Jason really gets my blood boiling so I have to come out from the woodwork to comment. Been lurking at TV forums for nearly 10 years counting back at my TWOP days, never did I imagine I'd register an account just to comment on Project Greenlight. He really achieved something here.
The fact that he focus on the stupidest minor flaws makes him not suitable to work in the entertainment industry. In my former life, I produce TV ad, and I worked with someone sort of like Jason, not only he blew all my budget but all my save away money. I am 100% on Effie's side for the budget issue. Of course Effie save up some money, making a movie is not just about production, it's also about post production, and we all know Jason can easily burn through that post production budget. Plus, allocating certain amount of money to one thing doesn't mean that you spend exactly the amount you budgeted. I guess Jason never had to worry about budget because rich daddy. Blame Effie all he want, even if they give him 10 mil, he will still have producers say no on his endless request,
Also want to point out, editors by nature are extremely patient people because they need to sort out lots of footage to piece the movie together. If your editor is on the verge of a breakdown you know what you're doing is definitely not working and they're talking about just a few frames in and out of one shot, that's some stupid power play right there. I once had an client who know nothing about sound editing, insisted on moving a background sound 1 frame, and he insisted it made a world of difference. As a director, if all you see are a few frames, a shot is over exposed, but ignore the general comment of a weak story, you're doing your job wrong.
I hope nobody ever hire Jason again.
The thing frustrate me most is that they give this cool 3 mil to this ignorant know it all long thin turd. I am sure there're other directors in the pool who can work well in this format but I guess if I am producing reality TV, drama, and an obvious villain trumps everything.
