Overall Impression – Not uninteresting, but not involving. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who is your main character? – Driven CIA operative, Maya. What is she trying to accomplish? – Physical – Find Osama bin Laden. Emotional – Find Osama bin Laden. Spiritual – Find Osama bin Laden. (Notice something wrong here?) Who’s trying to stop her? – The forces within the… Continue reading ZERO DARK THIRTY
Month: January 2013
Agencies Flog Blogs
That’s the headline in today’s Variety for an article which begins: A string of recent TV development deals has proven that no blog, Tumblr or Twitter feed is too obscure or too new to escape notice in Hollywood, so long as the voice behind the content is compelling enough to expand into other media. For… Continue reading Agencies Flog Blogs
LES MISERABLES
Overall Impression – Classic tale, classic structure. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who is your main character? – Jean Valjean. What is he trying to accomplish? – Physical – Stay ahead of Inspector Javert and not go back to prison. Emotional – Protect his adopted daughter Cosette. Spiritual – Redeem himself and be a good man in God’s eyes. Who’s trying… Continue reading LES MISERABLES