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You can't judge a movie based on the premise, you have to judge it on the execution.
Uhhhhh...yes you can. It happens all the time. Many, MANY a good movie is passed by because of this or that, and this or that don't necessarily have to do with it being poorly executed or a shitass film.
Uhhhhh...yes you can. It happens all the time. Many, MANY a good movie is passed by because of this or that, and this or that don't necessarily have to do with it being poorly executed or a shitass film.
You can make a choice if you want to watch it or not based on the premise. If it appeals to you. What I was trying to say is that it is silly to jump to conclusions about the film's quality based on a one or two sentence premise. You haven't seen it, you don't know how to idea or premise develops.
On a dystopian island surrounded by volcanoes, a sinister organization is at work, headed by the maniacal Carnigan, an Elf from the planet of Ciranova.
After the spontaneous combustion of his most recent partner, Connor Newman teams with Norin, the last of his race and an alien from the planet Corku.
Together, they must infiltrate Carnigan's organization and learn his secrets to stop him unleashing a terrible fate upon Nevermore buried at the heart of Mount Boom in the form of mutant space squids.
As events roll forward, Newman and Norin find themselves at war with not just Carnigan, but also homicidal penguins, insane geriatric thieves, vicious koala bears and the devil himself as they strive to defend an island on the verge of Pompeii.
The fate of Nevermore rests in their hands...
That's pretty much the concept in a bottle. Still sounds nuts, but it makes more sense in this context.
Well, I just got done reading the first 18 pages and I don't know what to make of it yet. But anyway, some thoughts: I did smile and laugh out loud a couple times. I liked the setting. I think this would look cool on screen and Johnny Depp would fit nicely right in the middle of this sucker. IMO, it's the leanest your writing has ever been, Lee, and that's good. I think you should change the names of the two leads - they're too similar to each other, both beginning with N (Newman, Norin). I think you might have taken it a little too literal when trying to come up with something "that has never been seen before," but we'll see what happens, I suppose.
Well, I just got done reading the first 18 pages and I don't know what to make of it yet. But anyway, some thoughts: I did smile and laugh out loud a couple times. I liked the setting. I think this would look cool on screen and Johnny Depp would fit nicely right in the middle of this sucker. IMO, it's the leanest your writing has ever been, Lee, and that's good. I think you should change the names of the two leads - they're too similar to each other, both beginning with N (Newman, Norin). I think you might have taken it a little too literal when trying to come up with something "that has never been seen before," but we'll see what happens, I suppose.
Appreciate the compliments, man. I'll see about changing those names, or simply change the "Newman" to "Connor" instead, as that's his first name.
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