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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it’s really rich that lively supporters, or maybe there’s just one, give Blake all the credit for this $400 million movie but say Justin can’t handle directing.

I don’t think people know how hard it is to get a movie like this made, and Blake had nothing to do with the first five years of buying the rights, hiring everyone, building the set, getting the script done, and all it takes to develop and build this production that she just flitted into and made some bad wardrobe decisions about.

He also did direct the movie despite Blake taking over some of it, she wasn’t even on set during all the scenes with young Lily which was like a third of the film.

And now you’re saying he will never direct again or he never should direct again or some other BS. Meanwhile, Blake has no other projects lined up and I am betting any project she’s going to get are going to be funded by Ryan.[/quote]

Who is giving Lively "all the credit" for the movie?

I'm the PP who thinks Justin is a bad director who lost control of the set through his own incompetence. I don't think Lively should get all or most of the credit for the movie. But I also don't think Justin did a good job as director.

Also I think it's weird I'm being accused of being a Lively defender when I'm literally saying I don't like her, she seems like a total piece of work to work with, and I haven't seen this movie and don't like her as an actress. Where am I defending Lively?

I don't see how you can defend how Justin ran this movie. Like look at his actual interactions with Lively -- he gives her whatever she wants, and every time she gets mad, he falls all over himself apologizing. There are texts from other producers complaining about Justin's inability to rein in Lively -- do you think those people are "Lively defenders" too?

If you read the timeline and Baldoni's amended complaint, the picture that emerges is that Blake was trying to take over all aspects of the production from early on, Justin was letting her, Sony and other producers were freaking out about it, and Heath was agreeing with them while also trying to protect Justin (claiming it's being handled and it's getting better, though then you have texts from other producers flatly saying "no it's not").

I do not see how you can read all this and conclude Justin was doing a good job. He was quite obviously in WAY over his head. And bad luck for him that this happened on a movie with Lively who was happy to take advantage of that, but the truth is this would not happen with a better director. For people directing at this level, a huge part of your job is to be able to manage the massive egos of talent. He shows zero ability to do this -- he was obviously overwhelmed by her fame and intimidated by her connections, and he handled it by rolling over and giving her everything she wanted, even when everyone around him was screaming not to and it was actively hurting the production.[/quote]

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