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A review by gbpy
Screenwriting 101 by Film Crit Hulk! by Edgar Wright, Film Crit Hulk!, Meredith Borders
5.0
Ah stories, why do we love them? Why do we want them, why do we need them? And if there's so many writing and screenwriting books out there, why does a lot of movies nowadays feel the same? What makes a great story?
I think this Film Crit Hulk's book answered all those questions, not as definitive truths, but starting points. Instead of giving another static framework with a series of beats to follow, it spends its time to break popular frameworks used today, not for the sake of rejecting them, but to deconstruct them to their barest components to see what made them seem to work, and what actually did.
And it's entertaining all throughout! If you've ever read one of Film Crit Hulk's essays, this book is more of the same but with the addition of an arc and an all-encompassing-theme. Who wouldn't love that?
I think this Film Crit Hulk's book answered all those questions, not as definitive truths, but starting points. Instead of giving another static framework with a series of beats to follow, it spends its time to break popular frameworks used today, not for the sake of rejecting them, but to deconstruct them to their barest components to see what made them seem to work, and what actually did.
And it's entertaining all throughout! If you've ever read one of Film Crit Hulk's essays, this book is more of the same but with the addition of an arc and an all-encompassing-theme. Who wouldn't love that?