I just saw the trailer for the new AMAZING SPIDER-MAN due out next year. It was way too familiar for me. Seeing a reboot so soon after just starting the last series seems a bit odd. I felt similarly about BATMAN BEGINS and it has been 8 years since the last sequel (1997’s BATMAN AND ROBIN). In this case it will have only been 5 years since SPIDER-MAN 3 and 10 years since the last franchise even started.
As an audience, we psychologically make a commitment to the characters, which means continuity of actors is far more important than film companies believe. It’s also really annoying to see the same origin story over and over again.
Why would a company like Columbia (owned by Sony) do this? I will tell you why...
I noticed a strange screenwriting credit back in 1992 (yes, I am old) for LETHAL WEAPON 3 where they credited things as
screenplay by Jeffrey Boam and Jeffrey Boam & Robert Mark Kamen Story by Jeffrey Boam
Here's something new since the amount of work I've gotten has kicked my ass. In my attempt to watch more movies, a habit I have gotten away from and want to get back, I sometimes watch a nice double feature on DVD or Blu Ray.
Last week I watched an odd coupling of movies, which was INSIDE MAN from Spike Lee and QUICK CHANGE from co-directors Bill Murray and Howard Franklin. Very similar story ideas but handled in VERY different ways.
This weekend will be a Blu Ray Spielberg-Cruise sci fi double feature with MINORITY REPORT based on the Philip K. Dick book and WAR OF THE WORLDS.
Should you edit your own movie? This is a question I think needs to be asked more often. Some of the great directors never edit their own films and others do. Kevin Smith and Robert Rodriguez famously edit their own material, as does James Cameron, but he usually is on a team of editors with him. Steven Spielberg never edits his own films and relies on Michael Kahn as he has for 35 years with only 2 exceptions in his feature film career. Why would you want to work with an editor?
Fans of movies love to see alternate or longer versions of their favorite movies. There are basically two different types of extended cuts for the most part, a DIRECTOR’S CUT and a SPECIAL EDITION. What is the difference between a “Director’s Cut” and a “Special Edition”?