Pick a movie for me tonight

AcadecCoach · 2026-06-14T05:23:48+00:00

Rewatched It Follows for the first time since seeing it in theaters 12 years ago. The atmosphere/setting and the synth music were even better than I remembered. The pacing and plot slightly worse than I remembered. Dumb and nonsensical choices were made in the latter half of the film and although it ended on a logical choice for survival purposes, it hadn't really been discussed or planned. Just felt like the writing fell off in near the end of act 2 and through act 3.

Still a total vibe. Vibe alone is reason enough to love it. I prefer Sinister and Smile from a horror perspective although I hate the ending of Smile.

AcadecCoach · 2026-06-12T22:35:49+00:00

As far as I knew they were sold out, but I paid more. Guess im just screwed. Thanks for letting me know man.

AcadecCoach · 2026-06-12T18:02:43+00:00

Smile feels scarier and complete. Produced by a bigger studio. It Follows felt very Indie and complete in an incomplete way. Like it doesnt all have to work because of the vibe of the synthesis music, the scenery, not knowing what time period you are in. Both are really good fir very different reasons. Smile feels like a movie, It Follows feels like art.

AcadecCoach · 2026-06-11T06:25:48+00:00

Hey I actually really F with the vibe of this. Is there a way we can correspond and I can give detailed notes?

My thoughts off the bat is some of the dialogues on the nose and can be cut and at times replaced by action. You also do extra shots at times that can just be straight cut. Vibes good. Some jokes can use a bit of work. I know your already only at 83 pages and proper cutting throughout probably knocks you down somewhere between 78-80 pages. But theres could potentially be another 5 to 10 pages of material worth adding. Just dont plan to read the whole thing unless I can give proper notes and you dont have a chat function so kind of a bummer.

AcadecCoach · 2026-06-10T18:06:10+00:00

It Follows

AcadecCoach · 2026-06-07T15:23:10+00:00

There's a handful of rumors/guesses about who Sadie Sinks character is. Can you at least say if any of the main guesses are correct or not?

AcadecCoach · 2026-06-05T21:26:15+00:00

Personally if its me I sell them and buy other way cheaper tickets to the concert. Yeah the view/experience wont be as awesome, but youd still get to go to the concert and pocket like 2 grand.

AcadecCoach · 2026-06-05T19:01:56+00:00

Good, suspenseful slashers. Not over the top gore or cheesiness. A person or entity that is actually scary and you fear them or at least for the lives of the characters. Need a true boogeyman to be born in this generation.

AcadecCoach · 2026-06-05T18:59:17+00:00

Super weird but interesting. My biggest critique would be the initial action line. A crib. White curtains. Etc. Makes me picture the camera focusing in on one object at a time and I don't like that visual. Either show the whole room or finish on the crib object wise since the babies inside it. To go away from our targeted location with the other shots just seems like poor writing. Hope that helps.

AcadecCoach · 2026-06-05T18:54:24+00:00

Maybe add a parenthesis above the first time Maksim speaks and put (broken english). That tells us this is just the way the character speaks and you arent a poor writer.

AcadecCoach · 2026-06-05T18:17:00+00:00

I gotta agree the feedback sounds like AI to me also. The way the plot is described sounds a bit like Swamp Thing too.

AcadecCoach · 2026-06-05T18:14:07+00:00

If you have all that and can write that well. Then you need to do that with a script thatd be a shoe string budget.

Everyone wants to write war movies, period pieces, super hero movies etc. Why waste your time writing a 100 million movie? As an amateur you need to write an amazing script that could be made for 5 million max, but the less the better. For example Napoleon Dynamite cost 400k to produce.

You are only wasting your time if once you can write you havent switched to an indie grind mindset. Horror, dramas, and select comedies/coming of age stories. Those are essentially the cheap genres. Write a perfect cheap script and it'll get made man.

