Tag: movies
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Shakespeare and the movies: A perfect combination
As a shy kid, I loved movies. They were my friends, when I had few. They introduced me to great stories and characters. In junior high, I fell in love with Shakespeare. A troupe from New York performed “Hamlet” at the local civic center, while my English teacher assigned us to study “Romeo and Juliet.”…
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Yes, writers can be movie heroes.
When it comes to action movie heroes, a writer isn’t going to save the world. In “Die Hard,” no writer takes on terrorists with a computer to rescue hostages. Indiana Jones flashes a whip and pistol not a pen and paper to beat the bad guys in any of those four movies. A battalion of…
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Bad endings wipe out a good story everytime
You’ve probably heard this before as writers, but it is so true–namely, a bad ending can ruin what you created. Bad endings can trash what came before. Here’s an example. I recently watched a film called “Skyline.” Another one of those bad aliens come to conquer earth type of stories. The premise was good, that…