Comments on: James Franco Says ‘Spring Breakers’ Sequel Will Be “A Terrible Film” That Makes “Money Off Someone Else’s Creativity”

By: Law

Law — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:29:48 +0000

Why is everyone taking from this that Franco is comparing himself to ANYone? He is simply making a very simple, universally recognizable comparison to illustrate the nerve someone would have to rip off the creative property of others.

Sorry… what I mean is. HE WAS TRYING TO MAKE YOU DUMBASSES out there understand with the rest of us! Bet you he's scratching his head right now saying, "are you kidding me?? How could I put it any simpler for you idiots to understand?"

Answer, with some people you just can't James… Even you can't make everyone think.

By: Loz in Transit

Loz in Transit — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:29:48 +0000

Makes you wonder how many of the Disney audience were Korine-ized when they watched Spring Breakers. James Franco has always walked the balanced between both audiences, he has arguably the oddest cross section of admirers.

By: tristan eldritch

tristan eldritch — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:29:48 +0000

In a funny sort of way, an unofficial cash-in sequel makes perfect ironic sense in relation to the original's b-movie aesthetics

By: Spring Break 4ever

Spring Break 4ever — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:29:48 +0000

Spring Breakers is a masterpiece movie that truly confused a great deal of people. They went in, thinking Project X and because majority of people didn't know who Harmony Korine was or even bother to look him up, so they were truly shocked (It had Disney ladies so it must be similar to Project X right, mmmmmmmmmmm WRONG).

Hence, the "worst movie ever", comments. This movie will be studied for years to come (already some classes are undertaking this), quite simply a classic. It deals with the social nightmare of our society today brilliantly.

Franco, has stated many times before, that this is one of his best roles (he is truly passionate about this role, and I wish he earned him an Oscar nomination because he deserved it) ever, and in my opinion he's correct.

He simply gave an iconic performance (that other actors should study) and no wonder that last year Alien's Halloween costumes were one of the top sellers, as well as fans getting tattoos, two rappers fighting over him saying he was playing me for over a year and how cute was that MTV Movie Awards dog dressed up as Alien.

Seriously, he nailed this role (there are various degrees of iconic performances and this is one of them). The "Look At My Sheeyit" speech alone could never be repeated in the way Franco did it and what about the Britney Spears number (Franco deserves more awards for this role).

Spring Breakers with Korine + Franco + Cinematography + Soundtrack = Classic! The ladies in this movie were alright too for what they had but acting wise Franco went above them all.

This new Spring Breakers 2 should never happen (way too soon for a start), as it just wouldn't have the magic as the original, especially since it shocked and divided so many people. This Spring Breakers 2, unless they make it like Project X (which is what people thought the first one would be), to slightly separate it from the original then maybe it might work.

However, Korine and Franco don't need to worry, their uniqueness of a movie will last 4ever, no matter how the new one turns out.

By: Emperor Zerg Rush

Emperor Zerg Rush — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:29:48 +0000

"So what is it you're working on?"

"Promise you won't say anything to anyone? It's a sequel to Raging Bull… except the guy is really thin. I'm talking really, REALLY thin."

(Badly paraphrased from The Muse)

I wouldn't be surprised if this does a complete turnaround and has Korine producing it before it's all said and done.

If not, I'm wondering if we get another Skrillex/Cliff Martinez score for it or if their involvement was conditional upon certain others being involved (Franco, etc.) as well.

By: brandi

brandi — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:29:48 +0000

the first one was a terrible film so….

By: Delvin That Dude

Delvin That Dude — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:29:48 +0000

So how do you explain the fact they stole the character from Riff Raff to begin with, thats like stealing someones wallet then getting mad that someone else stole the debit card out of it.

By: INDIEWIRE

INDIEWIRE — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:29:48 +0000

So you guys probably have hundreds of articles complaining about remakes/reboots/sequels but when a popular figure takes a stand, you disagree? Doesn't that seem anti-indie spirit? It seems like at this point you guys will publish anything, including all the contrarian and indie-drama bullshit articles you guys wave around for maximum link clicks.

By: Muchacho

Muchacho — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:29:48 +0000

The first one would have made a great music video. As a film it was terrible

By: mar

mar — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:29:48 +0000

While I generally agree that the second coming is utterly unnecessary, Franco comparing himself & Korine to Scorsese and De Niro is unintentionally hilarious.

By: JC

JC — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:29:48 +0000

Wait, it wasn't already a horrible film???

By: Grant

Grant — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:29:48 +0000

I could really care less, but if you're going to try and look smart by peppering in some French at least do it right. It's not "reason d'Ãªtre." It's "raison d'Ãªtre."

By: skizz

skizz — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:29:48 +0000

What a self important douche nozzle. Comparing himself to young DeNiro…and Spring Breakers to Taxi Driver…Up yers Franco.

By: Victor

Victor — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:29:48 +0000

Lol what I find hilarious is that people think he's comparing himself to Scorcese and DeNiro. What he's comparing is two groups of people who made original works, kinda like you drawing something then someone else takes it adds a few scribbles and calls it theirs without your knowledge. He was just referring to a famous work that people like and wouldn't want to see ruined.

By: lM

lM — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:29:48 +0000

The original was a load of trash too. Nothing to see here….Move on!

By: Alex Melberg

Alex Melberg — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:29:48 +0000

I hope the sequel comes out!! Selena Gomez is awesome! Pitbull or Lil Wayne should either make cameos or be on the soundtrack!

By: dimitris arnaoutis oikonomakis

dimitris arnaoutis oikonomakis — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:29:48 +0000

he has a point because the first one was such a great success… :p
seriously now
teens in a spring break half naked is a cool idea for a light sex comedy
still it flopped
so they insist on the idea but change the creative team
anyone would think this way not just a holywood producer and would give the concept a second chance
james franco is bitching a lot lately maybe the phone has stopped ringing

By: Tyrone Hed

Tyrone Hed — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:29:48 +0000

If there's one thing Franco knows, it's shitty movies. He has certainly been in enough shitty films to be considered an expert. In fact, making shitty movies is about the only thing he's good at.

By: hitastic

hitastic — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:29:48 +0000

Who cares?

By: randy

randy — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:29:48 +0000

you people are nuts. Spring Breakers was an AMAZING movie. it has a huge cult following. its WAY ahead of its time. theres a reason its on a ton of critics top 10 of the year. cuz it was.

By: Not a Pervert

Not a Pervert — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:29:48 +0000

While it was no Taxi Driver, I think the first Spring Breakers was an innovative and awesome movie. No, it didn't have an amazingly complicated storyline or much character development, but it did a great job showing the themes of corruption and violence through its cinematography and camera work.
The sequel will likely just be a stream of gratuitous nude shots. Then again, that's what most people thought the original was anyway, so maybe it will be successful. I'm not seeing it, though.

By: Grim

Grim — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:29:48 +0000

Not sure why he cares, he gets to touch and fake shag hot girls all day.

By: soze

soze — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:29:48 +0000

ugh… his grammar, punctuation… and it's 'raison d'Ãªtre'… he needs to be less dumb if he wants to age well. Appropriating other languages incorrectly is THE worst.

By: nae

nae — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:29:48 +0000

Understand this, you all don't understand james franco as a person or individual, not like he would want a hater like you to, anyway. Stop getting heated and h8ing on his grammar and movies.
#cali

By: Buggy nuts

Buggy nuts — Fri, 13 May 2016 07:29:48 +0000

James got Jacked just like he jacked Riff Raffs style sounds like karma