The official Sony pictures CA trailer #2 on YouTube has much more views (nearly 2 million as of now) and a much higher like-to-dislike ratio, compared to the Film Select trailer, which shows that the interest in the film appears to be quite high:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voYLots_ZOg
That being said, many of the top comments on the thread of this video mention how the maker of the trailer seem to care more about the soundtrack than the film itself--something we were critical of during the release of the first trailer. Oddly enough, promoters of CA are still sticking with this marketing strategy.
In more positive news, Seberg got a very good review at the London Film Festival from Paul Heath of The Hollywood News.
https://www.thehollywoodnews.com/2019/10/04/seberg-review-dir-benedict-andrews-2019-lff/
For some strange reason this url link to the same article, without the "https" extension, links one directly to the site
www.thehollywoodnews.com/2019/10/04/seberg-review-dir-benedict-andrews-2019-lff/ In this case, I'm guessing the "s" which stands for secure in https, is preventing the plain text from being read, even preventing the web page from being accessed, perhaps because it's encrypted. Strange, as I rarely come across a url address with an https extension that does this.
Makes one wonder why this critic praises the lead actor, director and screenwriter, while most of the other critics only single out Kristen for praise. Can someone get Kristen a film featuring a director and screenplay worthy of her talent?
Speaking of screenplays, the reason why I haven't posted anything on Kristen's board for the past few weeks was because I've devoted most of my free time and energy trying to finish the first draft of my screenplay. I'm currently near the end of the second act and am about to venture into the third. It's been especially tough treading over the past few days, trying to fill in some of the plot holes in the storyline, avoid movie cliches as much as I possibly can, fleshing out the characters and showing how they will react under extreme situations, attempting to make some of the more unbelievable scenes, more realistic and believable so that viewers won't have to overly suspend their disbelief.
One of the driving forces behind my goal of writing this screenplay, which keeps me motivated, is to tailor it to Kristen's strengths as an actor, create material suitable for independent filmmaking, craft something which will appeal to a wide range of demographic moviegoer groups, as in four-quadrant, in hopes that she will direct and act in a film based on this script as well as bring something to the table that's in a way, similar to other films released in the past, but also different in the manner in which it presents its underlying moral premise. While I realize the following phrase is overly ambitious in scope and will never reach such a level of grandeur, my motto for the screenplay remains, "The movie that will end all movies", for after all, it's a contemporary version, futuristic for that matter, describing the eventuality for all of humanity, my take on how some things will end to make way for a new and better beginning, which is loosely based on the greatest story ever told, well at least in my humble opinion.
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Ron2011 (907)
5 years ago
"Makes one wonder why this critic praises the lead actor, director and screenwriter, while most of the other critics only single out Kristen for praise. Can someone get Kristen a film featuring a director and screenplay worthy of her talent? "
This is why I so often talk about hoping Kristen's movie story and writing are done well, especially if the story line seems to be one that could live up to excellent writing. It seems so often that Kristen and sometimes other cast members get great critiques but the story isn't done as well as the acting talent.
LL, that's quite an ambitious project you have there. Lots of very interesting work and I'm sure you must be learning a lot by delving into such a project. I also think it's good to tailor it to Kristen's acting style as that should help mold deep and interesting characters and story, which are what her forte usually is.
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LLOwens (983)
5 years ago
LL, that's quite an ambitious project you have there. Lots of very interesting work and I'm sure you must be learning a lot by delving into such a project. I also think it's good to tailor it to Kristen's acting style as that should help mold deep and interesting characters and story, which are what her forte usually is.
Going into the project, since I never wrote a screenplay before, I initially thought that formatting it would be one of the biggest challenges I would face. Turns out, by using screenwriting software, the process is relatively simple. Sure, there are scene headings, parenthetical directions and other formatting techniques that need to be followed. However, most of it comes down to dialogue and action, so here is where I concentrate most of my effort on. In my opinion, dialogue is the brain of the script, action is the heart of the script and the underlying story is the soul of the script. I didn't want to write a talking heads script, so I will use as much action as possible while cutting dialogue to a minimum and focus primarily on telling the story by have the actors show it by their actions rather than just say it with words. And yes, Ron, I will test the limits of Kristen's acting range and I will run her character through the wringer, so to speak.
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Ron2011 (907)
5 years ago
Good that there are some formatting processes that really help with the writing.
From the sound of things, it looks to be an action movie, which is interesting as that's a genre Kristen seems to want to get more into. I assume the main character(s) will be more in depth, have some substance or a story behind/around her/them, as that's also what Kristen looks for. I think this depth of the story and characters are all good for you to work on as it will give you great experience in creating it. Those kinds of story lines make for good reading or watching in a film. Action is popular but I think good stories of human interactions and emotions, turmoil both good and bad, get the most out of a story.
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LLOwens (983)
5 years ago
From the sound of things, it looks to be an action movie, which is interesting as that's a genre Kristen seems to want to get more into.
By action, I meant, action in an "action speaks louder than words" sort of way, focusing on the character conveying things through her actions instead of by mere words. While there will be a bit of action interspersed, such as fight and chase sequences, it's predominantly a futuristic sci-fi drama, with a bit of action and pretty much everything else interspersed.
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Ron2011 (907)
5 years ago
Ah ok, I understand. And I like sci-fi, one of my favorite genres. :)
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LLOwens (983)
5 years ago
As far as genre, when it comes to Kristen's films, it would be the most similar to Drake Doremus' Equals, although the similarities won't abound. But when it comes to all the movies which have been released in the history of film, it will be the most similar to Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, although there will definitely be a lost of differences as well. Other films that will be at least a bit influential to my screenplay are Fritz Lang's "Metropolis", Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "A Clockwork Orange", Steven Spielberg's "A.I. Artificial Intelligence", "Ready Player One" and "Minority Report", Luc Besson's "Lucy", Andrew Nicol's "Gattaca", George Lucas' "THX 1138" and "Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope", Michael Radford's "1984", The Wachowski's "The Matrix", Rupert Sanders' "Ghost in the Shell", Michael Anderson's "Logan's Run", The Hughes Brothers' "The Book of Eli", Terry Gilliam's "Brazil", Alex Garland's "Annihilation" and "Ex Machina", Paul Verhoeven's "Total Recall", Jean-Luc Godard's "Alphaville", Bong Joon Ho's "Snowpiercer", James McTeigue's "V for Vendetta", Katherine Bigelow's "Strange Days", Alfonso Cuaron's "Children of Men", and Alex Proyas' "Dark City" and "I, Robot".
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