I’ve unleashed Prison Break: Season Two upon myself. I’m only two episodes in, but already Michael is being squeezed, metaphorically, into some very tight corners. He is only a half-step in front of his pursuers. Sometimes his pursuers seem to have
Continue ReadingPrison Break and ‘Cat’ Killers
SPOILER ALERT: The following contains spoilers about Prison Break – Season One. If you haven’t seen Prison Break (what are you waiting for? You should see it!) it might be best not to read. I
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I started watching Prison Break for the first time tonight. Four episodes later and my evening is gone. Not wasted, just gone although some may disagree. I was sorely tempted to put the next disc in and
Continue ReadingThe Princess Bride – Opening and Closing Images
I had a rare night last week where there wasn’t too much school work to do, so I grabbed the opportunity to watch a movie I’d borrowed from a friend a month or two ago
Continue ReadingUpping the Use of Symbols – Part 2
Spoiler Alert: If you haven’t seen the movie Up, then what are you waiting for – hire it and watch it ASAP. This post doesn’t go into a detailed look at the plot, but it
Continue ReadingUpping the Use of Symbols – Part 1
Spoiler Alert: If you haven’t seen the movie Up, then what are you waiting for – hire it and watch it ASAP. This post doesn’t go into a detailed look at the plot, but it
Continue ReadingUnknown and ‘The Big Twist’
Warning: The following contains BIG SPOILERS regarding the movie Unknown, plus The Usual Suspects. Don’t read further if you plan on watching it (or if you don’t like clumsily worded blog posts – hey, you’ve
Continue ReadingSignpost Scenes and The Karate Kid
It’s been a little while since I watched the new The Karate Kid, but the lessons I gleaned from it have not been forgotten. The main thing I took from it is a technique I’ve
Continue ReadingBEAT SHEET: The Karate Kid (2010)
Genre: Of the ten genres outlined in Save the Cat! I classified this as a Rite of Passage. It is about a boy dealing with significant life change (an adolescent passage) and how he adapts
Continue ReadingBEAT SHEET: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Genre: Of the ten genres that Blake Snyder outlines in Save the Cat! I have classified this as a Golden Fleece, the same as the first Narnia movie. The three distinguishing characteristics of the genre
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