FrankenScript :: Lee Gabel's Screenwriting Journal/Blog

This is a solid story about how one one can overcome seemingly overwhelming odds, both physical and mental, to achieve one’s goals. It’s based on a true story, and that makes the story even more powerful. Annasophia Robb captures real life surfer champion Bethany Hamilton perfectly, but I have to give a big shout out [...]

While I appreciate the courage of the actors, director and writer of this film, I just could not get past the beaver. It just felt out of place. Creepy. Now, I agree it wouldn’t have worked if the beaver was all cute and cuddly either. I think the beaver wasn’t needed. Portraying a dual personality [...]

I liked this film, even though it was the butchered version released for North American audiences. Lots of interesting characters to be entertained by, and plenty of great music to tie it all together. However, I never really believed that the characters were in any real peril from the British Government. I couldn’t help but [...]

This is a clever tale of moral dilemmas, consequences, and sticking to a code. The story is perfectly constructed, with not a single element out of place. The paths of characters lives, like strings, all come together and tie one impressively large knot. Everything is there for a reason and it all becomes clear during [...]

I found this film largely annoying. Will he or won’t he? Will she or won’t she? It doesn’t help that Sam Worthington portrays almost no emotion throughout. Kira Knightley and Guillaume Canet have chemistry and it’s their relationship that is worth watching here. In fact, the opening of the film says all that really needs [...]

This is as near perfect as a film noire can get. The story and characters are not dumbed down, but remain as they would have in the 1940s; authentic to the core. At the beginning you might think things are hopelessly complicated, but when given some investigative time, everything comes together. Pieces of a puzzle [...]