Comments on: Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Bastards Script, and the “Semblance of Truth” http://jonnyatlasinc.com/archives/22 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:07:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jonny Atlas Writes. » Blog Archive » What Exactly Makes or Breaks Your Script? http://jonnyatlasinc.com/archives/22#comment-13 Jonny Atlas Writes. » Blog Archive » What Exactly Makes or Breaks Your Script? Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:45:57 +0000 http://jonnyatlasinc.com/?p=22#comment-13 [...] simply throw together some personality traits and a backstory and call it a character. There is no semblance of truth in that. If your characters are not genuine characters with beliefs and feelings and thoughts and [...] [...] simply throw together some personality traits and a backstory and call it a character. There is no semblance of truth in that. If your characters are not genuine characters with beliefs and feelings and thoughts and [...]

]]> By: jonnyatlas http://jonnyatlasinc.com/archives/22#comment-9 jonnyatlas Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:32:33 +0000 http://jonnyatlasinc.com/?p=22#comment-9 While his story structure may (arguably) be sloppy, one thing that is rarely sloppy in QT's work is his character development. His characters are deep as hell, and even if they are only in the movie for a scene we feel like they are living, breathing, tangible people with an entire life's history and (sometimes) future. That's what I'm pointing out here. Have you read the script? If not, this may be a mild spoiler. I say maybe, because it's about something he doesn't include. So, to be honest, I felt how he treated the end of the "chapter" was very sloppy. I was thinking to myself "wait, he spent all that time on that great dialog and a really strong set up and then just skims right over whether or not the Col. killed them? He just bitches out of the scene because now that his protag is gone these other characters don't matter? WTF?" Yeah, that irritated me, and it was definitely sloppy. A lot of the script is sloppy (the spelling and grammar are blatant examples of that). The characters are still solid, though. It's one thing he does great almost every time. I say almost because, aside from Stuntman Mike, the characters in Death Proof were pretty damn boring. Also, I hated Jackie Brown. So what I'm saying is, I think the depth of the characters and the seeming reality of their relationships were entirely intentional. While his story structure may (arguably) be sloppy, one thing that is rarely sloppy in QT’s work is his character development. His characters are deep as hell, and even if they are only in the movie for a scene we feel like they are living, breathing, tangible people with an entire life’s history and (sometimes) future. That’s what I’m pointing out here.

Have you read the script? If not, this may be a mild spoiler. I say maybe, because it’s about something he doesn’t include. So, to be honest, I felt how he treated the end of the “chapter” was very sloppy. I was thinking to myself “wait, he spent all that time on that great dialog and a really strong set up and then just skims right over whether or not the Col. killed them? He just bitches out of the scene because now that his protag is gone these other characters don’t matter? WTF?”

Yeah, that irritated me, and it was definitely sloppy. A lot of the script is sloppy (the spelling and grammar are blatant examples of that). The characters are still solid, though. It’s one thing he does great almost every time. I say almost because, aside from Stuntman Mike, the characters in Death Proof were pretty damn boring. Also, I hated Jackie Brown.

So what I’m saying is, I think the depth of the characters and the seeming reality of their relationships were entirely intentional.

]]> By: Conda http://jonnyatlasinc.com/archives/22#comment-8 Conda Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:26:05 +0000 http://jonnyatlasinc.com/?p=22#comment-8 It's likely this was never intended, seeing how sloppy QT's movies usually are. It’s likely this was never intended, seeing how sloppy QT’s movies usually are.

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