Comments on: First Look: Kenneth Branagh In Sci-Fi Short ‘Prodigal’

By: MookieB.Real

MookieB.Real — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:34:54 +0000

@ANNE LEWIS: That's what she said.

to the group: Hey, this film is showing in Boston on April 14th at the Boston Int'l Film Festival! Woo-Hoo. I'll be there with the Mookie girls.

By: jingmei

jingmei — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:34:54 +0000

why people are so high about this (8

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:34:54 +0000

There's definitely a buzz about this guy Benjamin Grayson.

By: Anne Lewis

Anne Lewis — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:34:54 +0000

Don't miss it! I was lucky enough to catch it at a sneak peek preview in Houston and I only wished it was longer…

By: callumq

callumq — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:34:54 +0000

Very interested. After watching Wallander, I just love Branagh.

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:34:54 +0000

Gotta agree with HMM. There's obviously a lot of great ideas bouncing around out there. They just don't have the "marketability" of remaking some film from the 80s or "Reese Witherspoon does something cute for 90 endless minutes".

By: Linda Seim

Linda Seim — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:34:54 +0000

Way to go Ben– can't wait to see the film!

By: hmm

hmm — Sun, 22 May 2016 04:34:54 +0000

"especially in a place that's bereft of creative ideas; new concepts always have currency"

It's not a place "bereft of creative ideas." It's an industry controlled by multinational conglomerates who allocate capital based on which concepts have mass marketability across a global marketplace centered on the teenage consumers who spend the most time and money on leisure activities. There are thousands of great "creative ideas" languishing in turnaround or–more likely–on writers' hard drives because of the logic dictating what development and production money gets spent on what.

I know this was just an offhand comment but…jesus, come on, try and countenance the reality of the world you're writing about. It's endemic in film journalism. Be better than that. Don't write lazily.