Script Enabler

Logline: Kate Beckinsale must end a centuries old blood feud by preventing a vampire from freeing his werewolf brother.
The good idea:
Kate Beckinsale in a leather jumpsuit, lots of non-stop, over-the-top violence with a gothic vision.
What worked:
The film tries to infuse a larger story into all the action: Enmity and hatred spanning centuries coming to an [...]

Logline: To avoid arrest for immorality, Casanova betrothes himself to the virginal Victoria but soon his affections turn toward Francesca, a strong willed, educated writer of heretical philosophy.
The Good Idea: A luxurious, costume romantic comedy for people who enjoyed Shakespeare in Love.
Why it worked.
Classic romantic comedy structure. We see the lovers meet in Act I [...]

Logline: A Middle Eastern reformer and heir to an oil empire is assassinated in favor of his brother who has policies more favorable to American corporations.
The Good Idea: Expose some underlying causes to the instability in the Middle East.
Why it worked.
The film conveyed a good sense of danger and duplicity. In nearly every scene, nothing [...]

Logline: Israel sends an assassination team to kill the terrorists responsible for the death of their athletes during the 1972 Olympic games in Munich.
The Good Idea: A compelling “what if” scenario based on a best selling book directed by Steven Spielberg.
Why it worked:
The central dilemma faced by team leader Avner as he dispatches each terrorist [...]

Logline: A film crew stumbles across the island home of a great ape who falls in love with their lead actress.
The Good Idea: Naomi Watts charming a computer effects gorilla.
Why it didn’t work:
Okay, I’ll harp on the same thing many other critics have said. It’s too long. Why is it too long? There is a [...]

Logline: A woman seeks out the man her mother had a fling with to determine if he is her father.
The Good Idea: Satisfy the long held (mistaken) belief that “The Graduate” needed a sequel and Jennifer Aniston opening a romantic comedy.
Why it didn’t work.
There are two questions the movie asks which are answered very quickly [...]

Logline: In prewar Japan, a young girl is sold to a geisha house where she struggles to find love and success.
The Good Idea: Cinderella in a kimono. A lavish, exotic love story about a down trodden young woman.
Why it didn’t work.
Most of Act I is devoted to Chiyo’s quest to reunite with her sister after [...]