20 Screenwriting Tips from Taika Waititi

[@alicialexists]

Mr. Waititi has excellent advice. My favorite tip is to do your own thing, both creatively and professionally. I would like to see an actor's perspective on how to tell whether a script for a screenplay is good, unless that would threaten their career.

[@purefoldnz3070]

tip 1-20 never take any advice from Taika. He's a hack.

[@cjgayle7815]

One bad film shouldn't take away all of his credibility. Being an artist means constantly taking risks. Every project you take on is a risk. He was brave to take on Thor Ragnorak and it worked out, Love and Thunder didn't. Its a lesson for all of us. The next piece of writing or project you or anyone else takes on, if you're brave enough to show it to others you can be praised or criticised.

[@TomEyeTheSFMguy]

Fucking THANK YOU

[@cjstryder5441]

I enjoyed Love and Thunder was entertaining too me.

[@manasyoga]

I believe in letting the audiance to be or rather become part of the creative prosses ,the "best" directers out therefore would NOT feed them only with concussions and prefabricated answers unless documentary of course...

[@manasyoga]

Big thanks for all you do to educate and enrich us who are interested in the craft . Greetinngs from the UK.

[@destinsleutel5541]

It was lazy and childish and careless and nonchalant and just absolutely disgusting. How could you ever look at that and not feel encumbered to release it?

[@malachilewis2424]

My hope is Love and Thunder will be more of like David Lynch’s Dune experience for him. He’ll hopefully go to his own ideas and start from scratch and perhaps explore his own worlds rather than something with a pre existing universe.

[@purefoldnz3070]

hopefully we never hear from him and his screaming goats ever again.

[@miromaro4822]

And after a year I'm glad to see that nobody actually gives a shit about getting advice from this guy.

[@Kpictures_NYC]

He’s so talented and grounded.

[@purefoldnz3070]

ah... no. He's complete s***

[@jellestarremans5990]

I would love to see more about tv-writing.

[@TimeToToot]

This man is one of the BEST in the business - be it screenwriting, directing, or voice acting.👍

[@Beanz06]

He is none of those things

[@TomEyeTheSFMguy]

@@Beanz06 *all of those things

[@lucasbennett7717]

People that are actually great at all those things don't get hired for marvel movies my guy, they hire ape brains who they can control

[@kr6productions]

Top 25 maybe

[@SunlightGwyn]

No he’s not.

[@schnucksergio5808]

i like him, he is different and talented.

[@purefoldnz3070]

hate him. He's a hack.

[@VincentMcmanus.]

After Thor: Love and Thunder, I don't think I want Taika's advice.

[@guystudios]

Love Taika

[@z0uLess]

Let me sum it up: smile and say things people want to hear. Most of the things he says is contradictory, but people arent really listening anyway ... so, makes an easy life for him. Being tall and good looking helps.

[@TomEyeTheSFMguy]

Alright, more tips!

[@lizryan6670]

Can you do Martin McDonagh please

[@SuperEngel69]

And making a sh*t load of green….

[@zacegan1]

Taika been eatin

[@OmegaIL]

Never thought he's a person to ask advice about movies. Probably cez I don't really like shit.

[@DavidJReidOFFICIAL]

Dont take notes people!!!!! ur film career will be over if ya wait years between drafts

[@TomEyeTheSFMguy]

What if you aren't writing for a corporation?

[@hide_and_go_sikh]

I checked out your website it seems pretty legit. I've got a script I've been working on but I only got the opening part of the movie finished. It'll take me a few months to get it finished but I'll submit it to you and see what you think. I was going to say it seems like a way to scam people out of money. But to read all of the scripts and provide feedback, it doesn't seem unreasonable to charge something for that.

[@TheRealQuinten]

Holy shit I think I just found the mythical modern audience that’s to blame for all the eye garbage we get now days. Yeah he’s gold I can’t wait for his rendition of Rocky and the godfather. I’d love to see all the slapstick jokes of Rocky farting every time he gets gut punched.

