For fans of the Blank Check Podcast, with Griffin Newman, David Sims, and Ben Hosley. Is Ben "Professor Crispy"? Will Griffin and David ever get the premise of the show down to 30 seconds or under? Let's listen together and find out! #thetwofriends
I just rewatched Steve Jobs and absolutely adored it. And yes, while the superb acting and Danny Boyle's fun visual choices played a part in that (love Boyle!), what REALLY sold the movie for me was Sorkin's script.
I know Sorkin has become a punching bag as of late — his last two movies weren't great, fair enough — but I think we gotta give credit where credit's due. When he was on his A-game, he was one of the greatest screenwriters in film/TV history.
And yet, I constantly see people giving more credit to his collaborators, whether its actors (Nicholson or Pitt in A Few Good Men/Moneyball) or directors (Fincher in Social Network). But I truly believe none of those movies would be NEARLY as good without those quippy, almost cartoonishly clever walk-and-talk Sorkin scripts. Plus, The West Wing is entirely Sorkin's baby, and that show (at least, the first few seasons) absolutely rules.
I know he has his low points — please, we don't need to bring up The Newsroom or Studio 60, everybody has their flops — but I just wanted to give Sorkin a shout out. The dude can write some fabulously entertaining and quotable dialogue.