Here’s an interesting note.
In the movie Live And Let Die, there is a boat chase scene.
It’s maybe one of my favorite action sequences from any James Bond movie.
- (Live and Let Die has an awesome theme song, too – Paul McCartney at his best.)
- At 1:27:21, Bond gets into the boat to get away from the bad guys. (They chase, of course.)
- The boat chase scene is done at 1:40:02 with the explosion of bad guy and his boat.
That’s 13 minutes of a boat chase, intercut with car chases, and that’s roughly 10% of the movie.
Can you imagine making one scene 10% of your book?
Opens your eyes a little, doesn’t it?
I’m reading the book to see what Ian Fleming’s writing is like, just out of curiosity, but there were a LOT of unique characters and scenes in the movie. Originality has its place.
Dan Alatorre 
my werewolf pooka story opens up with a charter being chased by an unseen monster than falling off a cliff into a rushing river. i see music playing as he sinks to the bottom of the river than wakes up and strugles to the top of the water and makes it to land.
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That does not surprise me at all, Dabney…
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I do love James Bond, Dan, and I have read a number of Ian Flemings books, maybe all of them. I enjoyed his books when I was in my late teens. My son, Greg, has read them all too.
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I only knew Ian Fleming’s his work through movies – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and James Bond – but I’m looking forward to getting to know his written work!
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I have read Chitty Chitty Bang Bang too. I think I read to much [wink]
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