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No Strings Attached (2011 movie)
Both the stars for No Strings Attached go to Natalie Portman’s acting ability. It’s not that anyone else is poor, but she’s just so far ahead of the rest of the cast in this movie. Alas, it’s another of those comedies where you’ll be lucky to find a place to ‘chuckle’ let alone break into a full laugh. It’s not a drama although it may well get filed there at the rent a DVD shops.
Continue reading...Killers (2010 movie)
Sunday, June 13, 2010
The silliness wouldn’t be lost in a Monty Python film, but here is just looks like a ten year old write the screenplay.
Continue reading...Save The Cat Strikes Back (2009 book)
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Save The Cat – The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need – laid out the basics to help any new (or current) screenplay writer. His second book – Goes To The Movies – gave examples of how his screenplay structure worked in big name movies. The third book is all about being a screenplay writer – in real life.
Continue reading...Blake Synder – screenplay genius – 1957-2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Here’s two choices: first; look up any of the top thirty films out at the moment and analyze them. You’ll find that they almost all meet the Blake Synder method of screenplay writing. Second choice: if you’re new to the industry and are thinking about writing your first, second or third screenplay, you’ll almost certainly [...]
Continue reading...Goal (2005 Movie)
Friday, May 1, 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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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
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