I will write, direct and edit a movie. The following rules will apply:
The bad guy’s army will be competent marksmen.
I will have aliens that land on Earth ANYWHERE other than in America.
There will not be a six digit “backdoor” code to highly secure government computer systems.
I will have the protagonist be a twin, but have it mean absolutely NOTHING to the plot.
The good guys will smoke too.
I will avoid hamfisting the audience with “this is the bad guy” type of music.
Televisions and radios will not immediately tell you what you tuned in for.
I will not use shakey-cam to look artsy and pretentious.
No one will head anyone off at the pass.
I will not use black/white or sepia tones for flashback sequences.
An actor will occasionally cough and it will not indicate a terminal illness.
There will be a car chase, but one of them will run out of gas for once.
I will not cast a supermodel as the protagonist’s love interest.
Anyone cast as a guitar player will not have a paralyzed left hand.
I will not cast British actors as Nazis or as the Evil Empire.
The moon will be in the waning gibbous phase, not perfectly full or dark.
I will film a dramatic space battle and pull the audio feed for all external shots.
The bomb will continue to count down to “00:00″ even if the blue wire is cut.
The female lead will know how to disengage the safety on the pistol.
When the bad guy dies, the good guy will make sure he STAYS dead.
There are more rules to come, this is just the beginning…
August 27th, 2009 at 11:30 pm
Sorry, Man : It’s been done: District 9 (they are in south africa!) covers most of the techie stuff, and the El Mariachi trilogy pretty much covers the rest….
BUT! it should be a fun movie even if the simpsons already did it.
August 28th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
Get some high school cheerleader to do your trailer for you. “They are like, SOOO bad! And that hot guy is TOTALLY going to kick his ass.” I am so sick of that ONE GUY using the “end of the world” voice to describe everything from a love story, to a kids movie, to a violent horror film!
August 29th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
I am so sick of movie trailers with all the bass for no reason or the big GONG from a bell when some lawyer drops a sheet of paper on a desk. It’s like there is some magic template that no one dares to deviate from. I know there is tons of psychology going on at these trailers and that’s what the movie companies believe the masses respond to, but I’m over it. I have an idea for the rules, making sharp 90 degree turns in a chevy luv pickup truck full of people doesn’t help you gain distance from the wall of water behind it.