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
Continue ReadingBEAT SHEET: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Genre: Of the ten genres that Blake Snyder outlines in Save the Cat! I have classified Prince Caspian as a Rite of Passage. The three distinguishing characteristics of the Rite of Passage genre are listed below.
Continue ReadingBEAT SHEET: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
In preparation for watching the new Narnia movie, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, I watched the previous two and analysed their structure according to the Save the Cat! beats. Here is the analysis of
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