D.I.C.K: My Mindset and My Amends
So, I'm going to keep this short, sweet, and to the point regarding this blog point. As many of you know by now, I recently released a movie called D.I.C.K, a story about an absolute manchild who ran his own authoritarian country from his backyard. My thought process was to try and satirize the idea of dictatorships and fascist regimes by using a complete loser as a sort of "avatar" for these awful rulers, and when I first wrote it, I thought it was funny. I thought it was a perfect fit for the dark comedy genre and went from there. In retrospect, I should have completely rewritten the whole movie, because put simply, this movie wasn't very good. Like at all. In fact, I will go as far as to say, that this is now, in my opinion, the worst movie I have ever written for this studio. From the main character that makes Sade look tame, to the supporting cast that gets wasted thanks to all the nonsense that goes on during the movie, the hamfisted way I tried to work with the...