Friday, May 15, 2009

So you're writing a movie...

... and you're coming up on the very last scene in Act Three, and you think to yourself, "This would be a nice place for a little concluding narration." Which of the following would you choose to have your protagonist say?

1) "I don't know about heaven, but I do believe in angels."

2) "The final gunshot was an exclamation mark to everything that had led to this point. I released my finger from the trigger. And then it was over."

Am I alone in thinking that the choice is obvious? That one of these chunks of dialogue is far, far superior to the other?

I feel like those responsible were thinking: "I was a Ninja. My Kung Fu was strong."

But the truth is: "I wasn't kidding anyone. At best, I was Superman on Kryptonite."

To those who know, let us all take a moment of silence to remember the lost and the damned. To those situated so blissfully in ignorance, don't go looking for heartbreak. You won't find anything there worth watching.

2 comments:

gord said...

I have no idea what you're talking about, but are you excited MP3 is being developed as we speak?

Also, do you hate the Mona sniping and guy-wearing-costume protection levels in MP2 as much as I do?

Ian said...

I'm tentatively excited, although a little nervous because Sam Lake isn't writing.

As for MP2, I wasn't crazy about those two levels, although as far as "gimmick" levels go, they weren't too bad.