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Comment on Inception, Part Three: Nolan’s Women by sean

sean — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:21:14 +0000

Yes. Exactly. I have no doubt his upcoming The Dark Knight Rises will have the same problem. Catwoman/Selina Kyle will surely be glossed over and functional. That will be very disappointing. I enjoy that character and I quite like Anne Hathaway and I think her talents are going to be wasted.

Oh, but on the matter of Barbara and the little boy: blame Frank Miller first. He introduced the boy (I think Jim Jr?) in Year One and referenced Barbara as a niece. Nolan using that as source material I can see why he wouldn’t have Barbara. Still, your point does stand that he’s skipping a much more mythos centric character in Barbara in favor of having a character who mostly disappeared after Miller’s Year One. He’s skipping a lot of mythos stuff and he’s made his own Batman and his own Batman universe and while I like his movies and they’re all functionally very well made and, but for the issues of his inability to have a decent female character, generally well written I will be glad to see the Nolan Batman series end. I want a more true to the source Batman movie.

Anyway, thanks for commenting. You definitely made me feel a little less crazy. Other people do tend to look at me like I’m smoking something when I bring this up.

Comment on Inception, Part Three: Nolan’s Women by Ana

Ana — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:06:03 +0000

Thank you! Finally, someone else sees reason. This has been bugging me about Christopher Nolan’s films ever since I saw Inception. At first I thought, “eh, it’s a fluke, maybe his other movies will be different.” The Batman movies, Memento, and all of his other films were the same. The Dark Knight in particular really bothered me, because not only did he go to the trouble of creating a character just to kill her off, he also replaced the younger Barbara Gordon with a little boy. Really, Nolan? You have to eliminate Barbara Gordon, one of the best female characters in the superhero world, who grows up not only to be just a great superhero, but TWO great superheroes. How many male characters can say that (and I’m excluding Robin becoming NIghtwing because Dick Grayson was…well, Dick Grayson).

Getting back to Inception, Ariadne had the potential to be a really interesting character. For one thing, she was supposed to represent Ariadne from the story of the Minotaur, and that’s interesting enough in itself. However, she could also have had a really interesting backstory, being a super genius, yet we don’t really know anything about her other than the fact that she’s a genius. She isn’t a character; she’s a tool for Cobb to achieve his goals and re-discover himself.

Really, Christopher, as a psychology major, I would love to get to the root of your daddy issues.

Comment on A Story of Their Own: Women and Film by Shoes Girl

Shoes Girl — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 03:30:41 +0000

To tell the truth, I’am speechless. The Shawshank Redemption is extraordinary. I’am a young film fan, in point of fact, this movie came out whenI was born, and hence I am more used to films with marvelous special effects, edge-of-your-seat action, et cetera. This film has none of that, and still, it attracts me really much . Way Frank Darabont applies the story of Red to drive on the story, the excellent the film music used (note the harmonica used merely earlier Red getting the letter close to the end). The whole film, from starting to finish, from actions to music, is a beacon of hope, judgement, and repurchase. The cast is ideal, Morgan Freeman(Red) actually brings about a fresh feel to the film, and that is exactly what the movie is, what a film should be. Really recommended for each movie fan.

Comment on Answering All the Questions: Writing and the "Lost" Finale by Twain

Twain — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:49:11 +0000

Как хорошо было Адаму: когда он произносил что-нибудь умное, он был уверен, что до него никто этого не говорил.
What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing, he knew nobody had said it before. (С) Twain
Думаю, Вы уловили к чему я привёл эту цитату…..

Comment on Screenplay Structure and Outlining by Aurora

Aurora — Thu, 20 May 2010 23:04:20 +0000

Cool, thanks Sean:) Aurora

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Wed, 19 May 2010 17:36:12 +0000

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Comment on Screenplay Structure and Outlining by admin

admin — Wed, 19 May 2010 13:06:16 +0000

Aurora, glad you like it. A sequence should be approximately 1/8 of the film. In a 2 hour film that’s 15 minutes (15 pages), though, that doesn’t hold for all sequences.
Sequence 8 should be the shortest sequence. The story is done it’s time to go. Depending on genre other sequences might need more or less time. For example, a sci-fi or fantasy story (or any story in which you need to establish an unfamiliar world for an audience) might need to have a slightly longer Sequence 1. A romantic comedy usually doesn’t need a very long Sequence 1.
Still, 1/8 of the story per sequence is a good rule of thumb.

Comment on Screenplay Structure and Outlining by Aurora

Aurora — Wed, 19 May 2010 04:27:18 +0000

Thanks for posting this. How long should a sequence be?

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Tue, 18 May 2010 20:54:52 +0000

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