For God's Sake, Let Him Come Pick Strawberries Already
Listen up, Hollywood Producers: your writers are striking, your comic book movies are tanking, and your minds are so disconnected from reality you wouldn't know a good movie idea if it blogged up and bit you on the ass. So heed my words: MAKE A MOVIE ABOUT THIS GUY.
While Spider-Man was busy undergoing intense self-reflection, Batman was failing to let go of any goddamned bad thing that ever happened to him, and Superman was being charmingly aloof, this guy was saving an orphan from dying in the desert. The kicker? He was an illegal immigrant attempting to cross the border!
Jesus Cordova left his homeland and braved the merciless desert in order to earn money to send back to his family, came upon a 9-year-old boy whod been involved in a car wreck, and rather than fleeing north as hed planned, John McClaned it, gruffly muttered Im getting too old for this (in Spanish, one assumes) and proceeded to keep the kid company and give him his fucking jacket until Border Patrol arrived to save the boy and deport his ass back to Mexico.
The movies basically done: youve got your selfless heroism, your innocent victim, and your tragic downfall. All you need to add is the uplifting finale where Cordova strides across the U.S.-Mexico border, each Patrol officer stepping aside in quiet respect.
Also, if this does get made into a movie (preferably starring Javier Bardem and Dakota Fanning), I get royalties. I called it.
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ReplyJesus and the boy (played by Shia LeBeouf and Freddy Highmore respectively, both wearing massive amounts of latex and make-up) end up across the border living a content but meaningless life picking Strawberries in a cruel, dusty Texan town. One day in the field, the young boy comes across a strawberry that transports him to a magical world run by CGI-rendered fruit flies. Having been shunned by the society he was trying to get into on the outside world he now finds himself accepted by the gentle winged creatures, and strikes up a bond with native fruit-fly Robin (voiced by either Sarah Michelle Gellar or Alicia Silverstone, whomever has the least amount of work these days) who by happy coincidence is the daughter of head fruit-fly Gordo (voiced by Alan Rickman). Alas the peace is shattered when an invading army of fire ants (the leader of whom is voiced by Robert De Niro) attacks the strawberry village, leaving the boy (now christened 'Hector' by his fruit-fly brethren) to help Gordo and Robin defeat the dreaded fire ants whilest learning various lessons about love, prejudice and acceptance.
ReplyThe fruit-flies are grateful for Hector's help, but convince him he must return to his world. Upon returning to the real world Hector confides in Jesus, and uses his newfound knowledge in the last 10 minutes of the film to melt the heart of Mexican-hating mayor Johnny Twotone (played by Clint Eastwood).
The last scene of the movie will include Robin and Gordo staring whistfully out of their strawberry whilest Hector continues his picking duties nearby, "don't cry Robin, he's happy now."
"I know daddy, i know".
Wow, our readership are basically a board of veteran film writers. We need to somehow harness this power to our benefit.
ReplyAnne Hathaway is the younger sister of the dead mother who fights tirelessly to allow our hero into the country. There's a hard-line sheriff up for re-election who opposes them every step of the way (I'm thinking Billy Bob Thornton. Anne and Jesus fall in love; Jesus softens Billy Bob's heart by telling him his life-long dream of coming to America, and how he too is a widower who promised his dying wife one day he'd make it to the Land of Opportunity so he could plant a strawberry bush in her honour. Anne and Jesus get married with the little boy as his best man. Close out on a weeping but happy Jesus pushing dirt around a newly-planted bush outside his new family home while his adopted son looks on with Aunt Anne.
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ReplyI'm thinking Antonio Banderas as the immigrant, Abigail Breslin as the kid, Michael Cera as border patrol (comic relief) and Anne Hathaway as someone's love interest.
ReplyDone.
Do I get casting credits?
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ReplyWhat are you saying? This guy's an illegal immigrant, for fuck's sake, which probably means he's a pedophile too. The cops undoubtedly got there just in time. Not all Mexicans are friendly and decent and hardworking like the ones that keep your yard trimmed...at least I'm sure some of them aren't. What about that one that raped Sean Penn's girlfriend in "Bad Boys?" Huh? Huh?
ReplyYou've done it again Swiam. Another just perfect idea that people will overlook and you won't make millions off of. Seriously, it's true. I'd pay money to see that movie. To clarify: I'm not being sarcastic I would pay money to see a movie that is your brain child.
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