Reprise: Emotional Logic Versus Rational Logic in Screenwriting

“J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg are savvy enough to know when it comes to story, what a moviegoer wants to see, what they enjoy experiencing as they watch a movie, and the feelings they have during those two hours are absolutely, fundamentally, and utterly more important than any sort of rational consideration.”

A scene from the 2011 J.J. Abrams movie ‘Super 8’ featuring the “Spielberg stare”