FrankenScript :: Lee Gabel's Screenwriting Journal/Blog

Yesterday the news broke over at Go Into The Story that the popular screenwriting blog maintained by Scott Myers would become the official blog of The Black List, the brainchild of Franklin Leonard, Overbrook Entertainment Vice President of Creative Affairs. Both websites champion screenwriters in different, positive ways. In Scott’s own words: Here’s Franklin talking [...]

I have mentioned many times before that what you can’t see is often scarier than what you can see. However, I don’t mean a black screen, and that often what you get in this film. Give me something to get scared about, like characters scared as hell, instead of absolutely nothing. I had the “devil” [...]

All style, well, mostly style, definitely no substance. What substance is there is not developed enough to really be meaningful. Lots of expository voice over too. The budding love story was some of the most genuine aspects of the film, but unfortunately it’s overshadowed by all the vapid, clichéd gangster/assassin set pieces. And folks, suicide [...]

This is a fantastic film. It’s based on a true story, and was purposely made to feel like a documentary. I forgot that these were actors, with everyone putting in strong, genuine performances, Bale in particular losing weight for the role and seeming like a different person. Bale’s and Wahlberg’s chemistry together is pitch perfect. [...]

This is a timeless classic, and even though it was early in Kevin Bacon’s acting career, it’s clear from this film how good an actor he is. Not only is there a lot going on in the story to keep you involved, all the story threads are tied up at the end in a satisfying [...]

This is an intense documentary. Be prepared to see things that you will never be able to unsee, and never forget. The documentary shows how one man’s task of documenting peace in Sudan, one that he willingly volunteered for, turned into a campaign to stop the unrelenting genocide in Darfur. The saddest thing about the [...]