Jeffrey Alan Schechter

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 […]

Overall Impression — Gone are the quips, the easy going air of superiority.  It’s an action movie, first and foremost and a well-structured one with an interesting stakes character. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s your main character? — James Bond What’s he trying to accomplish? — Defeat the plans of the evil Dominic Greene (professional), keep […]

  Overall Impression — I don’t know what they were smoking, but I want some. THE FOUR QUESTIONS  Who’s the main character? — Jack Sparrow, but only by default.   At various times Will drives the story, Elizabeth drives the story, Barbossa drives the story, there’s probably some sub-plot I missed where the third pirate […]

Overall Impression — Odd, inconsistent tone that veers between cartoon comedy and serious violence.  Cool effects, though. THE FOUR QUESTIONS Who’s the main character? — Sam Witwicky. What’s he trying to accomplish? —  Save the world by enabling the good robots to defeat the bad robots. Who’s trying to stop him? — Megatron, as well […]