4 Pages Tagged “Storytelling”
Blog Posts
- Jack vs the Idiot Ball
While Jack the Giant Slayer isn’t a great movie, it’s refreshing that the characters are never stupider than they should be, just for the sake of the plot.
- How The Hobbit Will (and Won’t) be Like the Star Wars Prequels
A visionary director returns to his high-profile trilogy years later with a prequel in which some of the same characters establish key elements of the original backstory. Hmm….
- Comic art should tell the story
There are two books I picked up recently that demonstrate how not to tell a story with pictures: Teen Titans #27 and the manga of The Nightmare Before Christmas. First, Teen Titans #27, first half of a two parter by fill-in team of Gail Simone and Rob Liefeld. I’d planned on writing a more thorough […]
- Star Wars Prequels…Overdone CGI-fests? Nope!
Pixar has shown over and over again that you can make a CGI movie with heart. It’s time to stop blaming the Star Wars prequels’ problems on the effects.