#68: Name a movie that ended up being a victim of its own production decisions?
In our last go-around we discussed our favorite movie pairings. We ended in a three-way tie with the guys from Heat taking the split-decision. This week let’s talk about bad production ideas:
Name a movie that ended up being a victim of its own production decisions? (i.e. miscast, too long, bad ending, wrong setting, etc.)
Fight it out.
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The winner gets the honor of posting the next question the following Monday.
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Notes:
Only movies will qualify (no TV shows, or documentaries); however, films that air on television or streaming (BBC films, a stand-alone mini-series) will qualify.
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Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
On the one hand it was always doomed having been handed the baton ten strides behind the original trilogy thanks to the tangled-in-the-blocks Phantom Menace, and the tripped-over-its-own-shoes Attack of the Clones.
But it could have made up for that weak start with a few key changes such as:
1) Radically reducing the CGI and focusing on the emotional story of Anakin vs. Temptation and evil. First gen CGI is in EVERY SINGLE FRAME and it's the death blow to this trilogy.
2) Eliminate the Gen. Grievous character entirely. It's a pointless distraction. The only big bad you need is puppet master Palpetine.
3) Make Palpetine trick Anakin into believing that the JEDI KILLED Padme along with the entire Senate. Then he could go rage berserker out of a sense of dissolution and betrayal.
And the winner is Shannon with Oppenheimer. Congratulations, Shannon, you get to choose Monday's question.