Comments on: The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

By: Sampdoria

Sampdoria — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:36:50 +0000

Tarantino watched many, many, many movies (one thing I have in common with him) while working in a video store (which I never did).

His gift is taking obscure films and existing ideas and re-working them for American audiences. RESERVOIR DOGS is just the Hong Kong film CITY ON FIRE…with swearing (taboo in HK). JACKIE BROWN was his best flick, and the KILL BILL saga was probably his most derivative and shallow.

OVERNIGHT was a great documentary. It was scary seeing Duffy do his thing. Not a very nice person, nor humble in the least.

3000 MILES TO GRACELAND was an awful mess…I know, because I have seen it a few times. Bookeem Woodbine cannot emote, by the way, so please stop casting him and his one facial expression.

By: Chris J. Scurria

Chris J. Scurria — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:45:28 +0000

I just put you on favorites unk.

Did anybody know that Quentin Tarantino (the guy who has written movies not very different from the one up on the post) started off just learning and observing movies? It didn’t take a giant degree from a film school that made sure he would get the success that he ended up having. He watched film, loved it, and got tips from probably countless directors just from their crafts (__the films).

I have always been interested in how a camera shot is framed. I find the creation of a movie really neat. I don’t want to be a Tarantino but like a few others I find movies and the want to make them a little cool. Creative as it would be put. . .

Does anybody else put the audio commentary on after seeing a movie however the number of times?

Just interested.

God bless ya

Chris

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:03:23 +0000

The boondock saints 2 ……I just saw the first movie from Netflix a couple months ago and loved it.
So when I saw the Redband trailer the other day I blew a mental load

By: Phoenix

Phoenix — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:41:30 +0000

Gail, Gail, Gail, Gail!
How about an action romance. True Romance is the last real romance flick I enjoyed. When you write romances(scripts), are yours R-rated or NC17 or PG ?

How about a Romance script where “THE NOTEBOOK” MEETS “3000 MILES TO GRACELAND (2001)”?

Director: Demian Lichtenstein.
Writers: D. Lichtenstein, R. Recco, E. Manes.
Starring: Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, Courteney Cox, Christian Slater, David Arquette, Kevin Pollak, Thomas Haden Church, Ice-T, Bokeem Woodbine.

By: Chris J. Scurria

Chris J. Scurria — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:35:51 +0000

One thing that I have learned from movies (and from the countless things that YOU have said Unk) is that a film is more visual. I love to write and when a person writes they can get more deeper into what a character thinks and the person READING can start to understand. The problem with a film (I attempted to write one in 2005; it didn’t go over so well )is that when you want to put so much into it, you may lose the viewer’s attention. Characters could go through so much and the major story points you came up with early on become so far ahead because you want to come up with more things that are funny and creative.
I have learned what to do and what not to do in a screenplay; keep the situations appropriate (I had a “metrosexual” in a bra; not appropriate.), I wanted to portray many MANY concepts in a satiric albeit mean sort of way. . . which may have probably caused people to go “Oooh. That was harsh.” and not find it funny, and I wanted people to take in the story, care a LOT for the characters, see them on their journey even when the world told them not to rock, and that above all. . . God was watching over them.
There was a lot to it but after a while. . . I couldn’t handle it. I want to keep handling ideas now because a writer can take on a lot of stuff. . . but even THEY NEED A BREAK. There is so much to a story it could cause a person to pace about the room endlessly and the person could feel “Hey that is a great idea. This and this and this will happen because symbolism . . .” and still have no rest (raise my hand).
A writer can come up with so much stuff and feel that there is some time to put it down as there is so much to do and however much time we have left is whatever He decides.

Embarrassed about . . . Unk knows,

Chris.

By: Gail F.

Gail F. — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:50:16 +0000

I can’t wait to see this movie! The trailers look fantastic! I now plan to rent the first movie (unfortunately, I missed it) and see the second one in the theatres. Thanks for posting the trailers.

I didn’t know anything about these movies but was fortunate to meet one of the actors (Sean Patrick Flannery) at a dojo while they were filming in town. He was very nice, low key, and just introduced himself as Sean. Funny thing, another student said, ‘Has anyone ever told you you look like Sean Patrick Flannery?’ He said, ‘Yeah, I get that a lot.’ LOL! Later, he posed for pictures with people. Too bad I had to leave early. Rats! I don’t much about the actor, but I can tell you he was a very nice person. Plus, he’s a black belt in Jiu -Jitsu. Now that’s impressive! :)

Phoenix wrote: I challenge any woman to come to this blog and tell me why they like The Boondock SaintII…

Hey Phoenix! :) Speaking as a woman, I have no doubt I’ll enjoy these films. I love action flicks with a high body count. :) As for your other request – sorry, I write romance. :)

By: Chris J. Scurria

Chris J. Scurria — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:29:25 +0000

Chris again!

I’ve got a cult favorite film that I liked quite a bit. It’s called Ultraviolet. It is a story about a strange disease that took over the city and seemingly the world and caused strange aftereffects as the people were looked down on for it and labeled “vampires” as it caused deformity to the teeth. There is also a “weapon” that you have to see and a female seeming anti-hero in it all that is fun to watch. It is very interesting and as many studios do it was chopped down until it was not so understandable and then advertised and the viewers who saw the ads (probably on the ‘net) thought it was a Resident Evil ripoff (it starred Milla Jovovich).

It is not really like that at all; the unrated cut explains a lot more (though the sci-fi angle gets really tweaked in it all) and it is a very entertaining, eye-popping, attractive thriller. The pumping music helps the setting as well.

It is a good movie.

Recommend at least one viewing,

Dude. (I don’t know) ___

Jesus loves ya

By: J

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:41:11 +0000

If I made a sequel, I would name it something completely different than the original…then nobody would be able to “nah, it’s a sequel” it.

By: Chris J. Scurria

Chris J. Scurria — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:45:21 +0000

What was The Boondock Saints and should I see it? Would you recommend it?

Anyway, I want to talk about writing. The world of writing can be so amazing. Speaking of manipulation of the crowd like Paranormal Activity did with fear, a few years ago I was a reader of Dreamcatcher. The book itself had so much in it that was so strange yet so eerily relatable and readable. I got into the tale and felt like, when I was reading about the four long-time friends who wanted to relax at a place together, going to a log cabin myself and hanging out with my closest chums. It was a very good page-turner and that made the surrealist parts and things that would be impossible to portray on screen (it was made into an almost-stinker film) that much believable.

I did not however appreciate the “religious” crazy that Stephen King almost always portrays .
:)

Have a good day, guys and girls. I hope you spent time with some good friends.

God bless the passionate screenwriters out there.

Chris

By: Christian H.

Christian H. — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:49:51 +0000

It seems kind of like Guy Ritchie, but it’s definitely it’s own film. I could actually see this. I demanded it for NYC.