[@tankprohp]

More Thor Ragnarok type movies instead of love and thunder

[@BaconManProd]

Every comment is about Love and Thunder and it was honestly not bad. Some silly stuff but a good villain and a lot of comedy

[@ChristopherCopeland]

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and anyone can enjoy anything even if they’re the only one, but frankly the volume of people who dislike it means that you’re in the minority. No one can say something is objectively bad, but if the mission of your movie is to connect with an audience (like a soulless marvel/Disney movie is designed for) and it fails to do that, then the audience is the judge.

[@BaconManProd]

@@ChristopherCopeland Obviously that's wrong. A vocal minority mihht dislike it but I'm willing to bet most of the people who watched it enjoyed it.

[@MEMUNDOLOL]

@@BaconManProd yea i agree people liked it so much that the movie was a flop and now no1 gives a f about taika "im so funny that im gonna include jokes even in movie about holocaust"

[@ZionistWorldOrder]

he is 90% odd name and ethnicity while 10% talent.. he is talking about judging his work 😂

[@Rebe-Caufman]

Thor 4 is trash tika waikika

[@ZionistWorldOrder]

one bad film? how about he got lucky with one and the rest he ruined..

[@GuildOfTheBlackCrow]

Taking screenwriting tips from Taika is like taking diet advice from a 400lb man.

[@michaelmcdaniel7901]

Q&A's must get tedious...lordy.👍🏻 thnx for great insights. NOW THEN... high time *WE'RE WOLVES script got "dust off" eh? *Epiphany Bell rang rewatchin Bennecio's flawed (ButNotAsBadAsTheySay) WOLF MAN: We're Wolves. We'reWolves. WEREWOLVES. 🤦🏻‍♂️! ...felt like last to "see" stereogram OR find Waldo😖!... "We're Wolves" ...title alone worthy of TWO SNAPS UP .. and if HALF as brilliant as WWDITS🧛🏻‍♀️🧛🏾‍♂️.. it'll be 100% ABOVE competition. Taika & Jemain: modern Merchant & Gervais.. just need to GET MOVIN... ✍🏻✍🏻

[@metaphysiiickz]

I cant stand what this guy did to THOR. New Zealand valkyries. Terrible

[@moonhead6165]

tv writer not film

[@LaneTheBrane]

He's a hack

[@DanCreaMundos]

Well I mean, he has made quite some interesting things. And then there's Gorr the God Butcher :/ so take it with a grain of salt

[@TomEyeTheSFMguy]

I don't think so. He's hasn't lost credibility just because of one bad film. He still has a good amount of good films before it.

[@CTheRobot]

He makes fun films, but I just never feel like I buy anything he says. Perplexing mixed emotions about this guy 😂

[@BaconManProd]

Why?

[@danvez5656]

About as talented as any writer in Hollywood these days. This is not a compliment

[@hunnybunny814]

He single hadedly ruined the Marvel universe for me.

[@ricksanchezdeluniversoc1379]

The man who never did a good movie giving advice on writting.

[@harshitmishra8431]

After Thor Love And Thunder.... Sorry!!!

[@emilstalzer8553]

😂

[@purefoldnz3070]

tip 1-20 never take any advice from Taika. He's a hack.

[@michaeltudyk8660]

Just came here to say: no, thanks.

[@gothxm]

Something about this guy is off to me.

[@brodull1142]

Did adding screaming Goat and his own character were one of the screenwriting tips? This man is overrated

[@winterbird4447]

Try so hard to be funny that it is no longer funny.

[@j4vl3r]

Horrible actor

[@alphonsetram1]

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[@harshitmishra8431]

After Thor Love And Thunder.... Sorry!!!

[@hamidkiani2025]

Bro not every time you can do a geart work understand.

[@TomEyeTheSFMguy]

You wanna reject great advice because of one small blemish in his filmography, fine. Left to your own ignorance.

[@harshitmishra8431]

@@TomEyeTheSFMguy Yes because instead I can take advice from David Fincher, Scorsese, Bong Joong ho and Tarantino who never comprises their script in contrast to him whose film's script had so much potential to be great but he butchered it for the sake of comedy

[@armankaya4826]

He created the best marvel film too, don't forget that

[@harshitmishra8431]

@@hamidkiani2025 I understand but even the films that are good have some glaring flaws in the scripts. Jojo rabbit is almost perfect to me.. Rest aren't.. That being said that his filmography isn't that long yet.. But still after Thor love and thunder.. I don't think I can trust taika the way I earlier used to do