It seems that the All Knowing Big Boss is the last person on Earth that knows that these spores even exist. In these dark times, one of the few people on Earth still able to live in comfort, we will call him the All Knowing Big Boss, has a great quest to prevent some secret spore seeds from being released into the air. They must eat bugs and insects, or whatever, after a poison war, or something, has nearly wiped out all human civilization. What is left of Planet Earth is populated by a few poor and starving rag-tag survivors. But given the time, budgetary and other constraints, the efforts put forth by many deserves a little more respect, especially given all of their good intentions. The director did tremendous things within the limitations given him and both Grant and Vivian grounded the film with strong, emotional performances.
That being said, Encrypt was better received than the few readers here have commented. As a result, things feel less organic than they should. Lastly, (and we go back to the budget for this one), everything has to take place in one or two locations (moving around is costly), which means you usually end up forcing your set-pieces into whatever rooms are available at your primary location. Now, while the character development for the team members clearly didn't work, some of that was due to casting (Torontonian actors don't seem to "get" the American commando stuff), and a last minute order to "cut one character" riddled the piece with lost lines and lost moments. And for this genre, that means action beats with a body count. It has an "episodic feel" because it is episodic TV. commercial breaks every twenty minutes, and a structure that leaves cliff hangers before every break).
ENCRYPTO MOVIE TV
Secondly, this is a TV MOVIE, which means it has to fit into a formula predetermined by the network by past successes (i.e.
ENCRYPTO MOVIE MOVIE
Obviously, for this kind of money, the production quality on every level is going to be less than your standard Fox movie of the week. The original movies for the Sci-fi channel are budgeted at $2 million, which after above the line costs (actors, directors, writers, producers), it's actually considerably less. On an independent level, it probably would have cost around $10 million. At a studio level, it would have been budgeted between $60-80 million. While the original screenplay Encrypt, written by Richard Taylor, was solid, it was written as a big movie. As the "other writer" on this project, let me give a few of you an eduction on the wonderful world of TV production.
0 kommentar(er)
