I can’t help but notice that many of this and last year’s movies don’t have an original subject.

I find remarkable the fact that most screenplays nowadays are just transpositions of pre-existing stories.

We are being bombarded with comic-book heroes and stories: Spider Man [1, 2, 3], The Fantastic Four [1, 2], Batman Begins, X-Men [1, 2, 3], Hulk, 300, V for Vendetta, Superman Returns, & more..

There are the movies based on books: The Da Vinci Code, Harry Potter [1, 2, 3, 4, 5.. so far], Eragon, Zodiac, Flags of Our Fathers, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lord of the Rings [1, 2, 3]

And then, the infamous remakes: I Am Legend, The Hitcher, The Departed, Gridiron Gang, & more..

It is often said that good screenwriters are very hard to find, and that is why some of them get paid even more than the directors themselves.

Still, I sincerely do hope that someone can come up with new, original, and never-before-seen ideas for movies in the close future. And I hope the comic book thing will be short-lived (although the numbers those kinda movies pull in at the box office give me little hope).

Anyhow, I am currently reading a few good books on creative writing. I will dedicate a whole post to the subject myself, if you so fancy.

See you then!