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After being revived from a near drowning, a conservative Christian teen must endure being tormented by an evil dwarf-like creature when his mother doesn’t believe him. (26)
Billy14:IMHO: The theodicy of the Book Job was a hard sell when it was originally written way ?back when -- which is why a ?"happy ending" chapter was tacked on. ?Otherwise, the book would not have made the cut, been included in the official canon. ?(I write this as someone who has spent no small meRead more
Billy14:
IMHO:
The theodicy of the Book Job was a hard sell when it was originally written way ?back when — which is why a ?”happy ending” chapter was tacked on. ?Otherwise, the book would not have made the cut, been included in the official canon. ?(I write this as someone who has spent no small measure of time pondering the dialectics of the book.)
It’s an even harder sell today in the era of feel good, ?I’m OK, You’re OK, prosperity religion. ?And your theodic theme is not made easier to sell by afflicting an innocent teen with the contrivnace of a malevolent dwarf-like creature. ?Especially when there are so many real life options (incurable diseases, inherited disablities, natural disasters, accidents) with which to unjustly, unfairly torment the kid.
I just don’t see the ?market for the concept. ?I could be wrong and if you can prove me so, more power to you. ?And I will be the 1st one in the ticket line to see the movie.
IMHO
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>>We?ve seen that quite a bit.Not convincingly, imho. ?Whatever.If you wish to portray him as initially faking it, will he become drunk on the power his charisma gives him over the commune? ?Again, what is his character vulnerability, his personal psychological Achilles heel, ?being exposed byRead more
>>We?ve seen that quite a bit.
Not convincingly, imho. ?Whatever.
If you wish to portray him as initially faking it, will he become drunk on the power his charisma gives him over the commune? ?Again, what is his character vulnerability, his personal psychological Achilles heel, ?being exposed by hanging around in the commune? ?What is the story about his character that you propose to tell by dropping him into this context? ?What is the audience supposed to worry about?
It seems to me like ?the cards are stacked in his favor during his layover in the commune. ?When the cards should be stacked against him. ?I don’t see anything to worry about. ?Just saying.
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>>The situation I?ve set up is he had to feign interest in joining the group, which is a borderline cult. The promise of the premise is watching him fake >>>interest, first because he needs to hide there, and later to maintain residency.Two observations: 1] It seems to me that the ploRead more
>>The situation I?ve set up is he had to feign interest in joining the group, which is a borderline cult. The promise of the premise is watching him fake >>>interest, first because he needs to hide there, and later to maintain residency.
Two observations:
1] It seems to me that the plot (hence the logline) begins when he enters the commune. ?The other events constitute backstory to be revealed as necessary in the script.
2] IMHO: ?it would be more dramatically interesting if he wasn’t feigning interest, if he initially swallowed the cult, hook, line and sinker. ?Only to eventually realize, it’s not the right answer to the dramatic question his struggle poses. ?So then ?he has to grow out of it.
Frankly, I believe your portrait of his troubled past makes him a prime candidate for being suckered into the physical comforts and spiritual solace of a cult-commune. ?I mean what his his character flaw if not being emotionally vulnerable to something like that? ?It seems to me you’re making it too easy for the teen enter and eventually exit the commune.
fwiw
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