http://atomicwriter.com/blog3 Is time travel possible? Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:43:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What better premise than to have a character who hunts down people for a living, because they are behind on their artificial body part payments, than to turn the tables and have him hunted by his lifelong friend bent on repossessing his artificial body parts. This movie raises questions about ... http://atomicwriter.com/blog3/2010/04/01/repo-men-future-of-the-credit-card-industry/ This movie is very intense on multiple levels and when you realize Paul Greengrass, director of the Bourne Identity movies had something to do with it, then you know why. The story centers on the first few weeks of the Iraqi war where in March of 2003 we, the US, ... http://atomicwriter.com/blog3/2010/03/15/the-green-zone-very-intense/ [caption id="attachment_100" align="alignleft" width="94" caption="Let\'s go down the Rabbit Hole together..."][/caption] In the latest Tim Burton feature we have a retelling of the classic Alice in Wonderland and Through the looking Glass stories originally by Lewis Carroll. What makes this version unique is the state of the art special effects and ... http://atomicwriter.com/blog3/2010/03/15/alice-in-wonderland-lets-go-down-the-rabbit-hole-together/ [caption id="attachment_94" align="alignleft" width="93" caption="Stutter Island might have been better"][/caption] The Atomic Writer liked this movie, but grew tired waiting for the last reel payoff that never really came. Don't get me wrong, the movie is well worth seeing and is very entertaining, however with all the extravagant buildup I was ... http://atomicwriter.com/blog3/2010/02/21/shutter-island-hitchcock-turning-over-in-grave/ [caption id="attachment_90" align="alignleft" width="96" caption="The Book of Eli"][/caption] In The Book of Eli we see the hero, Denzel Washington on the road in a post-apocalyptic world littered with bomb craters and full of Mad Max characters that appear to be re-using the same costumes from the original movie. We never actually ... http://atomicwriter.com/blog3/2010/01/20/the-book-of-eli-supernatural-or-divine-intervention/ I know you must be thinking the Atomic Writer has lost it this time, but read the entire post and I think you'll find new insights into this great movie and agree with my comparison. I really think the title speaks for itself. I just returned from seeing this amazing ... http://atomicwriter.com/blog3/2009/12/26/avatar-the-matrix-meets-dances-with-wolves/ There's an old adage in the screenwriting world, "grab the reader in the first 10 pages". It refers to what's needed to sell a script in today's highly competitive market. Based on the sheer number of scripts written each year; movie executives could not possibly attempt to read even a ... http://atomicwriter.com/blog3/2009/10/24/law-abiding-citizen-characters-slip-in-powerful-message/ This weekend marked the opening of Inglorious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino's take on the 1978 original movie Inglorious Bastards. Yes he changed the spelling. The movie centers around a group of American Jewish soldiers led by non-Jewish, part-Apache Southerner Aldo Raine, played by Brad Pitt puffing out his jaw to look ... http://atomicwriter.com/blog3/2009/08/24/inglorious-basterds-tarantinos-ultimate-revenge-flick/ Pulsars are the most energetic objects known in the universe. They can accelerate photons close to the speed of light. And if you know a little science, or have been reading The Atomic Writer, you know close to the speed of light means close to the speed of altering the ... http://atomicwriter.com/blog3/2009/08/09/could-pulsars-be-portals-into-new-worlds/ Is it just me or does this storyline suck? What's up with the latest installment in the boy wizard series? I mean, come on, have we become so love-struck with Harry Potter and everything Hogwarts that we’ve become blind to poor filmmaking and storytelling? It seems anything Potter, no matter how ... http://atomicwriter.com/blog3/2009/07/19/harry-potter-%e2%80%93-grade-c-is-it-just-me-or-does-this-storyline-suck/