john clark vincent

December 10, 2010

“Morning Glory” is a Winner

Category: movies

Lisa took me to see Morning Glory for my birthday, and I absolutely loved it. We were the only two people in the theatre (don’t know how they stay in business), which was actually nice. It felt like she rented the entire place just for the occasion. And I completely enjoy this type of film. Comedy dramas are just plain fun to watch. This one leans more to the comedy side, which keeps it very playful. Harrison Ford and Diane Keaton appeared to have a lot of fun with their roles, but obviously, this was Rachel McAdams’ movie.

Rachel McAdams played her part so well… not perfectly, but well. There are moments when she just couldn’t quite pull off the social misfit aspect of her character, but she nailed the combination of confidence and insecurity that so many ambitious professional people feel. Clearly, the screenwriter — Aline Brosh McKenna — either has shared these feelings, or she did some outstanding research. As is often the case, when I come across a movie that I really like, I do a little research on the screenwriter. Here’s one comment I found in a Psychology Today interview that Brosh McKenna made about writing:

“If you want to write, you should write and that’s what you should do. I always talk about it as black marks on white paper. The most important thing to do is to get up every day and put black marks on white paper. It’s so much easier and more entertaining to talk about writing and to plan to write and to complain about writing than it is to actually write. It’s pretty excruciating work and whenever anybody has issues with their writing career, I ask, “How much are you writing?” The good news about it is that it’s highly highly subject to practice. The more you do it, the better at it you will get. I think it’s just really a job about a lot of perseverance.”

Just do it. Great advice.

I recommend Morning Glory. See it.