When Harry Met Sally

Wow, what a movie. I know, a nineteen year old male should not enjoy such romantic comedies but I got a soft spot for them, when they're good. What blew me away was how human the characters were. None of the actions or events felt contrived, and I was amazed at how mature the film was presented. No extraneous gags, only real solid grounded humor. In short to a short review, absolutely loved it.

On another note, I'm afraid I'm going to have to make a self amendment to my goals. I'm having a bit of writer's block (ok more about the fear of writing something terrible) but I'm going to lay it out. If I can't write a page a day, then I will read a full script. That's right, I'm going to surround myself with work (alright it's only a little but c'mon, the best way to learn is through observation and analysis). So yeah.

I just finished reading Emergency Contact, so thank you ScriptShadow.com for providing the link (where I get most of the un-produced/in production scripts). It was a fun read but I thought the beginning of it was a little slow and not enough funny. Luckily that quickly changed by page 10 and off we go on a rip-roaring adventure to gay bars, porn sets and elevator shafts. Completely unpredictable in a good way. Maybe I should do my own analysis of scripts in the future... I dunno. I certainly won't call it a review, but more of a reflection on what I learned as I read it. For example in Emergency Contact, you have to have the set-up and the pay off. You definitely can not avoid that in comedy.

Ok it's a half ass review (Fuck, I said I wouldn't call it that, it's not a review) but only because I plan on reading another script in a few minutes. I'm bored and don't have a movie to watch so reading one is the next best thing right?