6. From the Producer that Brought You
Theres substance to the informing us that a new movie was directed by someone who directed something else that was popular you can know something about a film going in if youre familiar with its directors body of work. But why do I give even the remotest of shits about who produced it? Its of my understanding that a producer is mainly employed to secure and allocate finance, and to act as a sort of liaison between a director and a studio. You know, theyre those guys with expensive cocaine habits that try to keep both parties happy, but invariably end up pissing both off. Excuse me, but what does the fact that a movie has the producers of 300 involved tell me about it, really? It tells me that the film had funding, which is a given considering Im looking at a poster of it in a cinema; and it tells me well, nothing else whatsoever about the quality. If anything, seeing From the Producers of on a movie poster should make you want to see it less. If theyre promoting the Producers, that usually means theres little else of note within. Its a cheap trick that works all too often and remember, if you go and see it, that means YOU are responsible for the sequel.