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In a future where winners are conceived using genetic engineering, a born loser buys the identity of a winner on the black market so he can fulfill his lifelong dream of space travel.
So, if he doesn't make it into space, nothing much changes right? Mmm... I seem to remember that the film wasn't particularly good - it wasn't bad, just a bit forgettable. Maybe it's the low stakes.
So, if he doesn’t make it into space, nothing much changes right?
Mmm… I seem to remember that the film wasn’t particularly good – it wasn’t bad, just a bit forgettable. Maybe it’s the low stakes.
See lessA jealous mediocre court composer blocks the career and plots the death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Logline wizardry. Well thought out. I need to do this exercise more.
Logline wizardry. Well thought out. I need to do this exercise more.
See lessA frustrated California high-school senior navigates her final year as she struggles to earn a place at an East Coast college and gain some independence from her overbearing mother.
This is the kind of film that's easier to get made after a writer is established in the industry, after the writer is known as Greta Gerwig instead of Greta Who?? The story checks all the boxes for just about all the tropes in the coming of age genre.:Has identity issues (hence, the name "Lady Bird"Read more
This is the kind of film that’s easier to get made after a writer is established in the industry, after the writer is known as Greta Gerwig instead of Greta Who?? The story checks all the boxes for just about all the tropes in the coming of age genre.:
Has identity issues (hence, the name “Lady Bird”) — check.
Hates high school, floundering in her classes –check.
But interested in drama and the arts–check.
Does drugs–check.
Loses her virginity and it’s underwhelming — double check.
Is ashamed of her folks, hides her socio-economic status by getting dropped off in a classier neighborhood–check
Fights with her mom–check.
So what stands out as a distinguishing feature?? Well, there’s the highly conflicted daughter-mother relationship.? There’s the opening bookend scene where the daughter deliberately falls out a moving car to get away from (another) argument with her mom.? And the closing bookend scene where she must leave a voicemail.
So I diddled with a version that plays with the clashing temperaments:
A stubborn high-school senior desperate to escape Sacramento, attend college on the East Coast must overcome the objections of her strong-willed mother who insists she attend a local one.
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More steak than sizzle.? But there it is.
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