One more thing....

Before I go to read and review a script.

I was just over at The Movie Quill (a fun site about "You know you're a screenwriter when...") and #10 is about the thought we all have as screenwriters after seeing a movie: I can write a better movie that that.

And it's true... more often than not, that idea has entered my brain while watching a movie.

But what about those movies that blow you away? What movies out there left you leaving the theatre saying: I wish I could write a movie like that!

There's nothing better than leaving a movie theatre with that feeling of: Wow! That's the kind of movie I want to write.

I can probably count on one hand recent movies that have left me feeling like that:

1. Babel
2. There Will Be Blood
3. The Believer
4. Atonement
5. Penelope

I'm sure there are others that I've forgotten, but these 5 are the ones that come to mind as I sit here. Babel is definitely in it's right place as #1. Never before, and not since, have I seen a movie have I gone through the emotions I went through while watching that film. I've never FELT emotions as strong as I did in that movie. And that's something I will forever strive to achieve as I write today.