PhilGoetz comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 3 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 20 September 2010 04:12:59PM 1 point [-]

The "Save the Cat" series of books on screenwriting says that's an essential part of such movies - that the monster only gets to invade because someone's moral failing lets it in.

I'm not fond of their attitude - that there are only about a dozen possible plots for movies - but there certainly are a lot of movies that conform to them.