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More digital sillynonsense from Jeff Putz

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"Dude, Where's My Car made money too... that hardly makes it a good movie."

I liked it as a movie, it brought me enjoyment, and it made money.  Why do people make movies in Hollywood?  Don't tell because they're trying to make art.  They're trying to make money.  They were successful.  In the end, the film made money and at least some people enjoyed it.  That was the point.

However, the point you were trying to argue was that M. Night Shyamalan is snobbish because he prefers to shoot and edit on film.  You used a statement by Tarentino to try to back that up, but in reality, Quentin was offering more of a defense to Shyamalan in what he said, which was that it doesn't matter what you use to film the story, the MAGIC is in the story.

Sure, a word processor may be easier to write a story on.  So why do people still use pens and pencils?  A lot of people still write stories with a pen and paper.  It sure is outdated, and it may even be more efficient.  But I can tell you, plenty of people still write on a pen.

What is the basic arguement?  Shyamalan stills prefers film to shoot on.  Who cares, really, as long as the goal, which is to make a movie and make money off of it is accomplished.  Quentin Doesn't care what he shoots on and swtiches up to fit his mood.  His goal is to make a movie and make money off of it.  That gets accomplished.

No offense, but the only person I see being adamant here about what someone should or shouldn't use is you.  So what if Shyamalan uses film and refuses to move on?  He isn't the first director, writer, or producer in Hollywood to do so.  He wont' be the last.  And until he either fails at making a movie or fails at bringing in cash, he can pretty much do what he wants to get the job done.

I mean, sure, it would be nice if film makers could just go out and make a movie they believed in without having to worry about spending or making money, but this is the real world.  I'd like to sit around and write and draw and shoot and film and mold and paint and ride rollercoasters all day.  But in the end, my job is what I do for income, and my art is what I do for myself.

I don't have a big artistic budget, and I don't care if other people like my art or not.  It wasn't for them, it was for me, and as long as I'm happy in the end, regardless of what medium I use or what technology I use to create it, isn't that the important thing?  And even more so if, by some chance, someone else enjoys my work, isn't that the 'MAGIC'?

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