When a guy (using a serial killer persona, Dexter meets Roger Ebert) reviewing a movie is more entertaining than the movie itself, things have gone horribly wrong.
David Mamet said "Good theater is people doing extraordinarily moving tasks as simply as possible. Contemporary playwriting, filmmaking, and acting tend to offer us the reverse--people performing mundane and predictable actions in an overblown way."
He could have been talking about George Lucas on both points. The original Star Wars movies were the former and the sequels the latter.
Irwin Allen said; "Start off with a bang and keep the action moving until the credits roll"
Somewhere between Episode VI and Ep I Mr Lucas lost that concept.
Mr Plinkett on the other hand says things about Pizza Rolls and hookers. But is George Lucas listening?
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ReplyDeleteWhen a guy (using a serial killer persona, Dexter meets Roger Ebert) reviewing a movie is more entertaining than the movie itself, things have gone horribly wrong.
ReplyDeleteDavid Mamet said "Good theater is people doing extraordinarily moving tasks as simply as possible. Contemporary playwriting, filmmaking, and acting tend to offer us the reverse--people performing mundane and predictable actions in an overblown way."
ReplyDeleteHe could have been talking about George Lucas on both points. The original Star Wars movies were the former and the sequels the latter.
Irwin Allen said; "Start off with a bang and keep the action moving until the credits roll"
Somewhere between Episode VI and Ep I Mr Lucas lost that concept.
Mr Plinkett on the other hand says things about Pizza Rolls and hookers. But is George Lucas listening?