Godzilla vs. Kong

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Writing Movie “WRONGS” By Jim West   Godzilla vs. Kong Directed by Adam Wingard Written by Eric Pearson, Max Borenstein, Terry Rossio, Michael  Dougherty, and Zach Shields   With 36 films in the Godzilla franchise and 12 in the King Kong franchise this makes for one epic monster battle.  With five writers on this project they have their hands full in trying to infuse two franchises and sets of film characters coming together.  On the Godzilla side of the house we have Millie Bobby Brown and Kyle Chandler.  On the Kong side we have Rebecca Hall and Julian Dennison.  Interweaving … Continue reading →

The Little Things

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Writing Movie “WRONGS” By Jim West   The Little Things Directed by John Lee Hancock Written by John Lee Hancock   Neo-noir crime thrillers are often overly melodramatic or too slow of a burn with the suspense.  This film actually hold a steady pulse and gives enough tension to bite your nails.  Single writer and director on this could have been a mess of a film, but the story is handled well for the most part, but one scene change-up could take this film to another level. Here comes the spoilers. The film opens with a young  woman being followed … Continue reading →

Wonder Woman 1984

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Writing Movie “WRONGS” By Jim West   Wonder Woman 1984 Directed by Patty Jenkins Written by Patty Jenkins, Geoff Johns and Dave Callaham   The 2017 Wonder Woman film hit a lot of right notes, but ended up faltering in the end.  You can read that review here.   This film is set in the 80’s and it doesn’t really seem to fit the period and time other than a few retro visuals, but largely doesn’t feel authentic.  Of course Wonder Woman, Gal Gadot, is back again with her flawless hair (even in battle she gets to whip her hair).  Patty … Continue reading →

Tenet

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Writing Movie “WRONGS” By Jim West   Tenet Directed by Christopher Nolan Written by Christopher Nolan   Since his cult classic Memento (2000), Christopher Nolan has time and time again proved he is both a talented writer and director.  His helming of the Batman Trilogy with Christian Bale was a marvelous take on that often rehashed storyline.  Then he wowed audiences with Inception (2010) with Leonardo DiCaprio.  He likes to play with the ideas of memory and time.  He really dived deep into these idea with Interstellar (2014).  Another great mark of a artist that he is to reveal as little … Continue reading →

The Old Guard

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Writing Movie “WRONGS” By Jim West The Old Guard Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood Written by Greg Rucka Good pacing, solid character development, and fierce action make this film testament to how action films should be done.  Kudos goes to the writer who is the creator of the comics in handling the characters and giving each of them enough screen time to have the audience care about their outcomes.  The director also has done a fantastic job in capturing the action and performances.  No scenes were wasted here.  With that being said this is a ‘Writing a Movie RIGHT’ review. Here come … Continue reading →

The Gentlemen

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Writing Movie “WRONGS” By Jim West The Gentlemen Directed by Guy Ritchie Written by Guy Ritchie, Ivan Atkinson, and Marn Davies Slick crime films with all the British flair possible has always been Guy Ritchie’s forte as a director.  With this film he brings his usual flair but infuses this story with just enough intriguing twists and turns that you are truly surprised by the end, and just want to watch the story even longer.  I am a huge fan of Snatch (2000), Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), and even his Sherlock Holmes films (2009 & 2011) he did extremely well.  This film will easily be considered one of … Continue reading →

Bad Boys For Life

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Writing Movie “WRONGS” By Jim West Bad Boys for Life Directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah Written by Chris Bremner, Peter Craig, and Joe Carnahan It has been 15 years since the characters of Mike Lowrey ( Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) were welcomed by audiences worldwide back in 1995 in the first film of the Bad Boys Franchise.  Injection of the typical buddy cop humor that was largely established by the previous king of buddy cop franchises, Lethal Weapon, but with Bad Boys they amped up the action and heavily banked on the rising star of Will Smith.  Given … Continue reading →

Jumanji: The Next Level

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Writing Movie “WRONGS” By Jim West Jumanji:  The Next Level Directed by Jake Kasdan Written by Jake Kasdan, Jeff Pinkner, and Scott Rosenberg The  Jumanji series has long been an audience favorite at the box office.  The great Robin Williams anchored the original film back in 1995.  In 2017, we got the new Jumanji complete with Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, and Karen Gillam.  Combining Johnson and Hart is always a recipe for success at the box office and audiences love these actors.  Bringing in Danny Devito and Danny Glover was a solid decision and good way to bring everyone back into the game.  There were some neat … Continue reading →

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

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Writing Movie “WRONGS” By Jim West Star Wars:  The Rise of Skywalker Directed by J.J. Abrams Written by J.J. Abrams and Chris Terrio Like it or not we have arrived to the ending of a saga that started back in 1977 when George Lucas delivered what would become one of the largest franchises in all of history.  When Disney acquired Star Wars from Lucas it was of course a guarantee that we would see films cranked out regularly.  This final trilogy set is a mixed bag for most fans.  I fall on the side of ‘not a fan’ of this trilogy.  Poor writing, retconning of Star Wars … Continue reading →

Charlie’s Angels

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Writing Movie “WRONGS” By Jim West Charlie’s Angels Directed by Elizabeth Banks Written by Elizabeth Banks, Evan Spiliotopoulos, and David Auburn Charlie’s Angels was a successful TV series back in the late 70’s.  Then in 2000 we got a film with Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, and Lucy Liu.  That film had a decent balance of action and comedy, and never took itself too seriously.  Yet today we get a film that can’t seem to make up it’s mind so it falter son both fronts.  Comedy is quite often difficult to manage for any film, and here we see many missed opportunities to really capitalize on some … Continue reading →