James Van Der Beek - James as Paul Twist in 'Final Draft' appreciation thread

Leroy Bateman · 09-27-2007, 06:37 PM

Hey what's up everyone.

So I just finished watching Final Draft like 2 minutes ago.
As could be expected, I'm not very positive about the movie.
The plot somewhat interesting but the directing is abismal.
Final Draft is about a writer called Paul Twist.
Paul Twist has somewhat of a dillema.
He's fresh out of material to write about so he has this brilliant idea to write about clown who he remembers from his childhood.
What's interesting about a clown you ask?
Well....we're not talking about just any clown.
This particulair clown set himself on fire and apparently got killed by it.
What's tragic about it, is that everyone laughed about it, obviously they thought it was a part of the act, which it wasn't.
Paul thought it would make for an interesting story if the clown got back to kill all those who laughed at him.

Luck has it that Paul has kind of a writers block, so a friend suggests that he'd lock himself in for a couple of days to finish the screenplay.
Because of his isolation he goes bananas and starts hallucinating.
You would think this would make for an interesting thriller...but it doesn't.
The scenes seem highly random and dont really explain a lot, or give the characters any sort of development.
The story had a lot of potential, but unfortunatly the writers/director or whoever failed to make use of that potential.
The acting is so-so, the story is pretty basic and the overall pace of the film is pretty slow and doesn't get up to speed until......never.
It's all too generic and flawed to be memorable, even for those who love James van der Beek, like myself.
It indeed seems like a well financed student film, with the grade C- slapped all over it.

Fans of James van der Beek don't have a lot of alternatives, so due to lack of options and choice they will go and see this film, only to be extremely disappointed.
Fans of thrillers obviously need to seek elsewhere.

jksoulmate · 10-01-2007, 10:45 AM

Well , I will just post a pictures of james and a site where you will find the trailer of the movie , the trailer seem great .

AND HERE THE SITE : Trailer for Final Draft - Spout

Brighter Than Sunshine · 10-01-2007, 01:39 PM

Thanks for the info everyone!

So my mom went to the video store to rent this movie for me because I was in school and she had the day off. Anyways, it turned out that somebody else had checked it out and that was the store's only copy. So now I want to know who else is a James fan in my city.

The trailer does make the movie look good. But that's what there meant to do, right? It kind of looks like a documentary.

But damn, does James look good.

He plays "crazy" very well.

Beatriz · 10-02-2007, 02:32 AM

Hey Leroy! Thank you for opening the thread

I put it as the official discussion thread for the movie and James' character, so I modified the tittle.

Thank you for the picture (looking good despite the facial hair) and the trailer jksoulmate

Let us know when you find out Brit

Brighter Than Sunshine · 10-02-2007, 01:40 PM

^ I'll try. I'll probably go back this weekend to see if it's back and I also got to rent 'A New Wave' with John Krasinski (love).

dcluv · 10-02-2007, 01:53 PM

thanks for the pic! not used to him in glasses tho.... i have to find time to rent the movie too

Beatriz · 10-06-2007, 04:54 PM

Lucky you! I bet the movie won't make it in here, not even to the video clubs

jksoulmate · 10-07-2007, 04:22 AM

I was trying to download it on the internet , and I have find it so I will atch it and tell you , what I think of this movie !!
BTW : I really like James with glasses , not you ? : )

Brighter Than Sunshine · 10-07-2007, 08:38 AM

I rented the movie last night so I'll watch it sometime this week and write a little about it.

Beatriz · 10-07-2007, 03:15 PM

Oh, is in the interent to d/l? Interesting

jksoulmate · 10-09-2007, 10:20 AM

So I have watch this movie last night , and well , I like it . I can say that it's weird but it's not so bad !! James is really great in his role ; and there are some nice scenes on it . So if you can download this movie or rent it . DO IT .I'm sure that you will not be disappoint . And every movie of james have to be seen by his fans . NO ?

BTW : I know that I have already say it , but I love James with sunglasses . : ) lol

Brighter Than Sunshine · 10-09-2007, 02:26 PM

I thought it was good to. It's a low budget, you can certainly tell, but I think it was well done. It got a little confusing at parts though.

Beatriz · 10-10-2007, 04:35 AM

The trailer is great.

I d/led the movie last night in only one hour!! So I will watch it ASAP, because it looked good to me

But if it was confussing to you Brit, imagine what it would be like to me with not understanding everything they say

Oh well, I will try

Rachel_Dawes · 11-07-2007, 03:09 PM

Peace Arch Entertainment Announces Closing of Several Worldwide Distribution Agreements at American Film Market

Peace Arch completed another package distribution agreement with Inter Medya Hizmetleri Ticaret Ltd. (ITV) including DVD and television rights to the mini-series "Guns" as well as TV rights for 13 films: prison drama "Animal 2" (Ving Rhames), thriller "Final Draft" (James Van Der Beek), the war dramas "American Soldiers," "The Veteran" and "The Four Horsemen." Other films include the thriller "Grindstone Road" (Fairuza Balk), horror "Heartstopper" (Robert Englund), "The Last Sect" (David Carradine), the comedy "The Mad" (Billy Zane), the crime drama "The Last Hit Man" (Joe Mantegna), war drama "Time Bomb" (Jake Busey), the horror movie "UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine" (Michael Madsen), and the thriller "Warriors of Terra" (Edward Furlong).

dcluv · 11-07-2007, 03:43 PM

i saw that article too. what does it mean exactly?