Why Mortal Kombat Worked
181Mortal Kombat is a video game movie through and through. In that It's a lot of fun as long as you turn your brain off a little. Or is it actually a master class in plot structure?
Turns out the super obvious, on-the-nose dialogue is a really helpful way to learn exactly what to do in a film script! check out the six lessons I learned about screenwriting from Mortal Kombat: The Movie.
0:00 Background/History
0:25 Intro
0:53 Rule 01: Every Kharakter Must Want Something
0:55 Sonya Blade's Motivation
1:44 Liu Kang's Motivation
2:25 Raiden Summarizes All The Character Motivations
2:47 Rule 02: Show Don't Tell
3:17 Shang Tsung Wants Johnny
3:27 Rule 03 : Kharakters Must Have An Obstakle to Overkome
4:47 Johnny Cage's Obstakle
5:45 Liu Kang's Obstakle
7:12 Rule 04: Please God Don't Write Exposition Like This
7:31 Rule 05: Just Don't Do This
8:05 Rule 06: Komedy Fixes Everything
9:19 Bonus Lesson: Always Give Hints in Riddles... For Some Reason.
9:39 Konklusion
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