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The New Archetypes Part 1

July 19, 2010

Image via Wikipedia Archetypes in the movies is certainly nothing new.  It’s almost impossible to discuss Star Wars (OT obviously) without talking about heroic archetypes and heroes’ journeys.  Many of those archetypes are so ancient that they are as old as storytelling itself.  Movies aren’t ancient but they seem to have had quite an effect on storytelling in [...]

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DVD Review: The Book of Eli

June 30, 2010

Image by scriptingnews via Flickr This is a Spoiler Alert people!  This movie has a bit of a ‘twist’ ending which I will talk about.  If you haven’t seen it and don’t like spoilers you might want to watch the flick before reading this. Anyway…I was born and grew up during the Cold War.  Ah, [...]

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Spoiler Alert: My thoughts on spoilers inside!

April 23, 2010

Image by dstrelau via Flickr I don’t think spoilers are that big of a deal.  I just ruined the end of this post for you, but I hope you keep reading. I understand why they bother a lot of people – they want to be surprised by the twists and turns of a movie when [...]

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Armchair Editing: The Curse of the Amateur

April 7, 2010

There’s an old saying about a little knowledge being a dangerous thing and another one about ignorance being bliss.  In the case of storytelling that can lead to a weird limbo of discrimination and discernment.  As your own skill of the craft grows you undoubtedly find yourself appreciating good storytelling more and you’ll have a [...]

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How to Watch Movies with Your Chick (and Still Keep Your Nuts)

March 24, 2010

Everybody knows that chick-flicks suck. Women still insist on watching them though and they apparently insist on forcing dudes to watch them. I’ve drawn a line in the sand myself: I won’t go and you can’t make me. Not everyone however has that sort of fortitude (you know: to be kind of a dick). So [...]

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