PHARAOH Update

Today I finished my new script PHARAOH. Super excited about it.

It has been a labor of love. It pushed me to my creative edge -- consistantly, every time I worked on it.

I feel I've grown so much as a writer, a screenwriter and especially a person, in researching, and writing this script. It forced me to read and learn about so many things. Topics like: Holy Blood, Ancient Egypt, Secret Societies, Computers, Artificial Intelligence, DNA, Crop Circles, the human brain, 2012, and Hollywood...

I know there are millions of people out there, just like me, who are so interested in these things and how they fit and affect the world. They are the ideal fodder for 2012 spec feature script. This story would play well -- find an audience -- in all major film markets, foriegn and domestic. It's very exciting.

It's going to sell. I can tell.

Review: Super 8

Charming. Action packed. Heart felt. Well done. Dichotomous...

I enjoyed Super 8, it was very well done, for sure. But it's dichotomy comes from walking the line between being a kids movie and an adults movie and, it seems to want to be both, but I felt it ends up being neither. 'Goonies' (1985) was a kids movie, it had some adult elements, but ultimately it was a (great) kids movie. Super 8 had a noticeable amount of f-bombs, not too graphic but significant violence, and a slightly more complex/adult story and plot. The kid movie comes during the credits, it's the actual 'super 8' film the kids in the movie made. It was really cute. Great production value -- which will be funny once you see the movie.

'Super 8' for me was a cross between 'Goonies' and 'War of the Worlds'. It works. It's very well done. All the kids do a great job. The look of the film is top notch. The action is great. JJ Abrams also goes for a Jaws / Godzilla motif by not revealing the alien until deep into the movie... I have to admit, I was a little disappointed by the alien. It was overhyped for me, and the look of it didn't work for me.

In the end, it's a good movie. My expectations were really high -- because of all the hype -- and I have to say, I'm not quite sure if they were met. While I liked the movie, I was not "blown away" or walking away saying it was a 'cinematic achievement' or instant classic.

I'm a big fan of JJ Abrams and Steven Spielberg and, with all that said, they know how to make a fun summer movie.