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How do movies like Malibus most wanted ever get created?

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
It defies all logic... what a steamin pile of crap

Kinda like Dreamcatcher i would imagine. I can't believe somebody read the script for that movie and approved it.
 
here's what I've been told second hand...so take with grain of salt...

Apparently large production firms will enter into large contracts with firms that handle things like CG effects, contracting sets, SAG, etc on a certain amount of work. For instance, they may enter into a contract with a contruction firm for x number of dollars in sets and construction or with an airfield for x number of flights for a season. After all their large hyped up movies get made up, they go through the B pile of screenplays and look for films that will allow them the most use of whatever is left on contracts after the "blockbusters" have run their course. So if they haven't used up a lot of flights on their contract to an airline, they may pick up a movie that features lots of foreign locations to buffer out the contract and HOPE they recoup their money or come out with something like "just married" that makes them money. It's a factor of investment. If they allow their contracts to expire, they get back a fraction or nothing of what they agreed to, but another film may bring back more money.

I used to take it as urban myth, but then I see things like "Dude, where's my car" get made...and it starts to make more and more sense.
 
Couldn't have been as bad as 'Canadian Bacon', 'Limbo', or 'Liquid Sky'...

Edit:
oh yeah, 'dude, where's my car?' was terrible as well. Like 'cut off your testicles with scissors' bad
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Dude Wheres My Car is funny...

But beyond that, movies like Malibu's Most wanted get put out for very specific audiences. They're made on extremely low budgets (and show it) and thus the studio isn't taking too big a risk by releasing it. What happens in most cases, is that a small studio will produce the film and submits it to one of the big guys (Sony, Miramx, AOLTime Warner) for distribution. The chance is that the movie will turn out to be a sleeper hit and end up making millions, as is the case with Blair Witch and My Big Fat Greek Wedding. What happens more often than not though is that the movie does moderately well and the company will recoup its money when it hits video/dvd.
 
You can tell just by the commercial its a pile of crap.

Just like Bringing Down the House or The Friday After Next.

Horrible crap.
 
Originally posted by: Iron Woode
You can tell just by the commercial its a pile of crap.

Just like Bringing Down the House or The Friday After Next.

Horrible crap.

Can you tell by a few notes that song sucks, too? That's a neat trick. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Iron Woode
You can tell just by the commercial its a pile of crap.

Just like Bringing Down the House or The Friday After Next.

Horrible crap.
So what do you consider good movies?
 
Originally posted by: her209
Originally posted by: Iron Woode
You can tell just by the commercial its a pile of crap.

Just like Bringing Down the House or The Friday After Next.

Horrible crap.
So what do you consider good movies?
not those.

 
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