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In Reply to: Agreed. Adaptation was pissed away in the last 15 minutes . . . posted by albee33 on March 21, 2004 at 09:49:39:
Where he swears that the movie won't have any guns or drugs or car chases or characters that grow or change or learn imortant life lessons. And then towards the end when the screenwriter seminar guy says that you have to wow 'em in the end but don't you dare resort to "deus ex machina." to wrap things up.The whole point is that CK's making fun of himself for agreeing to adapt the Orchid Thief (he really did try a straight adaptation before it became what it was) and struggling to find a way to make something out of it.
He's also making big fun of hollywood and the typical studio exec's need to have certain elements be in a film no matter what. And, he's making fun of how often something miraculous happens (the alligator killing Larouche) to save the day/wrap up the story.
I can understand people not liking the movie but it always surprises me when people don't get it.
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Follow Ups
- 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)
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