Archive | May, 2009
Screenplay experts speak
From time to time it’s good to go back to basics and learn screenplay writing from the experts. You don’t have to agree with all that they say, but by checking out different views you can decide what might work for you. Here’s a selection of the different types of people involved with screenwriting: writers, [...]
Continue reading...Comedy that doesn’t make you laugh
15. May 2009
A whole rash of films slated for the ‘comedy’ zone haven’t made me laugh. I mean, really laugh out loud. I may have chuckled once or twice, but a comedy is supposed to make me laugh, not snigger occasionally. Steven Wright makes you laugh every few seconds, so I expect a comedy movie to at [...]
Continue reading...X-Men Origins: Wolverine – piracy
12. May 2009
I was offered this movie on DVD today. I immediately collated a series of thoughts: 1. The movie only reached the theatres less than two weeks ago. 2. It’s not out on DVD yet. 3. It’s not likely to be out on DVD for another 3-6 months. 4. The DVD must be an illegal copy. [...]
Continue reading...Goal 2 Living the Dream (2007 Movie)
7. May 2009
2 stars ** Having included every football cliché in Goal 1, the writing and directing team now needed to move the audience to another unbelievable level. How do we do that, they thought? I know, said one, we’ll have the footballer move to Real Madrid, not considering this has anything to do with (the great) [...]
Continue reading...Cry of the Owl (2009)
6. May 2009
4 stars**** Patricia Highsmith wrote good quality thriller novels. Just go look at her Google listings and search out ‘The Talented Mr Ripley’, for example. However, it’s her first book, ‘Strangers on a Train’ that is on the best read list. It was made into a movie by Alfred Hitchcock and then a play that [...]
Continue reading...Goal (2005 Movie)
1. May 2009
2 stars ** So here’s what the directors and writers did; they sat around a large table with lots of movie industry (but not football) people. They spent hours writing down ideas on little pieces of paper. Each idea contained a scene or incident that ‘could’ happen during a movie about a boy that grows [...]
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27. May 2009
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