About Jonathan
Just moved to the big bad city of Los Angeles and am going to try my hand at being awesome. In the meantime, I'll write screenplays, specs, novels and work on my webcomic that I've been trudging through for a bajillion years. There's a slight chance I listen to way awesome music and that you don't. I'm also a contrarian and I get strong urges to hate on things a majority of people love. Still with me? Good.
Jonathan On Stuff
Film Archive
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On Centurion
Posted on September 1, 2010 | View CommentsI’m not a big fan of Sword and Sandal epics. That’s not to say I hate them; they just don’t register on my radar. Too many plots for the runtime and no real character development to speak of. It’s all a bunch of costumes and... -
On A New City, and Stuff
Posted on August 30, 2010 | View CommentsI suppose I should make some kind of post about life as I know it right now. Decided that I was done with Chicago and moved my ass all the way over to the west coast to live out a life of fame and fortune.... -
On Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Posted on August 16, 2010 | View CommentsI’d like to get a couple of important details squared away with you first before I start rambling about why I think Scott Pilgrim is one of the top mainstream films this year. First of all, I’m a writer. As such, I believe in the... -
On Gods and Nolan
Posted on July 26, 2010 | View CommentsI decided to push on despite the general writer’s malaise I’ve been feeling to ramble a little bit about Christopher Nolan’s film Inception. Actually, that’s not entirely true. I want to talk about some of the hype about this director that’s been getting under my... -
A Most Ambitious Frenzy
Posted on March 28, 2010 | View CommentsLast year I failed Script Frenzy. I had a good idea, but I just didn’t have the commitment to the event that I needed to see the project through. From a writing perspective, I had gotten too mired in plot and “revise-as-you-go,” a screenwriter’s worst... -
On Tim Burton’s Alice
Posted on January 5, 2010 | View CommentsI love the Alice in Wonderland story. In fact, I read the book a few times in high school, watched the old movie, played the hell out of American McGee’s Alice and often thought about how I’d take a stab at the story if I... -
On New Years Resolutions
Posted on January 2, 2010 | View CommentsLast year I wrote up a post about my new years resolutions. Out of the 20 I posted, I ended up completing only one. So this year I decided to re-think the resolution thing and come up with more attainable goals so I feel less... -
Why I Don’t Like Indie Films (mostly)
Posted on August 10, 2009 | View CommentsI have a strange relationship with indie films and the people who make / consume them. For me, indie films came to my attention through Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, which then led me to Steven Soderbergh, Allison Anders, Kevin Smith, Richard Linklater, et al.... -
A Little Rany-Pants About Watchmen
Posted on July 13, 2009 | View Comments -
Piracy From A Film Student’s Perspective
Posted on June 22, 2009 | View CommentsI was recently asked the question of whether or not I would offer any film I made for free via peer-to-peer or Bittorrent. It didn’t take me long to respond with a resounding “hell no,” and I’ll explain why. Back in the day, I was...