Pitch Meeting
9.3
2017
Comedy
What if some of the worst movie-making decisions were made with the best intentions? Step inside the pitch meetings for some famous movies!
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- Cast:
- Ryan George
Episode 44 : The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Pitch Meeting
November. 09,2020
About a decade after the acclaimed Lord of the Rings trilogy, Hollywood decided it was time for another trilogy set in Middle Earth. But this time, they only had one book to base it on. Well, with a lot of padding, they managed to make it work. Kind of.
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies raises a lot of questions. Like why did they put the end of the Desolation of Smaug at the beginning of this movie? What’s up with Thorin suddenly being sick and a jerk? Why do the elves hold off on their attack when it’s literally thousands of them versus a dozen dwarves? Where did those worms come from and where did they go? Why are we spending so much time with Alfrid? What was the point of that whole Gandalf storyline? How is Legolas moving like that?
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Episode 34 : The Catchphrase Pitch Meeting (200th Bonus Episode) Pitch Meeting
August. 31,2020
This pitch meeting certainly raises a lot of questions. Like who exactly is in that picture frame behind Producer Guy’s desk? What was Screenwriter Guy’s childhood like? What’s a phrase that each of these guys likes to say? Why are we cutting away to a montage of said phrases? Does Screenwriter Guy have a movie for Producer Guy today?!
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Episode 33 : The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Pitch Meeting
August. 23,2020
The Lord of the Rings movies were incredibly successful and critically acclaimed, for good reason. With revolutionary special effects, costumes, make-up and more -- Peter Jackson’s movies became instant classics, and he wrapped up the trilogy with The Return of the King in which the king… returns. The movie was critically acclaimed and a massive success at the box office, but it still raises a few questions. Like what’s up with Frodo being the absolute worst? How does he always end up siding with Gollum? Why didn’t they include Saruman’s death in the theatrical cut? Why does Frodo keep getting stabbed? Why does Denethor eat tomatoes like that? What’s up with the sudden ghost deus ex machina? When is this movie actually going to end?
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Episode 31 : The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers Pitch Meeting
August. 10,2020
The Lord of the Rings movies were incredibly successful and critically acclaimed, for good reason. With revolutionary special effects, costumes, make-up and more -- Peter Jackson’s movies became instant classics. But The Lords of the Rings: The Two Towers still raises a few questions. Like why is falling from high up an okay thing for good guys? How many fake-out deaths can they put in these things? Why does Saruman look like he lost a contact lens? Why would they let Wormtongue leave? Why do all the orcs have Cockney accents?
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Episode 29 : Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring Pitch Meeting
July. 26,2020
Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy won a ton of Academy Awards and revolutionized the fantasy genre on the big screen. With an amazing cast and incredible special effects, the Fellowship of the Ring really took the world by storm when it came out in 2001. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring raises a few questions (aside from the question about how many times the word “the” appears in the title.) Like why did Sauron try to grab Isuldur instead of smashing him like everyone else? Why didn’t Elrond try a tiny bit harder to stop him? Why does Frodo keep getting stabbed? Why is everyone walking so much? Where did Gandalf go? How did they agree to shoot all three movie simultaneously? What about the eagles?
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Episode 22 : Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Pitch Meeting
June. 07,2020
2005’s Fantastic Four wasn’t loved by critics, but it made enough money that they kind of had no choice but to make a sequel. Marvel’s first family Sue Storm, Reed Richards, Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm made their way back to the big screen for Rise of the Silver Surfer. The movie does raise a couple of questions. Like why are we spending so much time on a wedding? What are the Silver Surfer’s powers exactly? Is Sue Storm focusing on her forehead pimple for the entire duration of the movie? How do Johnny’s new power-switching powers work? What’s Victor Von Doom’s plan exactly? Why would the military trust him on a mission like this? Why is Galactus a cloud?
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Episode 2 : Dolittle Pitch Meeting
January. 18,2020
Step inside the pitch meeting that led to Dolittle!
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