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Would Like To See A Bigger Budget Version Of This Movie...

posted 10 years ago by MovieHoliks
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I really liked this small intimate drama, and I generally like smaller films -but- I think it would be interesting to expand upon the whole concept of the man who lived forever..??- maybe a big Hollywood movie with a director like Clint Eastwood- and making it sorta a sci-fi dramatic thriller??

Keep the title- great title! Maybe the lead character is being tracked by govt. agents, who want to bring him in to be dissected and experimented on-??- and he constantly is on the move- not unlike the character in this- just a lot more settings/action/movement- plus added character study..??

Whatdyu think of this idea?? Would you want to see this movie-??

[–] zenbudda 9 years ago

I think the smaller budget lead to a more appropriate movie.

Unless you referring to flash backs.

[–] TompaDompa 9 years ago

What you describe is somewhat similar to The Age of Adaline (2015), though that one is mainly a love story.

Don't listen to the negative ones; their arguments are irrational.

[–] klemen-kokot 9 years ago

lot more settings/action/movement

No. This movie is about a hypothetical discussion slash storytelling. It would in no way benefit from anything what you said. All I wanted is that the professors ask more questions and John to give more answers.

Any kind of action would simply be an annoying interference in this film.

It'd have to be a whole different movie for what you are suggesting and it's focus wouldn't be on the story.

[–] ButterBase 9 years ago

So you want to turn a niche film into your everyday action movie.
The only thing a bigger budget would be good for would be to have a few more people(Not celebrities) in it and for it to be a few hours long at least so they can ask more questions.

[–] MovieHoliks 9 years ago

Not an everyday action movie, just something more epic, on a grander scale-?? Don't get me wrong- LOVED this little movie, it just got me thinking of a way this great story could be viewed on a wider level-?? I guess I just loved this concept so much, would like to see it explored a little differently as well. The two films could be companion pieces to one another..

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[–] Nixon_Carmichael 9 years ago

Nope!

However, I am with you in one sense. I don't want this to be an action movie, BUT, I wouldn't mind a little more scope. Not battle scenes or anything like from like Ancient Greece, but a few flash backs with some voice over couldn't hurt.

J.

[–] abdb1987 9 years ago

Action / Flashbacks would absolutely spoil this movie !!!

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[–] HelloMyNameIsMrBurns 9 years ago

I'd like to see it redone, but still kept small-scale. Just better production values and better actors.

[–] vectornerd 9 years ago

Highlander.