When watching a re-make of any film, one cannot help but compare it to the original. While the original Clash of the Titans was a masterpiece of stop-frame animation and a cult-classic, it was also melodramatic, butchered three myths, combining the tales of Bellerophon and Perseus into a single jumble of mythical Greek goodness.
The film’s [...]
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Clash of the Titans: review
Posted: 4th April 2010 by Eric in UncategorizedTags: clash of the titans, fantasy, film, film reviews, greek, mythology, reviews
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The Movie "Role-Models" plagiarized me!
Posted: 20th March 2010 by Eric in Uncategorized, film, writingTags: film, plagiarism, role-models, screenwriting
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I’ve been plagiarized!
How many of you have seen the recent film “Role Models?” (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430922/) You’ll notice it had five writers working on the script. In film lingo, “and” means the two worked together on the project. The “ & “ means the second person re-wrote the script. When you see something like this:
Writing credits
(WGA)
Paul Rudd
(screenplay) [...]
Legion: a film review
Posted: 3rd February 2010 by Eric in Uncategorized, film, reviewsTags: film reviews, Legion, science fiction
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The one thing I always hate about cinema is when films build upon one another’s cosmology. Legion, a sub-par piece in every sense of the word, starts off with bloody scene where the archangel Michael severs his own wings. He then stitches up the gaping wounds himself, as he is now mortal.
Being something of a [...]
Sherlock Holmes: Film Review
Posted: 31st December 2009 by Eric in Fiction, Uncategorized, characters, film, reviewsTags: cimena, film reviews, Sherlock Holmes
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One of the things I love about contemporary cinema is the filmmaker’s collective understanding of our extremely short attention spans. Sherlock Holmes is a film that indulges that attention deficiency in the extreme.
While I, and perhaps other members of the audience were expecting something more akin to a mystery, I found myself delighting in the [...]
flash fiction: nutroll
Posted: 28th December 2009 by Eric in Fiction, Uncategorized, free fictionTags: Fiction, flash fiction, writing
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The moon was spying on me, watching me through my little window. The sky was blue and the winter moon was a clear three-quarter full. The only other thing visible from my high window was a massive pine. It was like and angry watcher, its branches fracturing the afternoon blue of the sky.
The moon watched [...]
Avatar: A film review
Posted: 25th December 2009 by Eric in Uncategorized, film, reviewsTags: Aliens, Avatar, Fiction, film reviews, James Cameron, science fiction, Sigourney Weaver
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I found myself repeating “what a beautiful film” to everyone who asked me what I thought. And it was. It was stunning. We’ve been spoiled by special effects in the last ten years. We’ve seen superheroes come to life, mighty starships free themselves of the confining wires and cameras on dollies, make effects have been [...]
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Ever have one of those days where no matter how hard you try you can’t think of anything to write? In college, the professors would always warn us “Don’t write the writer’s block story… it’s been done to death.”
I’m sure it has. “Never write the solo person in one room. Nothing happens.” There’s some sense [...]
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Only a fool, a masochist (and perhaps certain flavors of sadist) shops in stores during the holidays. The madness, the chaos, it’s reminiscent of the birth of the universe: darkness then suddenly brilliant sights and sounds, a million million ideas, colors, worlds, and angry old ladies trying to get the last American Girl doll for [...]