Saturday, February 7, 2009

Movie plot generator.

I want to start a blog where people submit potential movie titles and someone (re: me) come up with a plotline around that title.

10 comments:

Nien said...

"chinese cowboys"

Claire Grinton said...

tell me you got that from those little kids in the parade.

"Dog Days in Kfar Saba"

not eb said...

Three Chinese brothers are hired to work the rails to unite the east with the west. A life of hardship, but also of love -- a new baby boy, born to the eldest brother, Tian, and his wife. But the railroad boss' wife has just delivered a stillborn son, leaving her stricken. Desperate and ruthless, he decides to steal Tian's son, killing his beautiful wife in the process. Enraged, the calm and enduring spirit that once occupied their faces turn to violence. They will have their bloody revenge. A gun in each hand and a devil in their eyes, the Old West will find out what happens when they fuck with the Far East. Chinese Cowboys.

not eb said...

Having decided not to attend college, Balfour works the Dairy Queen in Kfar Saba. Every day, he sees the people who knew him -- his old friends, his family, his teachers, his priests -- come in and pass their fairly vocal judgement of his decision not to make something out of his life. But Balfour just... doesn't want anything. He's read books and seen movies and from what everyone's said and done, none of it seems all that terribly interesting. He just wants to live his life as he's been living it -- stationary. A 9 to 5 with a 1/4 lb FlameThrower GrillBurger for lunch. With his conversations with everyone that come in and out of his life, particularly an older gentleman who has ordered the same meal every day without fail for the past 11 years, we discover that we may need people who do nothing... just as much as we need people who do something. Dog Days in Kfar Saba. Sponsored by Dairy Queen.

Claire Grinton said...

I'm fairly certain this is a remix of Ghost World.

not eb said...

Having seen Ghost World, it's not.

Nien said...

oh sweeet!

chinese cowboys, starring chow yun fat, keanu reeves and robert downey jr.

Claire Grinton said...

having watched it yesterday, I disagree.

Enid and whatever the hell S.J's name was decide not to go to college and just get menial jobs instead. Enid gets close to a middle-age guy and learns about herself in their missteps. She fantasizes (I can't spell) about leaving this life and finding a life elsewhere. She finds comfort in the man who is at the same bus stop everyday despite it no longer being a serviced stop.

He eventually inspires her to leave.

C'mon. It's kinda familiar.

Claire Grinton said...

I'd much rather watch Chinese Cowboys.

not eb said...

Yeah, sure, facts, whatever. Tonally different, much less angst and scene drama and the main character doesn't change his mind so much as change everyone else's.