Would You Believe the Internet Is Full of Weirdos
- Lukas Kendall
- Apr 3
- 1 min read
I read the Scriptshadow blog, and I’m not always sure why. Today he had a mega-rant about The Secret Agent, which is 98% fresh at Rotten Tomatoes.
This is somebody who charges like $500 for script consultations.
I would really take all these script gurus’ advice with a very large heap of salt.
Have you seen the film, Lukas?
Scriptshadow definitely overstates his case, but he's not wildly wrong. I too thought the opening scene was terrific.
But then the movie meanders. And meanders some more, then continues to meander.
I had a friend of mine who also just made it about 45 minutes in before giving up. He asked me, does the story ever really pick up? I had to tell him no, it's just more of the same for almost another two hours. A couple of mildly interesting scenes sprinkled in, but the film does not have a clear through-line, and it eventually meanders its way to a conclusion that's not nearly as tense as you'd hope it would be.
I…