CF, I'm sorry to directorik, you, & everyone if
they feel offended by what I asked. That was a provocative question,
but it wasn't my intention to provoke confrontation. You said you were
tired of talking about it, so I felt I had to try to ask a question
that got to the point quickly as opposed to asking several more
questions that were sensitive to everyone's feelings.
It's my guess directorik doesn't really feel bad about you saying
you're more qualified than him, because he disagrees with your opinion
anyway. I think he believes his opinion is equal to yours even if your
film had made $10 million more than his. You & I might've made some
playful jabs but I don't think we really wish bad things on each
other, right? I certainly don't.
I don't think it's bragging when you say your credits. I just see it
as evidence to support your opinion. I'm looking at your opinions as
ideas that can be analyzed with logic & reasoning from different
angles. Sometimes studying an opposing opinion is more interesting
because it lets me see things from another perspective. I try to
separate myself & my emotions from those ideas because sometimes
emotions can keep you from making good assessments. So if people here
can do that, I think we can reach a better understanding.
Thank you for the answers you gave. I really do appreciate it & I hope
we can continue to have other discussions in the future. I know you
said you won't answer any more, but I really would like to get your
answer on this one if you ever feel like coming back to it later.
Thanks again.
-I can see how Tommy's opinions "mattered more" to the crew than their
own opinions cuz he was paying them & they had to do what he said. But
what if you weren't part of the crew & you were just watching the
disagreements during the production. Do you think you would have
agreed with Tommy's decisions, or the crew's?
No apologies necessary, buscando. directorik and I go back. We've
never met in real life, but he and I have quite the history on this
forum. And I think he knows I have the utmost respect for everything
he does. I've made this explicitly clear, many times. I know his real
name, by the way. He once almost made a documentary about me. We're
good.
And I'd like to point out that I don't believe I'm more of an expert
than he is. He and I have different priorities in life. He and and I
have discussed this in past threads. I have an all-or-nothing
mentality when it comes to filmmaking. I don't want to make money
getting paid to use my camera on a reality show. That's just not my
thing. I explored the possibility of it, but it's not for me. It works
for directorik and that's good. He's good at it and enjoys doing it,
so far as I know. But I'm good at serving people food. I'm REALLY good
at doing that. And so my plan, the one that works for me, is to
continue working in the restaurant biz while also pursuing my
filmmaking goals. Basically, I plan on hitting one out the ballpark
with my next feature film. If that doesn't happen -- fine; I'm pretty
sure I'll have fun trying.
If we go back to the discussion of Wiseau, no, as an outsider, I don't
think he made any good decisions on that film. Except for one -- he
made it.
I'm a yelper. But I'm not one of those yelpers who tears every place
apart. For the most part, I only give positive reviews, which means I
only yelp a few restaurants per year, cuz I just don't feel like
hating on anybody. Except for rare occasion; I'll do it if a
restaurant REALLY pisses me off.
Yes, I'll agree with you and basically everyone in the world -- "The
Room" is a shitty movie. But as a tiny-budget filmmaker, I have
intimate knowledge of the struggles one must go through to not just
get a movie made but also to get it seen. "The Room" has been seen by
SO MANY MORE people than either mine or directorik's feature films.
Think on that.
