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I've been building a list called "The Micro or Low Budget Sci-fi" https://letterboxd.com/mattcoady/list/the-micro-or-low-budget-sci-fi/
Basically movies that cost almost nothing to make and use great writing to build up the world. Our minds are really good and fleshing out the rest as long as their given good writing as a foundation. Productions could save a lot of money with good writing. It blows my mind you could sink $200 million dollars into a project and not have an absolutely flawless script.
Hey, thanks for sharing!
It's completely beyond me why scripts get rushed out the door before they're at the very least solid. Sure, a production company might make their money just a little bit sooner but they run a massive risk of losing all of their money making a movie that completely bombs.
It's impossible for every script to be a masterwork, but holy crap it seems like an audience wanting a competent script is too much to ask. It's not like there's a shortage of aspiring writers that can take a crack at a script until it's at least passable.
Ever heard of Time Lapse from 2014? It involves a camera that takes pictures 24 hours into the future.
That is such a good movie.
Well maybe right. What draws a general audience? A flashy trailer of the sun exploding or someone talking about their family issues?
Why not both?
I never said they're mutually exclusive. There's tons of big budget explosion movies that have great scripts. Dark Knight, Casino Royale, Matrix, The Bourne movies, Heat. The best movies have legs and continue to sell for years after release, exploding sun only gets you a good opening weekend.