“Did Belushi send you?”
Maybe I’m a grumpy gentleman, but I just don’t get David Goyer. I mean, I ‘get’ that he’s become somewhat of a brand after having the good sense and good luck to be involved on some great projects but I don’t know exactly how much of his success is due to him. I know he’s written some interesting and fun movies and that good people [del Toro, Nolan, etc…] like to work with him. But for some reason I don’t know if he’s a legitimate creative force or something else.
His The Invisible (a remake he directed) is a nightmare. The Unborn (which he wrote and directed) feels very familiar and does little new aside from that amazing Usman ass shot. But there’s the Batmans and Blades and dozens of other geek properties he’s involved with too. Most importantly: He Wrote Demonic Toys.
He’s all over the place, and now he’s entering Guillermo territory with a series of novels he’s co-writing and has already sold the rights to. The series, all featuring Heavenly titles tells the tale astronauts, aliens, and meteors and it has been picked up by Warner Bros. That’ll continue his brand and foothold into a brave new world. A true multi-hyphenate.
For all the details head on over to Deadline and then come back here for the reacharound.
I’m in the minority on the man and I don’t know exactly why. Maybe it’s because I don’t like his Dark City, Blade Trinity, or the films mentioned above. Maybe I’m a jealous dick…
…but maybe I’m onto something. I just don’t know this fella’s voice is yet.
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Agreed, 100%.
I think he's like Lucas in that he works best when he conceives or contributes ideas but then hands them off to others to cultivate. Look at the ratio of quality to involvement.
Goyer works behind the pen, but not so much the camera. I don't think he's so much this creative force as he's been this effective bridge between Hollywood and the comic world. He's basically able to translate one medium to the other, while letting those better at the movie-making craft take it from there. And it works.
Blade Trinity was an abomination after the awesome Blade 2. My guess is he's a much better screenwriter, than director.
I agree that his track record is extremely spotty and that his own directorial efforts, charitably, leave a little to be desired.
But I don't understand how you could not love "Dark City."
Where Goyer's participation ends and others begin is anyone's guess, but that movie is brilliant.
I've never particularly liked Goyer as a writer, even though he's decent with concepts. His dialogue feels so forced and comically replete with cursing.
He wrote a joke for Blade 2 that Del Toro cut: the Nazi character (played by Ron "I am every geek's favorite actor" Pearlman) calls Blade "Count Chocula." That shit was funny. Blade 3, not so much.
Yeah, I bet is some retarded shit like about a baseball player who, like, has to save the world, from, I don't know, the Reaper or something… and um, the Reaper is actually some biological weapon and Goyer ends up shitting out some 28 Dawns of Hell rip-off.
#3 has it. He's a hire-a-nerd/geek. The guy that reads and processes all the shit actual filmmakers are too busy being awesome to bother with. That familiarity is you/us recognizing ground we've also trodden before, somewhere.
I agree that a lot of the good projects with which he's been involved are good *in spite of* him, however I must disagree with you on one thing by putting Dark City in that category. I'm a huge fan of Dark City, and I feel it deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Blade Runner and Metropolis.
3: I think that's the perfect description of Goyer's talents. Now somebody go tell him that.
I watched Dark City recently, after having loved it a decade ago. It sucks.
Dark City is amazing. One of my favorite films of all time…as for Goyer? He's a brilliant concept guy. He works best with a creative force that can apply big concepts.
Never understood the love for Dark Shitty when it came out. People went apeshit like it was the second coming. It even got a gushing Roger Ebert commentary track. But that movie sucks. It's derivative and boring.
Dark City has both style and quality, some thing that you retards who masterbate over Piranha don't understand. A through back to German Expressionist films before nazis and good old fasion pulp mystery
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