Is there a movie you love so much you wish you had a time machine so you could go back in time and write it yourself?
Screenwriting : Time Machine by Lleeya Sherrod
Other topics in Screenwriting:
Check out Trending Discussions
Register / Log In
1 person likes this
"Big Fish" and "The Truman Show"
1 person likes this
I love "Superman: The Movie," and would love to go back in time to help Richard Donner make it, but I would prefer to go back and fix the lame "Fantastic Four" movies. "Fantastic Four" was my favorite comic book when I was a kid, and I once owned every issue of the series except eight of them. So, I think I'm knowledgeable enough about the characters to write better screenplays than the ones Hollywood has made.
Omg there are so many! But to name a few, "Identity", "The Sixth Sense", and "Back to the Future 2".
GALAXY QUEST and LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
1 person likes this
Too many. ALIEN and ALIENS. JOHN WICK. TRAINING DAY. EX MACHINA. CUBE.
1 person likes this
The Godfather and Stars Wars
1 person likes this
Momento
1 person likes this
The Incredibles
2 people like this
Terminator 2
1 person likes this
The Terminator and Terminator 2 were fantastic! So, someone needs to send a robot back in time to prevent the third, fourth and subsequent movies from being made.
1 person likes this
Forrest Gump and Jaws. Great question Lleeya Sherrod
1 person likes this
For me it would be a bollywood hindi movie 'Rock On'. A masterpiece!
In my early twenties, I was trying to put together a novel about a robot trying to kill a young woman for reasons I couldn't quite figure out. Imagine how I felt when I saw my idea come to life when I saw Terminator for the first time...
1 person likes this
Films I wish I'd scripted? Tron. The James Bond films, exactly as Ian Fleming wrote the books. In the order he wrote them.
1 person likes this
Just one time machine, but I have so many favorite movies. Better if I convert my time machine novel into a movie and make it my favorite.
2 people like this
Back in time, eh? Gone With the Wind and Casablanca. They both set high bars that I attempt to hurdle in my writing.
2 people like this
Doug - I think Gone With The Wind was an extraordinary adaptation considering the length of the book. When I read it I was amazed at how much was not incorporated into the screenplay, but still managed to capture the novel as few during that time period would accomplish. I actually like the movie more than the book. I think writers in those days were experts at abridging stories - look at the 30min radio adaptations of Casablanca, It's A Wonderful Life, Shop Around The Corner, - and hundreds more. A 30min Casablanca yet they seem to cover the whole movie. I think it's quite amazing. Captain Blood is another example of how Hollywood actually stuck with the book (albeit highly abridged); which is amazing since those were the days when studios would keep the title and pretty much write an entirely new story. They sure knew how to trim the fat.