The man who wrote “Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer” was apparently unimpressed with “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One.”Paul Schrader took to his always-colorful Facebook page to write a terse review of Christopher McQuarrie’s latest Tom Cruise blockbuster.
The “Master Gardener” director was not a fan of the blockbuster’s script, which he saw as indiscernible from AI writing.
(Not to mention the movie’s main villain is a godlike AI.)“‘Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning.’ Such tiresome claptrap,” Schrader wrote.
“There’s no reason that AI, given the correct prompts, could not have written this script.”While Schrader invoking AI is hardly a compliment, he has been more supportive of computers writing scripts than most of his peers.
The Oscar nominee has frequently spoken about what he sees as the potential for AI to replace screenwriters on supposedly lowbrow Hollywood entertainment.“It’s apparent that…
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