Overall Impression – A man who doesn’t believe in ghosts is trapped in a room haunted by them and cannot escape no matter what he does. Great! THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main character? — Mike Enslin What’s he trying to accomplish? – Professional: Trying to escape room 1408. Personal: Healing the relationship with… Continue reading 1408
Month: January 2009
Welcome, Dan and André!
In the spirit of sharing the wealth (all right…sharing the work) I’m welcoming two new reviewers to this blog: Dan Pilditch and André van Haren. Dan is my protege, sometimes writing partner, and all around good guy. He’s also a working writer and a Contour-head…having been around since the TotallyWrite days. Be forewarned, Dan’s from England so… Continue reading Welcome, Dan and André!
SEVEN POUNDS
Overall Impression – Bewildering! Frustrating! Then I gave up trying to figure out why everything was happening and actually started enjoying it. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main character? – Ben. What’s he trying to accomplish? – The movie gets its drive by withholding an answer to this question. Why is Ben doing all these crazy good deeds? WHY!? Until all is revealed… Continue reading SEVEN POUNDS
THE DARK KNIGHT
Overall Impression — Words fail me. This is one of the most relentlessly brilliant explorations of the soul of a hero I’ve ever seen. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main character? — Bruce Wayne as the Batman. What’s he trying to accomplish? — Professional: Stop the Joker. Personal: Get Rachel to love him. Private: Discover… Continue reading THE DARK KNIGHT
BOLT
Overall Impression — A solid piece of work, a lot of fun, but one which requires a willingness to overlook some underlying logic holes. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main character? — Bolt. What’s he trying to accomplish? — Professional: Get back to Hollywood. Personal: Rescue Penny. Private: Accept that he’s not a dog with super… Continue reading BOLT