Forget narrative, forget character development and forget extravagant settings. (Without that last one, I would have been describing every Michael Bay movie I know).
Here is what a studio should do.
30 famous actors/actresses that people have a love/hate relationship with.
30 brutal death scenes between 2-5 minutes long.
Each scene is references another famous cinematic death scene.
Each cast member receives a check for between 250K-1 million dollars for their work.
The studio doesn't reveal who is in the scenes, just the premise.
The Audience is sort of asked to keep the the pairings a secret so people who go to see the movie are surprised.
I mean, people cheered when Paris Hilton got killed in House of Wax. And I would certainly go see a movie where Rosie O'Donnell's head exploded Scanners-style or Nathan Lane got the Hans Gruber treatment. Or Tom Cruise meeting his end like the end of Day of the Dead. I mean, the skies the limit with something like this.
It is just sick enough to work. Which to me begs the question, what combination would you love to see in this scenario?
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That is so sick! AND I LOVE IT!! Yes I would love to see Rosio O's head explode, Tom Cruise get eaten alive, and Nathan Lane get whatever Hans Gruber does! Hurry! Get the idea in to the studios!
Remember the end of Die Hard?
Uhh this is kinda embarrasing, but no-I didn't see the movie. See I told you I am not up on all my pop culture. Is it something with getting boiled alive? Or falling down from a tall building. Can't remember. I may have seen just that part on TV. I know I know, that's pretty bad!
Two suggestions:
Put Travolta into the Godfather tollbooth-riddled-with-bullets scene.
Keira Knightley at the beginning of Jaws.
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I think I would really enjoy seeing Travolta get that treatment, especially because squibs really hurt.
Micgar: It is a long, long fall.
No one I really want to see killed off these days, but I do recall cheering when Tarantino bit it in Desperado. He was really too full oh his own press at the time.
I wonder who cheered more, you seeing that or me seeing Steven Seagal bite it in Executive Decision
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