Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by sjb (A) on November 17, 2005 at 17:02:10

In Reply to: The Weather Man. posted by tinear on November 16, 2005 at 06:26:10:

Definitely ripped off Spike Jonze/Charlie Kaufman in having a movie start with a kind of depressed Nicolas Cage doing an internal monologue (Adaptation) and by having him hit with a flying drink (Being John Malkovich).

Otherwise I liked it and I liked that even when he accepts himself we're not being told to feel good about that acceptance or about who/what he is. Very similar to Lord Of War in that they never try to make him very likeable (though in the case of The Weather Man it's not too hard to have some empathy/sympathy).

"Where are we going? And what am I doing in this hand basket?"