big fan of the State guys, so I figured I'd read this script.  Liked the last script I read by these guys ("I Hate You Dad").

I'm 20 pages deep and so far, this isn't funny, but I know Paul Rudd is the perfect actor for this role.  I always enjoy reading script in production so I know exactly what voice to read in.  I guess that's kinda cheating, but it's definitely easier.  Besides, so far this script isn't very descriptive.

oh, and I'm obviously not Wain or Marino, but I feel like I'd get massacred for this -

"EXT. RURAL DIRT ROAD - SOMWHERE IN GEORGIA - NIGHT

They're driving down the road."  There's a bunch of action lines like this.

-Pretty generic inciting incident - fired from job, have to move.  

-Group pot smoking scene -- this is a movie about a commune basically, with a bunch of hippies, so you expect it... but it's one of those "whoa, dude open up your mind!" scenes that's been done 1000 times.

-They jump right into the story, arrive at the place well before most scripts would have(around page 30)  The main characters accept their new life almost instantly, seems a bit rushed, imo.

-Holy crap 5 page dialogue scene around a table... but it's pretty funny.

-relying pretty heavily on a naked guy for laughs.  wonder if it'll actually be that way in the movie.

-good freak out at the end of Act 2, Rudd's gonna kill it.

I dont really know what else to say.  i dont want to lay the plot out and spoil anything.  Solid script, will make for a good movie that will come and go from theatres and probably be a cult hit.

I'm sure the film will be different from the script though as one of the major plots revolves around Walmart, and this has a strong cast and i cant imagine certain actors not getting more shine than they did in the script.


shoulda watched this before http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz7xMY1AbbI -- definitely different in some parts.  Trailer looks better and funnier than the script actually.

ive seen clips and should have known that it's diferent from the script.  i have to assume movies like this are 50% inprovised on set

Quoted from Conz ive seen clips and should have known that it's diferent from the script.  i have to assume movies like this are 50% inprovised on set

Yeah, I was just going to reply by saying that most of these scripts are improvised on the spot, sometimes with multiple takes until both the actors and directors are happy.

It's interesting because there is no way we could sell a script like this on 'spec' - but this is an example of what you can present when you have a creditable background, success and have the actors attached to the script.

And finally - for the genre this is - you can do it. I would imagine they would have a hard time pitching this script to execs if it was a $100+ million action movie.

I watched this yesterday and thought it was funny - even hilarious at some points.
I can see how one wouldn’t find it funny on paper.
However bad the script was it looks like they improved upon it.

I haven't read the script, but I also thought the movie was pretty funny.
Thank god for actors.

Saw the movie and it was pretty funny. I think the cast they picked was spot on :)

Yep, this was a case where the cast far out-performed the script.