are not talking about Brett Rather or Paul WS Anderson here. Anyone who thinks Shane Black is a hack is a fu@ktard.

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Iron man 3 does not deserve the hate. It's got some of the best scenes and set pieces of any Marvel film.

Yeah, since good "set pieces" is what defines the quality of the movie.

Last Action Hero the finished film bears little resemblance to Blacks screenplay as anyone involved with the film will attest to. It's not a bad film anyway.

Yeah, great defense argument. If the movie turns out to be an utter crap - say that the original script was different and had nothing to do with the movie.

Let's not forget this is the man who wrote Lethal Weapon and The Last Boy Scout two of the best action films ever made.

I give you first Lethal Weapon. But The Last Boyscout? That movie is aids, man.

And wrote & directed Kiss Kiss Bang Bang one of the best films of the early 00's and

I think KKBB is overrated. Yeah, it bombed at the box office, but the cult following which it received afterwards is overblown and hyperbolic.

The Nice Guys one the best films of this year.

Haven't seen it yet, and not planing on seeing it anytime soon, so I can't tell.

We are not talking about Brett Rather or Paul WS Anderson here. Anyone who thinks Shane Black is a hack is a fu@ktard.


Anyone who labels people fu@ktards because they disagree with him is a fu@ktard.

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If you think The Last Boy Scout is aids maybe you should hang out on another board? Maybe Paul Feig is more your speed.

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FYI, I met Shane at a screening of Last Kiss a few years ago. There was a Q&A after the screening. I asked him about KKBB and why it didn't get a wider release because I loved it. It was fairly low budget, so the distributors decided to take the quick money by releasing it DVD and selling the cable and international rights. Giving it a wide release would have meant money for prints (most theaters weren't digital yet) and advertising, meaning harder to turn a profit. They decided to take the smart profit instead of risking a large loss. He said he understood but you could tell he was disappointed.

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KKBB is genius. I don't say that about many films. I know film is subjective. Not saying everyone has to agree. But I think that flick is a classic. What I think is unfair is that Tarantino is allowed to do genre stuff and is well regarded. But somehow Shane gets punished for it.

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You are a *beep* moron. Just STFU and never post again.

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