Something I really like with Yves Lavandier's book Writing Drama (which I’m reading right now) is that he brings up less successful examples as well.
In all books I have read there have been examples, but they have all been about well preformed stories. None have brought up movies where they could have done it better.
This one does however. And it’s not only small unknown movies, but well known blockbusters like Rain Man (although in this example I disagree with him).
It is vital to know where to find flaws, since that is the situation I will be in as a writer. To analyze at a successful movie is not bad, but I feel it is important to learn how to make things better. And to do that I need to look at movies where the story could have been better.
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I love really bad movies.
My favorite bad movie is Cattle Queen.
In this terrible western the Cattle Queen says the Lord's Prayer so it will rain and save her thirsty herd.
The rain comes seconds after her prayer. Later she stampedes twenty cows into town to stop a gun fight.
Even a movie as bad as Cattle Queen has to get a nod that it was made and finished.
I see so many movies that needed a few more rewrites to work.
Bad movies can have their charm, but it depends on the movie. And the viewer. I also have a few favorites that could be counted as bad, because they have elements that I like of personal reasons.
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