Corrections and Considerations!

Hi everybody!
First, a correction!
Carroll Ballard directed both THE BLACK STALLION and WIND, which I had attributed to Caleb Deschanel.
However, Deschanel was the cinematographer on THE BLACK STALLION, so at least I was in the neighborhood on that one.
Deschanel had nothing whatsoever to do with WIND, but, let me instead direct your attention to THE NATURAL, in which stars Robert Redford, Barbara Hershey, Kim Basinger and Glenn Close (not to mention America's favorite pasttime; baseball) have never looked more splendid
Whew!
Arguably the most distinctive director of all time; Alfred Hitchcock; meticulously prepared full storyboards for all of his movies. In fact, Hitch often said that the actual filming of the movie was a chore; the joy was in the preparation. While the performances he elicited often belied that statement, the fact remains that the wildly-varying degree of quality to be seen in even the most successful of current films can be traced to a lack of preparation: too much is left to chance. As you know, the shower scene in PSYCHO took 7 days to film. Janet Leigh never took another shower after that, but Anthony Perkins was never on set during the filming of that legendary scene. The knife never touched Leigh's body, and the "blood" was chocolate syrup. But, the bottom line is, in black and white or in living color, nobody scared the life out of you better than Hitch!
Preparation can make or break a film. Richard Donner was replaced by Richard Lester on SUPERMAN II. Joe Pesci asked for a $2 million payday for LETHAL WEAPON 4, which Donner refused to pay -- Pesci ended up making the money anyway in overtime pay!
John Badham replaced the original director halfway through the filming of WARGAMES, which explains why the movie's tone shifts from goofy to grim once the helicopter lands. (A shout out to Ally Sheedy!)
Barry Levinson was the 4th major director to be attached to RAIN MAN. Tom Cruise made COCKTAIL while waiting for RAIN MAN to start filming. Is there such a thing as too much preparation? Ask Dustin Hoffman.
My point is, movies need all the help that they can get! I'm not talking about waiting for lightning to strike or noodling around until the pasta turns into paste. But, making a movie is a marathon, not a sprint. If you're not ready once you get started, then it's inevitably gonna show on the big screen. As Shakespeare said, "Readiness is all"!
I don't want WONDER WOMAN to be a happy accident with an exploding budget that breaks the back of Warner Bros. I simply want to make DARK KNIGHT money on a DARKMAN budget. Because an Amazon does not demand that you break the bank in order to show her a good time. However, an Amazon does expect for you to cut the price tag off of your rented tuxedo!
Happy Labor (Sun) Day! Be good!
Brad