Comments on: Black List 2007's Best Liked Screenplays

By: Timothy Klein

Timothy Klein — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:33:23 +0000

I read most of these screenplays. I liked “Farragut North.” I’m surprised that “Shamrocks & Thistles” wasn’t on this list. Maybe it will be next year. Also, “The Road” was good. Congratulations to everyone.

By: G

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:47:57 +0000

Yeah, it really doesn’t seem fair that the top five agencies monopolize the Blacklist. You know that can’t be right…

By: studio exec

studio exec — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:00:40 +0000

I WANT TO ____ YOUR SISTER was a great script - and guess what, Melissa Stack is a lawyer! She is smart, funny and she can write.

By: Dani

Dani — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:28:53 +0000

Honestly, some of the people writing comments on this site should consider what they are saying. This post was about some undoubtedly amazing scripts!
Every second post is practically about the movie title ‘I Want to __ Your Sister’, either get a life and move on from the topic or just shut the hell up!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 07:41:50 +0000

For what it’s worth, here’s one more opinion from someone who read I WANT TO ______ YOUR SISTER (which, by the way, is how the title appears on the cover page of the script).

Far from “utter mysoginistic swill,” it’s a sharp, clever little movie with a lot more to say than most teen comedies out there. In fact, it reminded me quite a bit of MEAN GIRLS, which was once the hot new comedy of the moment before anyone had ever heard of Diablo Cody (or the Black List, for that matter).

So I guess my point is the same one that’s already been made on this discussion board: don’t judge a script by its cover.

By: Jeff McGivern

Jeff McGivern — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:02:09 +0000

**It really is realistic in Hollywood

to get a million dollar deal.

That’s a thousand dollars a week

for twenty years !!

By: intheknow

intheknow — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:24:15 +0000

Bad news BLACK LIST writers. The networks are taking all your scripts, cutting them into hour-longs and shooting them for primetime TV.

They don’t think you’ll mind.

By: the corpse sister

the corpse sister — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:18:34 +0000

I can tell you right now that if Bruce and Julia team up side by side in “I WANT TO FUCK YOUR SISTER’S CORPSE” then no doubt about it…

…I can already smell the Oscar buzz.

A born winner if I do say so myself.

By: Anon

Anon — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:59:05 +0000

I just read I WANT TO FUCK YOUR SISTER’S CORPSE, and it is magnificent, to say the least. It’s “When Harry Met Sally” meets “Night of the Living Dead.” I see Bruce Willis and Julia Roberts as the leads.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:42:58 +0000

If most writers are lucky to sell one screenplay for one hundred twenty thousand dollars every six years (as a post above states), perhaps most writers would be better off seeking a different profession.

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:26:10 +0000

Wow. These comments went downhill faster than Lindsay Lohan on a shag rug covered in coke.

By: E

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:33:02 +0000

I rec’d Sex and Sylvia Plath for the Expo contest — it definitely stood out for a contest entry, but I don’t know how well it would actually do on screen. Personally I’m kinda of tired of “off-beat” teen angst, but I suppose it sells.

By: barney

barney — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:05:48 +0000

I’m currently doing a polish on “I WANT TO —- SANDY’S SISTER.”

Ah, sweet comedy muse, thank you for your bountiful gifts to me.

By: blacklist chick

blacklist chick — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:58:02 +0000

RE: Lack of females on the list.

Yeah, it blows. But I also think there’s a really cool way to parlay having ovaries into success. It makes you a novelty, especially if you’re unrepentent and badass about it.

Own it. And write your ass off. Some people may be assholes about it, but most are pretty supportive.

It’s worked for me. I thank everyday I’m not just another pasty, white dude. Boooooorrriiinnnggg.

By: Francine Fishpaw

Francine Fishpaw — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:29:27 +0000

I agree with your thoughts in regard to the top five agencies hogging the list and thus only clients of those agencies are getting on the list. As if they’re the only writers who can write a great script. And so it goes. Nepotism and incest everywhere in this God forsaken business.