tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20291006.post6386103402998622345..comments2024-02-04T20:57:58.093-08:00Comments on Sex In A Submarine: WGA's Top 101 Scripts!wcmartellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18075242897910568801noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20291006.post-56544680660361463452009-03-23T05:09:00.000-07:002009-03-23T05:09:00.000-07:00Hey, Bill, new flick coming out that is right up o...Hey, Bill, new flick coming out that is right up our collective "Action Movie" arses, looks good<BR/>Give em Hell Malone<BR/><BR/>http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/give-em-hell/promo-trailerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20291006.post-52497215146233543972009-03-20T11:47:00.000-07:002009-03-20T11:47:00.000-07:00This is the old list... It was sitting in my "emer...This is the old list... It was sitting in my "emergency blog entry" section for... well, over a year. I found it a couple of weeks ago, then someone else ran it on their blog, then I had nothing for yesterday...<BR/><BR/>Someday you will get the Variety Slang Dictionary and the other stuff I found in the "emergency blog entry" section.<BR/><BR/>- Billwcmartellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18075242897910568801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20291006.post-35292994878251198672009-03-20T08:11:00.000-07:002009-03-20T08:11:00.000-07:00"To Kill a Mockingbird" is on the Encore rotation ..."To Kill a Mockingbird" is on the Encore rotation this month. Maybe even on demand. So, yeah, plenty of people have seen it recently. Maybe even more than once.<BR/><BR/>And sure, it's not like I own the DVD, but the movie doesn't have any flaws for the story it's telling. There's nothing that could have made it better. You can't really say, "If only they would have given Boo a hockey mask and a machete! Raised the stakes!" So, yeah, it's a great screenplay. (For some reason all my favorite movies have plenty of flaws and aren't anywhere near perfect. I'm not even blind to the the problems. Is that weird?)<BR/><BR/>If anything, the "bias" on lists like this (and the AFI, and the IMDB) goes to new, sexy stuff that's in the foreground of people's minds. The stuff that hasn't really withstood the test of time. I don't want to bash Charlie Kaufman, but do you really think all three of those movies will still be on a list in 2015? I don't. And I'll give 50/50 odds to "Memento" still being there. But I'd bet just about anything that "To Kill a Mockingbird" will still be on that list.Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10598679791761825577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20291006.post-31749469093687144872009-03-20T04:15:00.000-07:002009-03-20T04:15:00.000-07:00did they do another one because I have seen that l...did they do another one because I have seen that list off their site for way over a yearAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20291006.post-62355413828613145292009-03-19T13:50:00.000-07:002009-03-19T13:50:00.000-07:00PS: This list was not compiled by one guy, it was ...PS: This list was not compiled by one guy, it was from *all* of the members of the WGA - a couple of years ago they sent in their nominations, and the scripts with the most votes made the list, in order of number of votes. <BR/><BR/>So this is what the majority of professional screenwriters believe to be the top 101 screenplays. Can not be bias in a secret ballot decision.<BR/><BR/>- Billwcmartellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18075242897910568801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20291006.post-4532021562423290592009-03-19T13:30:00.000-07:002009-03-19T13:30:00.000-07:00I watched it about a month ago - it belongs on the...I watched it about a month ago - it belongs on the list. I've also used it in a new script tip about a year ago - because it does tricky things that apply to what we write now.<BR/><BR/>- Billwcmartellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18075242897910568801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20291006.post-83952012878123282242009-03-19T10:22:00.000-07:002009-03-19T10:22:00.000-07:00These lists are always biased towards old "classic...These lists are always biased towards old "classic" films. Has anyone actually watched To Kill a Mockingbird recently? If you did, chances are that you wouldn't rank it the 19th best script of all time.truegrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07300270331498089103noreply@blogger.com