Action - Jupiter Ascending
Story Grid Writers' Room
English - July 17, 2019 08:00 - 56 minutes - 43.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsBooks Arts Education editing writing amediting amwriting fiction story grid editor writer Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The Wachowskis once again give the Roundtablers reason to tear their hair out, this time with their 2015 failed blockbuster, Jupiter Ascending. Despite a fine cast, a promising storyline, and brilliant special effects, this story doesn’t really work. Kim leads us in trying to figure out why.
Each week one of the Story Grid Editors—Jarie Bolander, Valerie Francis, Anne Hawley, Kim Kessler, or Leslie Watts—pitches a film as an example of a significant story principle. The rest of us explore different aspects of the story so we can all understand it better.