Quote Originally Posted by Karifean View Post
Thoughts move faster than spoken lines and the pacing of fully acted scenes would be extremely off if Squall's inner monologues had to be spoken out as a scene is ongoing. It works in text because it makes the pace of the scene a bit more abstract.
First, watch Gilmore Girls, nobody can think as fast as those women talk.

Secondly, how I've found soliloquy to work nicely in film is when it's laid over spoken dialogue of a less critical nature like characters summing up information we already know or arguing about what to do next.