FrankenScript :: Lee Gabel's Screenwriting Journal/Blog

This is amazing, and it is no surprise how well the movie turned out. Coppola knew the story inside and out before writing the script. This is why outlining is so important. You don’t get lost and can focus on the best parts of the story.

I put off watching this film for a long time. My mistake. I had no idea that the subject matter and story in this film could be so riveting. But it is, and the performances are fantastic, notably Frank Langella as Nixon and Michael Sheen as David Frost. Yes, it has been dramatized, and is [...]

Two words that best describe this film: awkward and funny. It may have been my mood at the time, but I laughed a lot in this film. The film has a real sweetness to it, showing that love can happen in the most unlikely of places. Steve Zahn plays the smitten doofus perfectly and it [...]

Although this zombie film is rife with typical horror film cliché, it still works because of the creep factor. Plus, there’s some inventive twists, reveals and kills that are quite original. In the beginning, the film lets the viewer fill in a lot of the blanks, making the film scarier. But then half way through [...]

This film slow boils the tension with a ticking clock. There’s a few predictable sequences used to ramp up the tension, and it’s needed because most of the film is just a conversation. Luckily, the dialogue is well crafted and performed by the leads, Washington and Travolta. There are, of course, a few fatal flaws [...]

There’s a fine line to walk when a film mixes comedy with violence. This film is an example how not to do it. It starts off well, but in the end there’s not much to recommend here. The jokes are pretty low-brow, predictable, and go on too long. A little goes a long way, and [...]