FrankenScript :: Lee Gabel's Screenwriting Journal/Blog

Nothing could be more important than the world we live in and on; our planet Earth. This vitally important documentary explores the converging dilemmas of how we live, consume and destroy, that could potentially lead to human extinction. And the data is mindblowing and frightening. While “An Inconvenient Truth” is good, this documentary covers a [...]

I really enjoyed this film. It’s portrayal of the extremely competitive spelling bee competitions is, forgive the bad pun, spellbinding. Keke Palmer is absolutely fantastic, but I was surprised by Laurence Fishburne’s strong and silent performance. The story brings everyone together, even rivals, and does it with class.

It is truly amazing what Pixar has done here. The story is not complicated, but the emotions portrayed certainly are, and for most of the film it is without words. That’s real storytelling, without dialogue. I never thought I’d ever get misty eyes watching robots, but this movie did it a few times. Plus it [...]

The tagline should be “A tiny comedy with no balls.” I think I laughed twice. That’s not good.

Respect. This film as all about respect, for both American and Vietnamese soldiers. The characters are fully developed, even through extremely brutal and violent scenes. We care about the outcome of these soldiers. Often poignant and heart breaking, this film could be compared to the more recent Flags Of Our Fathers, but I felt this [...]

While the performances are good, they are largely wasted in this predictable and somewhat unbelievable tale of infidelity. Mortensen is miscast in this extended fantasy that exists only as a means to an end, which is especially hard to take. I didn’t believe things could be resolved so easily. It left me thinking “hey, it’s [...]