Yes, that's what I use Screen mode for too. I find that setting the percentage 0-100% with a slider is easier than pulling the Curves "rubber band". 100% is a very curvy curve!
Perhaps the morale is
- Large adjustments = Screen
- Small adjustments = Curve
?
I didn't bother to test Multiply, but expect the inverse relationship to hold true.
Oh yes, there's one great advantage! You can say "I set it to Screen, 47%" instead of "I made a curve that looked like my wife when she was 7 months pregnant"