Shame on the cinemas who cancelled the screening because whinging mobs shook their fists.
First of all, the movie is non-profit. Secondly, it was made by a real human crew and real actors.
It was clever to get ChatGPT to write a film script about a screenwriter who feels his job is threatened by AI's superior writing ability. How can anyone not be curious to watch this movie? It's free to watch on Youtube.
The lead actor does a fine job as he goes through the highs and lows of his journey with the AI writing assistant. I was keen to find out how where ChatGPT would take the story.
Ultimately, the script lacks any real punch or decent plot twists or narrative layering that we humans love about film. It doesn't go anywhere you wouldn't predict. In saying that, some scenes are genuinely good and enjoyable. There is suspense and intrigue.
Writing a good ending is difficult even for humans. Balancing story arcs and character elements takes skill and refinement. Perhaps ChatGPT could have done a better job if repeatedly prompted to improve each scene and come up with more depth and alternate endings. Just like how humans write films, sometimes it takes a lot of revision to nail it.
Humans sometimes make boring, awful movies with bad scripts, cliches everywhere, predictable plot holes. If AI does nothing but replace low-grade human writers and keep good writers on their toes, then I'm all for AI generated scripts.
Definitely an interesting experimental film that did not deserve the negative backlash. 7 stars for the experiment, 4 stars out of 10 for AI's script quality. It just wasn't layered enough, and settled for a generic, wrapping up to please humans. I would have liked it more if the AI dared to take the story to a more edgy conclusion than the "audience friendly" road it took.
