Overall Impression – A big hit with small laughs. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who is your main character? – Paul Blart. What is he trying to accomplish? – Professional: Protect the mall. Personal: Get Amy to love him. Private: Not be the loser he’s always been all his life. Who’s trying to stop him? – Veck… Continue reading PAUL BLART: MALL COP
Month: January 2009
NINE MONTHS
Overall Impression – In my eyes, a beautiful movie that gets me every time I watch it. Especially those two scenes in which Samuel watches the ultra sound tape and when he asks Rebecca to marry him in the hospital. Or is it the music that does it? THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main… Continue reading NINE MONTHS
Who’s the Main Character in TITANIC?
Blog reader “Twilight” asked the following question: “I must ask something here about who is the main character in Titanic. All the time I though it was Rose, because she is the character who drives the story, or? I also think I have read from others like Michael Haug that Rose is the Main Character.… Continue reading Who’s the Main Character in TITANIC?
GRAN TORINO
Overall Impression – Despite the evidence, Eastwood never gets old. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main character? – Walt Kowalski. What’s he trying to accomplish? – Professional: save his Hmong neighbors from the local gang. Personal: teach Thao to be a man. Private: find a reason to keep living after his wife’s death. Who’s trying… Continue reading GRAN TORINO
The Power of Structure in 3 Minutes, 43 Seconds
I love this! It demonstrates how the brain is hardwired to make sense out of story. You may have bits and pieces of a story inside your head, but if you don’t know how to structure it properly you’ll never be able to make it make sense…and one of your friends might just make a… Continue reading The Power of Structure in 3 Minutes, 43 Seconds