NAUTICA is a captivating sea adventure. There’s a worthy and challenging goal and the stakes are high. The story is driven by solid themes about bonding, reconnecting, and healing.
The emotional theme cleverly works on three levels. The main storyline regarding the relics is about finding the missing part, and reconnecting them. On the journey, the protagonist, Hal, bonds and connects with his employee, Gene.
In the protagonist’s personal life he learns to reconnect with his estranged girlfriend and daughter, and he learns to heal from his past, involving his father. It’s nice to see how the emotional premise all comes together.
The script features many strengths. While there are some very smart story choices, there are also areas of
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When they find the relic, then it would be a surprise when Basil pulls out a gun and allows the Ula and Ned on the boat (or something like that). Also, having Holly on the adventure would make the ending more convincing. Right now there’s not a true romance or a true relationship formed between Holly and Hal, so it’s challenging to see them together at the end.
As mentioned, Hal is a likable and quiet hero. He has strong inner conflict and he equally has a strong character arc when he decides family comes first and that the wants a normal, committed life. He realizes he has been chasing a ghost.
Unfortunately, Holly is underwritten. She’s great in the scene telling Hal off, but then fades. She shares nice chemistry with Hal, but one wants more. It’s fun when Hal is jealous of a photo, but it’s her brother.
Gene is a delightful sidekick. “But I don’t want to do something extraordinary, Hal. I’m having a hard time as it is trying to achieve boring.” He also has a nice character arc. He goes from timid, insecure, afraid of swimming and anything that takes him away from land, but by the end, he’s the one championing the adventure. He learns from Hal, as Hal learned from Gene. What isn’t convincing is that Gene doesn’t know what a mariner’s astrolabe is, given his expert knowledge in
The main character is sent by his father to stay with his grandmother. This is where you learn that the strong heart runs in the family. This is true because she is a seventy-eight year old woman and will still patch out two acres of corn and make enough bread for the winter to do what she can to keep her family feed. In her old age she hasn’t kept the best health. Some days she is too sick to get out of the bed. The main character takes care of her he cooks all the meals for her and helps her start to feel better. Living with her he hears stories of his father and how he is an honest man. Also his grandmother tells him about his grandfather and all the great things he would do. Living with his grandmother is a great experience for the main character because she brings him history of his family and teaches him many things on how to live a content life.
Rather than losing hope, the boy (who is now a young man) decides to use his ability to write poetry as a way to heal. He imagines his father has written him a letter, answering his questions. And since his dad is not available to him, he decides to father and mentor himself. Beaty wants his
Her relationship with narrator Fred in the novella and her relationship with Paul in the film ultimately decides her fate in both mediums. Fred allows Holly to be who she truly is without having to hold her down, but Paul tries to possess Holly so she can be kept. The film veers completely off of the novella when Paul and Holly end up romantically involved in the end, with Holly finally being kept by Paul, seemingly ending her “wild thing” behavior. This shows that the film does not properly do the novella justice when it comes to presenting Holly as the wild thing that she knows she is because it ends with her being held down by a man when she had been going through life being by herself and finding satisfaction in
Book Holly’s life is falling apart due to her loss, but Movie Holly does not get the same treatment or approach to her grief. She is certainly upset for good reason, but her bereavement is glossed over and even though she briefly claims to have gained weight and let herself go, the audience can see that is not really the case and that she is even showing happiness in the scene directly following her violent emotional
By masquerading herself into society, Holly Golightly attempts to escape the haunting loneliness of her past. In discussion of her past, she left her former home in Tulip, Texas because she had found an overwhelming sense of loneliness there. Her older brother left the household in order to fight in the war. Without her brother, she experienced an inordinate amount of alienation; since her parents had died and she was forced into foster care, Holly endures the thought that she lacks a family without her brother. With the absence of the closest people in her life, she married at fourteen to try and escape her fears of living without her immediate family.
While the message is well appreciated, the overall script would benefit from more development in the area of the structure, pace, and tension, as well as character development.
These being expressed deeply throughout his book. Despite the fact that this book revolves around the sense of hope and joy, it’s a great book for someone who has or had gone through some of the same experiences as he once did.
The script presents with both strengths and weaknesses. There are several areas that are worth discussing. What holds the script back is the structure, pace, and the lack of sufficient tension in the first half, as well as a need for further character development, especially in the area of dialogue.
Thus, while there’s a lot to really admire and get excited about in this script, there are areas to revisit.
While the moral choices for the central character of Russell Porter drives the pilot, the pilot would benefit from more development.
As much as one enjoys the characters, the script would benefit from more development in the areas of structure and plot.
First there is the broken father and daughter relationship that throughout the novel mends slowly in each
Holly is not sure of whom she is yet. She is constantly reminded of her past although she’s still running from it. It angers her when she is given a dose of stability. She wants to find herself on her own, not through those who’ve gotten to know her for such a short while. She wants her independence and to create her own schedules to go with her own everyday life.
He focuses on the human interaction between the sisters, portraying their everyday lives, feelings and thoughts and all the little moments that make us humans.
The story shows how hard other people you barely know can help you understand so much about the world and in this particular story about feelings and understanding.