Beneath the frustration of fans there is, in my opinion, not enough coherent discussion about why some movies do or do not work. Fortunately these two writers/bloggers have written at length about ten particular films. They are also respectively the guys who leaked the Leigh Brackett draft of Empire and the Raiders Story Conference Transcripts (after they were first leaked here and deleted upon request).
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Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
City Of The Gods
Star Wars
The Empire Strikes Back (Leigh Brackett)
The Empire Strikes Back
Return Of The Jedi
The Phantom Menace
Attack Of The Clones
Revenge Of The Sith
Mystery Man on Film
2006
Indy IV
Subtext
Mahler’s Script-Beat Calculator
Indiana Jones 4 Articles
2007
Cracking the Indy IV “Mysteries”
"I'm going to get my ass handed to me"
Indiana Jones & The Wacky Rumors
The Wedding of Indiana Jones
Indiana Jones 4
Indiana Jones & the City of Gods
Good Luck, Indy.
The Music of Indiana Jones
Best Of - Indiana Jones 4
Koepp Talks More About Indy Four
2008
Indy & Annie
Narrative Studies on Indiana Jones
The Case AGAINST Character Arcs
Early Reviews of Indy IV
Indy IV Links!
Post Your Indy IV Comments!
50 Flaws of Indy IV
Screenwriting News & Links! 6/2/08
Darabont's Indy IV Script
50 Strengths of Darabont’s Draft
2009
Koepp’s “Indy IV” Script
The “Raiders” Story Conference
Screenwriting News & Links! 3/22/09
A Long Time Ago…
George Lucas’ July, 1974, first draft of Star Wars
ScriptShadow
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
City Of The Gods
Star Wars
The Empire Strikes Back (Leigh Brackett)
The Empire Strikes Back
Return Of The Jedi
The Phantom Menace
Attack Of The Clones
Revenge Of The Sith
Mystery Man on Film
2006
Indy IV
Subtext
Mahler’s Script-Beat Calculator
Indiana Jones 4 Articles
2007
Cracking the Indy IV “Mysteries”
"I'm going to get my ass handed to me"
Indiana Jones & The Wacky Rumors
The Wedding of Indiana Jones
Indiana Jones 4
Indiana Jones & the City of Gods
Good Luck, Indy.
The Music of Indiana Jones
Best Of - Indiana Jones 4
Koepp Talks More About Indy Four
2008
Indy & Annie
Narrative Studies on Indiana Jones
The Case AGAINST Character Arcs
Early Reviews of Indy IV
Indy IV Links!
Post Your Indy IV Comments!
50 Flaws of Indy IV
Screenwriting News & Links! 6/2/08
Darabont's Indy IV Script
50 Strengths of Darabont’s Draft
2009
Koepp’s “Indy IV” Script
The “Raiders” Story Conference
Screenwriting News & Links! 3/22/09
A Long Time Ago…
George Lucas’ July, 1974, first draft of Star Wars
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