tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869527318255268135.post8864715985624549644..comments2023-07-30T01:32:13.498-07:00Comments on Jodi Henley: Convergent threadsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14553958040386480998noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869527318255268135.post-12550086208608292622009-04-03T21:12:00.000-07:002009-04-03T21:12:00.000-07:00God I hope so, even that ceiling baby could.Maybe ...God I hope so, even that ceiling baby could.<BR/>Maybe if the character is strong enough it could be mistaken for character driven. I'll have to think on that. <BR/>Yes Die Hard is what I was thinking about, and was also thinking Lethal Weapon because the character's death wish drives him to take the chances which fuel the plot. <BR/>I loved reading plays, but haven't read many screenplays. After reading the screenplay of The Sweet Hereafter then seeing the film I thought it wasn't such a good idea. As good as the movie was, the screenplay blew it away. But I had more sympathy for screenwriters than ever after that.<BR/>Trainspotting is one of my fav movies ever, and can't understand when people don't look at me the same after I make them watch it.<BR/>I'd think the Breakfast Club would be pretty straight forward, I can see the organizational chart in my head.<BR/>That sounds like His Dark Materials and Lyra, except I didn't realize until the last part of the last chapter of the last book that it was supposed to be character driven.Jeannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13823269912693006949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869527318255268135.post-37822285268467869192009-04-03T18:50:00.000-07:002009-04-03T18:50:00.000-07:00Jeanna--I think "anyone" from Trainspotting would ...Jeanna--I think "anyone" from Trainspotting would kick the ass of anyone, including the adults--from the Breakfast Club.<BR/><BR/>--had to think about this for awhile. I don't think an action pic will always be plot driven. But I think action pics that are character driven are rare and get a lot of controversy, yes or no, about whether they're any good or not.<BR/><BR/>Die Hard is a beautiful structural example, and Bourne is--if you read the screenplay--some of the tightest writing out there, whereas with Trainspotting and Breakfast Club, I'm willing to bet their screenplays go all over the place and don't make a lot of sense, only the beginning and ends. In other words, you either love it or hate it.<BR/><BR/>Bourne and Die Hard are two of my favorite movies, but I "think" about Trainspotting sometimes, and I hate to admit I really like the Breakfast Club. <BR/><BR/>I think...most things, whether they're action/contemporary/mystery/sci-fi or whatever, are plot driven.<BR/><BR/>It's like my favorite writer, Bujold--I love her Paladin of Souls, but for the life of me I can't explain the plot. It's simply Ista's story and how she changes through what happens to her, because Bujold picked out the thing that would force Ista to grow and let her travel through it in a way that revealed who she was, and who she was becoming.<BR/><BR/>Maybe that's the definition of Character-driven. You can't remember the plot. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14553958040386480998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4869527318255268135.post-24407112603499005332009-04-03T09:40:00.000-07:002009-04-03T09:40:00.000-07:00I'd like to see a cage match between the cast of T...I'd like to see a cage match between the cast of The Breakfast Club and Trainspotting. Who am I kidding, tweaked little Robert Carlyle would kick the Brat Pack's ass.<BR/>Do you think plot driven is usually going to mean an action pic? I took a writing class once and a few of da guys in da class thought that's all there was.<BR/>My friend.(So let's keep dancing.)Jeannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13823269912693006949noreply@blogger.com