Akiva Goldsman

[Tobias March]

I want to get a discussion going on Mr. Goldsman. Maybe I don't know enough about him, maybe I've got the wrong impression of him. I have formed a generally negative view of him thanks to two franchises he's adapted: Azimov's I Am Robot and Constantine, the amercanised version of Hellblazer.

Then there was A Beautiful Mind, which took a true-life story and turned into 'Group Theory for Beginners'. It won him an Oscar. This was a mainstream movie with a well known cast and director, only a few years after the Schumacher Batman sequel written by Goldsman.

Am I being fair? Is he a hack or just a workmanlike writer who can deliver. I Am Legend is next...it features a missile attack on NY (don't remember that from the book, but then I remember Constantine and well...)

Thoughts? Questions? Comments?

[Thorlief]

I dont think he delivers, he still has to write a decent screenplay IMO. But I guess he's ok for Hollywood standars..

[Royal]

He won the Oscar because they didn't want to give it to a comic book movie.

[Tobias March]

He won the Oscar because they didn't want to give it to a comic book movie.

Well that's just ironic. Isn't he developing a Teen Titans movie now?

[Dr. Banner]

He won the Oscar because they didn't want to give it to a comic book movie.

Lord of the Rings, Shrek, and In the Bedroom were nominated as well.
Ghost World wasn't a shoe-in, by any means, and probably wouldn't have won regardless. Of course, we'll never know for certain.

[Michael P]

He's a hack. I won't touch anything with his stain upon it.