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In Reply to: Charlie Kaufman - Adaptation posted by PdL on March 21, 2004 at 07:40:48:
Matchstick Men actually has a story that goes someplace (screenplay by Nicholas Griffin; based upon Eric Garcia's novel), and the last 15 minutes, while marginally anti-climactic, do wrap-up the stories of these characters and the ironies that brought them to where they were some time after the scams had concluded. Adaptation was more like a Seinfeld episode in that the story isn't about anything but itself and most of the characters are either unlikeable or uninteresting; sometimes a movie can be too clever, especially when the film's screenwriter is trying to draw attention to himself.FTR, I loved Matchstick Men from start to finish. Unfortunately, I can't say the same for Adaptation in spite of it's, and Charlie Kaufman's, popular appeal.
AuPh
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- Matchstick Men works; Adaptation doesn't, IMHO. - Audiophilander 08:57:20 03/21/04 (15)
- Agreed. Adaptation was pissed away in the last 15 minutes . . . - albee33 09:49:39 03/21/04 (14)
- Did you watch the beginning? - sjb 16:40:24 03/21/04 (8)
- Exactly! - LesF 15:38:40 03/22/04 (0)
- Re: Did you watch the beginning? - rico 08:04:37 03/22/04 (0)
- Yeah, but if Bruce Willis, Tommy Lee, and Julia Roberts . . . - albee33 18:36:39 03/21/04 (0)
- Very well put - Troy 17:22:01 03/21/04 (4)
- The best satire on the Hollywood system wasn't a movie, it was the short-lived TV series Action! - Audiophilander 17:42:40 03/21/04 (3)
- No, it was "The Player" - Troy 18:29:36 03/21/04 (2)
- Hey, I'd almost forgotten about The Player! You're right, it's an excellent satire on Hollywood! (nt) - Audiophilander 22:51:58 03/21/04 (1)
- Re: Hey, I'd almost forgotten about The Player! You're right, it's an excellent satire on Hollywood! (nt) - rico 08:08:22 03/22/04 (0)
- Re: Agreed. Adaptation was pissed away in the last 15 minutes . . . - rico 10:05:24 03/21/04 (4)
- You mean I could've saved an hour and a half and just watched the last 15 minutes!? (nt) - Audiophilander 11:15:58 03/21/04 (3)
- Re: You mean I could've saved an hour and a half and just watched the last 15 minutes!? (nt) - rico 13:50:48 03/21/04 (2)
- I did, unfortunately; that's my point. - Audiophilander 15:08:18 03/21/04 (1)
- Adaptation ending - PdL 04:40:05 03/22/04 (0)
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