Why Zach Braff, Kristen Bell, and Spike Lee Can Go Fuck Themselves. Part 1

It seems that Spike Lee is the next celebrity in line to use the platform of internet panhandling to gain funds for his next film.

Fuck Spike Lee. Seriously, fuck him.

This aggravates me so much. First it was Kristen Bell with the Veronica Mars Kickstarter. Then it was Zach Braff with his bullshit. Now I've just read that James Franco launched one a while back for his bullshit too. But he just dressed it up differently.

What in the flying fuck is this shit? Who do these people think they are?

I'll tell you:

Zach Braff - Estimated Net Worth:    $22Million.
Kristen Bell - Estimated Net Worth:  $8Million.
Spike Lee - Estimated Net Worth:   $40Million.
James Franco - Estimated Net Worth:  $20Million.

I don't know how reliable the source is for that information, I just googled it. But I can believe these numbers to be fairly accurate. I mean, it's frigging SPIKE LEE, I'd think he's worth more than that.

On one side, I can understand why they do it. When you get studio money to make a movie, you lose things like creative control or final cut of your film, which can take away from your "vision". But at the end of the day, the movie business is still a business. They're giving you a boat load of money so you can go galavanting out on the street making a movie, of course they're going to want some control.

Artistic integrity of a film is one thing, but out right begging is frigging bullshit. You, the "Artist", are potentially sitting on millions of dollars, and you're asking you fans to shell out their hard earned cash so you can make the movie you want? Are you kidding me?!?

"Ohhhhh mannn, I really wanna make my movie, MY WAY, but I don't wanna risk losing my money... I KNOW! I'll ask my diehard fans, the ones who have stuck with me since my humble beginnings, to do it. Hell, they only slave away at jobs they hate to earn a subpar income. Meanwhile, this will allow me to play PRETEND! Thanks guys, you really mean a lot to me!"

As a person who wants nothing more in life than to work in the film industry, write and direct films, rub elbows with known, established artists, this seriously pisses me off to no end. It's also a reason why I don't want to be in that industry. None of these people are grounded anymore. I know it's Hollywood and celebrities don't have the same issues that us common folk have, but seriously??? Think about how long you have to work to earn your money.

In my life, I've worked in Theater, some Film/TV, and the Military. In between all that, I've held meaningless dead-end jobs. I know how hard I've worked to earn my money. I've experienced being treated like absolute garbage to earn my money. The last thing I want to do is shell out that cash so Zach Braff can make a movie his way...

I say this as a fan of all these celebrities, but...

Fuck Spike Lee. Fuck Zach Braff. Fuck Kristen Bell. Fuck James Franco.

So what's a new filmmaker to do? Let's take a look at a Writer/Director I admire... a lot...