Kingpin wrote:RichardLess wrote:How is that hypocritical?
I guess I just feel that given the aforementioned "unbudgetable" Ghostbusters proposal, and at least two films under his belt that is my understanding were commercial flops (Blues Brothers 2000 and Nothing But Trouble), and given how much praise he was heaping on Feig prior and during the film's release, that maybe he'd be a bit more sympathetic to the costings of things... especially with you mentioning that the cost of the reshoots was closer to 4 million rather than 40.
Sure but saying because he wrote a draft that was going to be expensive over 30 years ago and that makes him a hypocrite is just plain wrong. Especially when it wasn't a shooting script. It was a draft.
Writers usually do a draft for them and a draft for the studio. Everyone knew that script wasn't going to be made. Calling him a hypocrite for that isn't fair. As for the other stuff you mention in your reply? Maybe. It certainly isn't very professional of him. But I love it none the less lol
Did he praise Feig? I remember him praising the cast and the movie but I don't recall him going into the behind the scenes stuff. If anyone has any examples I'd love to read em. Again this is all being done in hindsight. Why did the movie fail? Because it didn't make money. Why didn't it make money? Because it cost more than it took it. Therefore it was too expensive. I've said before the cost of the film shocks me. Looking at the movie, the cast and the behind the scenes talent? With what's on screen? I'd say this didn't need to cost more than 125 million. I'd love to know where that money went. Cause it certainly didn't end up on screen. Then again some directors are better than others at managing budget and getting it up on screen. It's a tricky process.
I can't wait for Aykroyd's response to the press this is getting. Strap in folks, this could get juicy.