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Thursday, March 4, 2010

PART 2: BLOCKBUSTER SCRIPTS.



Yesterday was part one of our blockbuster scripts. As you can guess here is part two.

1. Hancock-Will Smith's highest grossing movie yet. As most of you know, Smith is a box office sensation. Every movie he is in turns out to be a blockbuster, thanks to his hard work and dedication. He's come so far from Fresh Prince of Bel Air. This was a funny, yet action packed movie that anyone could enjoy. Also made the blacklist a few years back.

2. The Exorcist-Ranked 151 f all time. This movie chills people to the bone. It's budget was one million yet brought in over 375 million. When you have that ratio, not many complaining.

3. Seven-One of the greatest, if not the greatest police movies ever. This movie is what makes films the way they are. We all strive for this when it comes to screenwriting. Andrew Kevin Walkar took us to an unknown, yet so familiar place, showed us what he wanted us to see, and left us thinking, holy shit that was good. 30 million dollar budget with a 350 million worldwide.

4. American Beauty-One of my favorite movies of all time. The script truly doesn't differ much from the movie. Winner of 5 Academy Awards including best original screenplay. I can't say enough about this movie. Hilarious, emotional, and just a overall great movie about how each family is fucked up in its own way.

5. The Godfather-One of the greatest movies of all time and is always near the top on anyone's list. This movie made almost its entire casts careers, not to mentioned sparked two sequels (I know the third was terrible, but hell the second was great). The Godfather had a budget of only six million dollars yet managed to real in 245 million worldwide. Now that's a blockbuster.

6. Juno-Another blacklist script written by the very talented Diablo Cody. Based off her experiences, the script centers around a young teenager who gets pregnant and the experiences she must go through. This won DIablo COdy an Oscar as long as a nomination for Jason Reitman (Up in The Air) as best director.

7. Rocky-One of my all time favorite movies. A true underdog story that grabs you from beginning to end. I love how long it takes to truly set up the fight and boxing career. If you look, the first 30 or so pages are about his true feelings for Adrian. Without this crucial set up, the audience would care less whether he wants her or not after his fight with Apollo Creed. A budget of 1 roughly one million, brought in 225 Million worldwide. Also nabbed an oscar for best original screenplay for Sylvester Stallone.

8. Pulp Fiction-One of the greatest screenplays of all time. Quentin Tarantino delivers a smash mouth performances leaving us wondering at the end, what the fuck did I just see. With his non linear timeline and classic dialogue, Tarantino was meant to make a movie this cool. This script nabbed writing team Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary Oscars for best original screenplay. If you have yet to see this movie, rent it tonight. Based on a 8 million dollar budget, brought in 213 million worldwide.

That's it for part two of blockbuster scripts. Come back tomorrow for the third and final part. As always, enjoy the scripts.

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