I am sitting here on an August night watching The Secret of My Success with Michael J. Fox. One interesting piece of trivia, the screenplay was written by the same writer as Top Gun. One thing I think is interesting about corporate movies is that they seem so much more real than romantic comedies, teen sex comedies, or thrillers. I think this is because in the corporate environment you see everything. In a typical week you come across:

• ass-kissers & assholes
• overly nice motherly types & complete bitches
• People who care too much & people who don't care at all
• People who are uber-smart & people who are uber dumb
• Men who are guys guys & Men who are ladies men
• Women who are dark and sultry & women who are manly and scary
• People who take themselves too seriously & People who really take themselves too seriously
• People who hit on interns & interns who deserved to be hit on
• The overly aggresive guy & the laidback team player
  
• Immigrants who have completely assimilated into American Culture & immigrants who you would think walked directly through customs into the office

In other words in Corporate movies you can throw in any character and it seems sort of, kinda like someone you know in your office. And then for a plot is all you need to do is have the main character seem reasonable and getting frustrated in his dealing with these people.

If I ever write a movie about the office, I can't wait to include the guy who uses only buzzwords and the guy who qualifies everything he says with "basically". And of course I would get Brad Pitt to play the reasonable guy who also blogs on the side.