Seeing how Booker's theories compared, and whether Booker offers anyĪdditional insights which may be of practical use to writers.īecause this is a lengthy work (roughly 700 pages), it may take me more than one article to discuss the theories it presents. Open-ended theory of story structure, I was naturally interested in Stories, is an academic investigation into the nature and structure of stories.Īs a fan of Dramatica, which I believe is the most complete and
But it sadly fritters that away behind murky narrative execution and a numbing onslaught of warlocks and slimy, fire-breathing digital dragons.Īfter a roundabout set-up - with a truncated appearance by Kit Harington (“Game of Thrones”) - the story settles on three main characters: the boozy old witch hunter Master Gregory (Bridges), aka “The Spook,” who recruits raw young farmhand Tom Ward (Ben Barnes of “The Chronicles of Narnia”) to do battle with a renegade coven of witches holed up in a craggy, netherworld lair under the heavily mascaraed eye of shape-shifting uber-witch Mother Malkin (Moore).A comparison of Christopher Booker's theories of story with MelanieĪnne Phillips and Chris Huntley's theory of Dramatica.Ĭhristopher Booker's book, The Seven Basic Plots: Why we tell Couple that with ripe star turns by Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore, and you have the promise of much more than the movie delivers.įront-loaded as it is with top-shelf talent - plus a plot-heavy script and juicy supporting turns from Djimon Hounsou and Olivia Williams - the film possesses a lot of dramatic firepower. The long-delayed release of this medieval fantasy saga, drawn from Joseph Delaney’s “The Last Apprentice” novel series, marks the English-language film debut of celebrated Russian director Sergey Bodrov.
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