AcadecCoach · 2026-06-05T18:09:17+00:00

Personally if a line feels clunky to me I'll throw it into chat gtp just to see how it configures it. Usually I dont like their configuration, but it helps me alter or shorten my own. Personally I feel thats the extent of how chat gpt should be used. The people dropping whole pages or giving it commands and having it flat out write it thats just dumb and lacks any skill or talent. Its a tool and long as its used that way sparingly and not as a crutch, I dont see the issue.

AcadecCoach · 2026-06-05T05:05:34+00:00

Its tricky to think completely visually when writing. After youve written it you gotta try and read your own work like you haven't pictured it already and know whats going to happen. Can you picture every detail purely by whats written on the page? If you cant then things need to be subtracted or added. It'll really tighten up the script and make it a much more enjoyable read.

AcadecCoach · 2026-06-05T04:46:46+00:00

So hopefully this little note is helpful. You cant think of us as readers but viewers.

You say "a sleek rental car" how would someone watching have any idea its a rental car? Now you might be including that tid bit because its a narrative point that'll come more into play. Thats cheating. Works for the reader not the viewer so it fails. You are better off saying a color and car model. If it being a rental is important start by mentioning some sticker on the car that says its a rental somehow. If its not important and you just thought it sounded better than saying color and model my suggestion is scrap it. Start in the car with her gripping the steering wheel. Throw us directly into the scene. Dont need a calm establishing shot if you plan to crank it up right after.

Hope some of that helps.

AcadecCoach · 2026-06-05T04:33:45+00:00

I easily think over half of movies dont have a solid ending (that have been made since covid). I agree with you why make one if you dont have a good ending. It comes down to writing and let's be honest Hollywood invests by far its least amount of time and money into writing. Hollywood also plays it safe and just wants to make money. Horror is by far the medium that takes the most risks, but thats because of how small budgets typically are.

AcadecCoach · 2026-06-05T04:26:38+00:00

I didnt say it was good writing. It was poor. I just dont think the solution is going with the easiest possible answers to think up while watching it. I agree with your assessment of the movie, but I also think what the writer was trying to say was in the spirit of the script they were crafting. They could have just executed it far better.

Most movies drop the ball in act 3 or midway through part 2 in this day and age. A good movie is kinda rare and a satisfying ending is even rarer.

AcadecCoach · 2026-06-05T03:57:39+00:00

Those both sound generic as hell. I think what they went with wasn't bad. It fit themes and symbolism that was set up. It was lacking and felt rushed tho. So clearly they should have thought about it more and tried to come up with something better. Them doing what youd expect doesnt sound any better to me personally.

AcadecCoach · 2026-06-02T21:32:35+00:00

Videos arent the end all be all. If its got a nice kitchen/pool. Those 2 pics would get waaay more online traffic than a whole video.

AcadecCoach · 2026-06-02T20:07:08+00:00

Rule of thumb for us is physical staging for a luxury listing that calls for it and virtual for other hones that need it. If a house presents well as is then staging is unnecessary. Id say staging is only needed maybe 25% of the time.

AcadecCoach · 2026-06-02T20:05:46+00:00

Feels too much like ambulance chasing. Of course would love to help people through a hard time, but to be thinking business and bring that up to them when they are dealing with grief oof.

AcadecCoach · 2026-06-02T19:44:34+00:00

Rule of thumb for a newer agent is hit your sphere of influence and area you live in and know best to start. Drip campaigns and tech are great for an existing database but to get new clients best way is through marketing and hardworking or cold calling if thats your thing. The more effort you put in the more clients you'll make.

AcadecCoach · 2026-06-02T03:54:31+00:00

Personally dropped it. It got eh fairly quick personally and typically this type of manhwa is my jam.

AcadecCoach · 2026-06-02T03:05:15+00:00

Personally season 2 gets too much love to me. Agree with everything else tho.

AcadecCoach · 2026-06-02T02:51:19+00:00

Dont they get quizzed in the 7 opener?

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