Category Archives: Screenplays
On the subject of subjectivity in screenplays.
I recently received feedback on one of my scripts from three different readers. Let’s just say they liked my writing style more than this particular script but you have to remember scripts can be revised and even rewritten many times … Continue reading
Somebody please green-light a sci-fi spec script…
As a preface: a spec script is a screenplay written on the speculation that someone will buy it and make it into a movie. The writer creates an original story in his overactive imagination, a process similar to the catharsis … Continue reading
Blade Runner 2. Here’s my take…
An untitled Blade Runner project is currently in development from Ridley Scott. Due out in 2014 it’s not clear yet if it will be a prequel, sequel, or remake. Here are my ideas and opinions and they are only the … Continue reading
Shutter Island – Hitchcock turning over in grave?
Shutter Island tries too hard and ends too fast. Continue reading
The Book of Eli – Supernatural or Divine Intervention
In The Book of Eli we see the hero, Denzel Washington on the road in a post-apocalyptic world littered with bomb craters and full of Mad Max characters that appear to be re-using the same costumes from the original movie. … Continue reading
Avatar – The Matrix meets Dances With Wolves
I know you must be thinking the Atomic Writer has lost it this time, but read the entire post and I think you’ll find new insights into this great movie and agree with my comparison.I really think the title speaks … Continue reading
