stacilayne
10-04-2010, 05:33 PM
Everything\'s Eventual, directed by J.P. Scott. Starring Michael Flores, Joe Jones, Cavin Gray. Reviewed by Staci Layne Wilson.[details (www.horror.com/php/article-3353-1.html)]
Staci:
Thank you for writing a review on my film, honestly thanks. Though I'm sure you'd be surprised, it is actually the first awful review for the film thus far. I am equally thankful that you even saw the film. The Dollar Deal, as Stephen King calls it, allows these films to only be exhibited in film festivals so it is naturally hard to see them and I'm glad you did.
I'm sorry you did not enjoy the film, to say the least. I wish it could please everyone but I know it can't. I have a couple King fans that apparently love this movie and you are the first to, at least openly, hate it. It was my first feature film which I made for my Senior thesis project at ASU. I raised $47k for the budget and we shot at 18 locations over 13 days, all in Arizona (where I grew up and went to school). We also worked with some great equipment (like the RED ONE) and got some good talent (all AZ peeps). I got a great experience out of making it. I never expected it to turn out as good as it did and I couldn't be happier with my first feature film. I understand and can see to a point most of you criticisms. Perhaps it's just a matter of taste or timing or expectations. After all, I did receive an email shortly after finishing the film saying how much Stephen King was impressed with the film. But I guess he was in the right mindset. Most of these Dollar Babies are not very good, far worse than mine, if you can imagine :). All of them, I should also mention, are short films. Mine was the first feature length Dollar Baby ever made. Hell, I'm happy enough that the master himself went out of his way to express how much he liked my film. I wish you saw the same movie he did.
Anyway, I'm not writing this as a rebuttal but just as a "hi, I heard you and thanks for seeing my film" shout out. And also, to give a little background on the movie, which may explain some of the things you didn't like. You are more than welcome to write back or contact me personally. Once again, I am sorry you didn't like the film. Hopefully my next one will be better so keep an eye out for it in early 2011.
Thanks again,
J.P. Scott
Director/Producer
Everything's Eventual
PS: I guess I should throw in just one little rebuttal huh :) The characters of Dinky and Pug were actually right there on the screen as you saw them. Pug wasn't supposed to be "he-man", just a new recruit with a good attitude. And Dinky wasn't supposed to be the "ladies-man", it was just another method of control by TransCorp to keep there new guy happy and distracted (note how there were no women in the second half of the film). So in your read of the characters, I believe you to be incorrect. Thanks again for your comments and for seeing the film!
Sparky
10-08-2010, 07:01 AM
Wow, this is a real bummer. I liked King's short story Everything's Eventual from the collection of the same name.
It sounds like (surprise) the story was much better. The "hero" is a loser who looks at soft-porn mags. He is anything but a ladies man.
Things magically appear from the secret agency which cleans his house when he is not home and stocks his refridgerator with whatever he wants (he makes a list and leaves it). It's not magic. His powers appears to be killing only, not whipping up apple pies from thin air.
I'll bet the ending was better than this film as well.