Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

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          Writing Movie “WRONGS” By Jim West   Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton Written by Dave Callahan,, Destin Daniel Cretton, and Andrew Lanham   Every since Black Panther (2018), Marvel has taken steps to craft villains that are not 100% evil.  Villains which you can sort of see their perspective.  This was handled well in Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019) with Thanos.  Marvel again sticks to this formula with this film’s villain and they have seemed to really nail the formula here with this film.  … Continue reading →

Free Guy

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          Writing Movie “WRONGS” By Jim West   Free Guy Directed by Shawn Levy Written by Matt Lieberman and Zak Penn   Ryan Reynolds is a juggernaut of a marketing genius.  His involvement in any project seems to guarantee laughs and hi jinks galore.  This film is no exception to that.  The writers in this film take online video gaming and craft a story about a NPC (Non-player Character) and give this film such a heart and sneaks a romance angle in the films final moments that is quite sweet given the subtle clues they put … Continue reading →

The Suicide Squad

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          Writing Movie “WRONGS” By Jim West   The Suicide Squad Directed by James Gunn Written by James Gunn   The 2016 Suicide Squad film was written and directed by David Ayer and wasn’t the best outing for a DC film, but given the popularity of Margot Robbie’s portrayal of Harley Quinn they had a standalone film Birds of Prey (2020) this film had been essentially waiting for a gifted writer and director that has enough quirkiness to bring a new fresh vision to life.  James Gunn is best known for the Marvel Guardians of the … Continue reading →

Nobody

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          Writing Movie “WRONGS” By Jim West   Nobody Directed by Ilya Naishuller Written by  Derek Kolstad   The John Wick films introduced audiences to a genre of gritty personal revenge shoot ’em up style film that people didn’t know they were missing in theaters.   With three films in that franchise, it was time to branch out with a same setup/style film but with a seemingly “regular” guy.  In walks Bob Odenkirk.  Perhaps best known for his portrayal of the shifty lawyer, Saul Goodman, in both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul TV series.  One writer … Continue reading →

Wrath Of Man

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          Writing Movie “WRONGS” By Jim West   Wrath of Man Directed by Guy Ritchie Written by Guy Ritchie, Ivan Atkinson, Marn Davies, and Nicolas Boukhrief   Foreign cinema is ripe with great films.  Often times these great films end up getting not-so-great remakes for the United States such as the brilliant Oldboy 2003 Korean Director Park Chan-wook versus the horrible 2013 remake by Spike Lee.  I have not seen the French film, Cash Truck, on which this film is adapted from.  Considering Guy Ritchie’s last film, The Gentleman, was such a superb film I had … Continue reading →

Army Of The Dead

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          Writing Movie “WRONGS” By Jim West   Army of the Dead Directed by Zack Snyder Written by Zack Snyder, Shay Hatten, and Joby Harold   Zack Snyder is often a hit or miss director.  His hits include 300 and Man of Steel…his misses being Watchmen and Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice.  This zombie heist action film has some neat scenes, but then falls flat on the ‘everyone eventually dies’ theme.  I just feel this film tried to do too much with the emotional aspects of the film and that is where it falls flat … Continue reading →

Willy’s Wonderland

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          Writing Movie “WRONGS” By Jim West   Willy’s Wonderland Directed by Kevin Lewis Written by G.O. Parsons   Nic Cage.  A man who is not afraid to take risks and chances as an actor.  I went into this film with no knowledge of the plot other than knockoff Chuck E. Cheese animatronics gone evil in a horror film.  What I could not have guessed was how Nic Cage would have no lines of dialogue at all….let me repeat – At ALL in this film.  When I first picked up on this fact within the first … Continue reading →

Mortal Kombat

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          Writing Movie “WRONGS” By Jim West   Mortal Kombat Directed by Simon McQuoid Written by  Greg Russo, Dave Callaham,  and Oren Uziel,   It was 1992 when Midway Games unleashed a video game that would become a multi-million dollar media franchise.  The characters of Sub-Zero, Scorpion, etc would become part of mainstream culture.  Three writer’s on this film based upon long standing well established characters should be a walk in the park.  This should be an easy to write task to pull together a story that has been told and retold multiple times across many … Continue reading →

Spiral

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          Writing Movie “WRONGS” By Jim West   Spiral:  From the Book of Saw Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman Written by Josh Stolberg and Peter Goldfinger   Since October 2004, the Saw films have been almost a regular Halloween film to watch.  Then there was a long hiatus before the 2017 Jigsaw film, and here we have the ninth film in this franchise being titled differently.  The entire film rests largely on not figuring out who the killer is within the first ten minutes of the film.  If you do then the rest of the film … Continue reading →

A Quiet Place 2

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        Writing Movie “WRONGS” By Jim West   A Quiet Place 2 Directed by John Krasinski Written by John Krasinski   On a rare occasion I will watch a film in the theaters twice.  Such films have been Lord of the Rings (all three films), Avengers Endgame, and the 2018 A Quiet Place.  That film surprised me in how well it was directed and the story was simple yet interlaced with powerful themes of family and a parents love for their children.  As a father myself it really struck a chord with me.  The first word was … Continue reading →