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Go watch the trailer for Send Help. Those two have PERSONALITY.
We’ve already got stakes problems. We’ve already got exposition problems. Now the people taking us through the story aren’t that interesting. Nor do they have any chemistry. I mean, at that point, I’m not sure anything can save the script.
The other day, I said that it would behoove young action screenwriters to go back to those 80s action classics, like Commando, and watch them to see how they were constructed. Because you learn things. And one of those things is: BE CLEAR ABOUT THE ACTUAL SETUP OF THE MOVIE so that we understand what the main character is doing, why he’s doing it, and where he is in relation to achieving or failing the objective at every stage of the journey.
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