Scriptshadow Challenge 2!

Posted on May 29, 2009 | by admin

We are here. Finally! For those of you newer Scriptshadow converts, you probably haven’t heard of The Scriptshadow Challenge. What is it? Oh man, trying to describe The Scriptshadow Challenge is like trying to describe sex. It’s beyond description I’m afraid. It’s something you gotta feel deep inside you, you know what I mean? I’ll give it a shot though. My buddy Scott (Go Into The Story) and I give you a fairly recent spec script, which you read during the week, then next Friday Scott and I both post our reviews, and you then post your reviews in the comments section. Basically, we’re trying to get a big ole quasi-intellectual discussion going on here. Why did this particular script sell? How did it achieve such accolades? What distinguishes it from everyting else out there? Those are the kinds of questions we want you asking yourself.

This month’s script? The controversial NUMBER 1 SCRIPT on the 2008 Black List: The Beaver, about a depressed family man who finds a Beaver puppet that he wears on his hand 24/7. Of course the beaver puppet speaks in an English accent (cause, like, why wouldn’t he?) and starts to take over the man’s life. Dark, weird, edgy. For awhile Steve Carrel was attached, but now it looks like Jim Carrey is circling the project.

I know there are some of you that are saying, “Wait a minute. You’re going through this big schpiel, making it sound like we’re about to have the time of our lives, and what this all amounts to is you giving us homework?” Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…yeah! Download “The Beaver” here: The Beaver – And start working on those reviews for next Friday.

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  • Kingston Alomar

    Ugh. Damn you Carson. I had a feeling you were going to pick this one. I hope my review will fit in the comments section because I know I’m going to have a #%@*load to say about it.

    #1 MY ASS.

  • Milan

    lol…the story sounds really crazy, but I will take part of course. :)

  • Harbinger

    References to Sex and a script called The Beaver!

    This is all SO wrong.

  • Anonymous

    This script is a masterpiece IMHO.

    M.

  • Anonymous

    I thought it was near genius. Clever, funny, touching, sad. Grabs you from the get-go.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/15708868001093706846 LindaM

    Oh, man. It sounds so bad. Who would want to go see this thing? OK, I’ll take a look…. Sigh.

  • Anonymous

    Not fun. Not funny. The protag is an idiot. I was hoping the Beaver would kill him.

  • Anonymous

    Muppets + Donnie Darko + David Lynch = trainwreck

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/08439555051697115476 Carson Reeves

    I’ll save my comments for Friday but say this. This was voted the top script by all the readers in town. The same readers who will be judging your script. So even if you don’t like it, you have to understand why they did.

  • Ryan (Biohazard)

    I’ll give you my review right now:

    FLAMING PIECE OF SHIT.

  • Harbinger

    I’ve enjoyed the first 15. Apart from a flimsy protag who has yet to deliver any meaningful dialogue (making The Beaver a surrogate protag) and display any real character beyond the relentless melancholy and silent desire to top himself, I’m actually digging it.

    Has that quirky, dark humor I like. Iggy Goes Down with puppets.

    It’s like the muppets went emo….. or…..ahem…..elmo.

    …………Sorry.

  • Kingston Alomar

    The older son is going to make me hang myself in a minute. Jesus Christ. Cry me a f***ing river, emo bitch.

    Where’s a beaver puppet when you need one?!

    Here I am, love!

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/05346662241448196719 Julian

    Who is Tarson Meads?

  • Anonymous

    The scenes at the toy firm are great.

    So many other with Meredith.

    The bricolage scene between the Beaver and Henry are great.

    Henry as the son of the Beaver with the quirks of a real beaver’s cub [sawing wood] is great.

    And I love the final scenes, in which the Beaver turns evil as Walter thinks of getting rid of him.

    I always tought Walter would get up one day and simply find the Beaver on the bedside table, but Walter’s bond with the Beaver has become physical — he has to saw it off with his arm.

    Spooky, but again, great.

    M.

  • Kingston Alomar

    This script is f***ing HORRIBLE. WTF Hollywood?

    I want to finish it so I can have a review for next week but I really can’t bring myself to do it. Well I guess I have 6 more days. 69 pages down, 41 to go. Dear God…

  • Donna K

    Well I read it this morning over a good coffee in the gardening in the morning sun. It was a quick read and that in itself made me happy. However I do have some really mixed feelings.

    Looking fwd to posting a review at the end of the week. I’m torn; part of me has real problems with it (one thing I will say, my GAWD, talking heads galore) and part of me enjoyed it – particularly bc of it’s quirkiness, unusual approach to depression etc.

  • Donna K

    Talking heads – puppet. Just realized how silly that sounds. lolol

  • Anonymous

    The script sold because it is different. And some studio thinks they can turn it into a light hearted PG-13 comedy. Probably with Jim Carrey.

    But I personally did not enjoy it.

    It wasn’t that humorous.

    All the laughs are one note, based on a puppet glued to Walter’s hand.

    The highlight was Walter sawing him off.

    And there were way too many scenes with Porter. Didn’t care for his subplot too much.

    But nonetheless, congrats to the writer for selling it.

    -W

  • Bionic_Bigfoot

    Could definetly see the trailer.(Carrel or Carey)
    Unfortunately you would not see that third act in the trailer and that would leave a lot of people pissed off at what a downer it was.
    Well done but dark.
    Porter’s late connection to his father was very unrewarding. Henry never really coming out of his shell. Walter’s unaddressed, shattered life after his self mutilation. As well as the very dark back story on Norah. Felt very unresolved.
    Though it would be marketed as a comedy it isn’t laugh out-loud funny. More disturbing.

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