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guyverfanboy
11-11-2009, 09:59 PM
Hollywood is running out of ideas. :sd:

Here's the story idea for the Monopoly movie :sd:
I created a comedic, lovable loser who lives in Manhattan and works at a real estate company and he’s not very good at his job but he’s great at playing Monopoly. And the world record for playing is 70 straight days – over 1,600 hours – and he wanted to try to convince his friends to help him break that world record. They think he is crazy. They kid him about this girl and they're playing the game and there’s this big fight. And he’s holding a Chance card and after they’ve left he says, ‘Damn, I wanted to use that Chance card,’ and he throws it down. He falls asleep and then he wakes up in the morning and he’s holding the Chance card, and he thinks, ‘That’s odd.’"

"He’s all groggy and he goes down to buy some coffee and he reaches into his pocket and all he has is Monopoly money. All this Monopoly money pours out. He’s confused and embarrassed and the girl reaches across the counter and says, ‘That’s OK.’ And she gives him change in Monopoly money. He walks outside and he’s in this very vibrant place, Monopoly City, and he’s just come out of a Chance Shop. As it goes on, he takes on the evil Parker Brothers in the game of Monolopy."

ComingSoon.net (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60840)

Fencedude
11-11-2009, 10:02 PM
Hollywood is always running out of ideas. Can we stop using that phrase now?

Betenoire
11-11-2009, 10:09 PM
Hollywood is always running out of ideas. Can we stop using that phrase now?

Given the movie, would saying they are creatively bankrupt work better? :catgirl:

Ehh, it isn't the dumbest idea I have ever heard-just doesn't sound like something that will appeal to me, though I guess it will depend if the writers are clever enough to turn it into a witty social commentary or if they just go for the lowest hanging fruit (which would be my guess, but I do get surprised from time to time). Casting will give an idea as to the direction they are thinking.

broodwars
11-11-2009, 10:28 PM
I'm having a feeling of Deja Vu for some reason...

*glances over at the other "Other Discussions" forum.*

Suwako Moriya
11-12-2009, 02:37 AM
Hollywood is always running out of ideas. Can we stop using that phrase now?

The next logical step is for a movie to be made based on the phrase. In any case, yeah the phrase has become almost robotic. Actually, it is robotic.:sweat:

Gatts
11-12-2009, 01:42 PM
I'm having a feeling of Deja Vu for some reason...

*glances over at the other "Other Discussions" forum.*

I believe this is the thread you are looking for (http://www.mania.com/aodvb/showthread.php?t=95754). Complete with "More evidence Hollywood is out of ideas" right in the title.