I was listening to a screenwriting webinar a couple of days ago. The lecturer, who is an experienced film writer and public relations agent with her own, very successful shop, was talking about Shane Black. When I had a chance to comment, I mentioned "The Long Kiss Goodnight". She replied that, when she was taking a screenwriting course at UCLA, the instructor spent an entire class on the first 10 pages of "The Long Kiss Goodnight". This movie is STILL my all-time favorite action film, and I pity those who do not appreciate the intricacies in the psychological aspects. This movie is all about "maleness" vs. "femaleness," while presenting a very exciting storyline. I rate this movie a "10".

Last Action Hero alone should have made him a household name.

I agree except for his story for Ironman 3 but I do like all his other things.

I like all the movies he wrote. Sadly, tates changed.
Also, film "critics" suck. they damaged a lot of good people's careers, yet too many hacks are getting rich on our money.

i 100000% agree.
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Born when she kissed me, died when she left me, lived whilst she loved me

Yeah, I dunno why he never made it bigger. He fizzled a bit in the late 90s. I don't remember Boyscout all that much, but agree on every other comment.
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I heard about Iron Man 3, which I hope will bring him more recognition. I believe Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is the only film Black has directed so far but you're right, I should have mentioned it because it's awesome and criminally underrated.

Well, get ready, because Shane Black will be directing
Iron Man 3
! Can't get much more big-time than that
Also, no mention of
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
in this thread, the best movie Black has directed??
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one must assume he approved of the final script
I'm sure he did. He also received sole writing credit and was paid big money for his original script. Having seen Lethal Weapon, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang etc., makes me feel sure a lot of that priceless dialogue in the film is still his.

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Have to disagree with what you said about LBS being rewritten to almost different movies. That's not true for LBS, but is true for Long Kiss Goodnight. I've read Boy Scout's script and there are only a few changes. Kiss is a different story, for sure. Otherwise, agreed with everything you said.

Take into account that some of his films were rewritten extensively beyond what he had envisioned. Lethal Weapon 2 was not supposed to happen but he wrote the original storyline where the South Africans were more vicious, Leo Getz was a minimal presence & Martin Riggs was supposed to die. It got changed and he left the series. Both The Last Boy Scout & The Long Kiss Goodnight were both rewritten to not even closely resemble what he had before. So, just because it has a writer's name on it doesn't always mean that everything you saw was what the script had. I'm actually surprised that if both these films were rewritten like that, why didn't he use those made-up names like Alan Smithee or something if their work was compromised ?

I disagree.
I've always thought his movies were juvenile and gimmicky and his jokes unfunny. Last Boy Scout and Long Kiss Goodnight are not good movies (neither are the Lethal Weapon films, they just had good chemistry between the two leads, which is why they are his only hits).

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