Blogcritics Comments on Adaptation. DVD

Comment by Cheekygeek on Adaptation. DVD

Wed, 25 Jun 2003 10:46:24 EDT

I had not seen this at the theatre and rented to actually view the movie for the first time, knowing little about it beyond the trailer. It is clearly one of those movies that has lots of inside jokes for Hollywood (and book publishing) types and I thought it was kind of mindbending at first. The arguments for staying "anti-commercial" vs what the seminar teacher has to say are thought provoking. The scene in which you find out how the Orchid Thief loses his teeth is one of those shocking, incredible moments in film (similar to when the head pops out of the overturned boat in Jaws). But I thought that all of the promise of the first 2/3 of the movie, which was actually believable, evaporated when things turned crazy at the end. I won't give anything away here, but I think that the turn came too fast and made it cartoonish when the rest of the movie had been believable. I kept thinking it was going to end with Charlie waking up in his bed in Auntie Emm's house, but it didn't. Interesting idea, works on some levels but missed for me in the end. I really wouldn't recommend the movie outside of maybe some English/Screenwriting class for the sake of discussion. ]]>

Comment by Jim Carruthers on Adaptation. DVD

Sun, 22 Jun 2003 21:08:43 EDT

Yah, it's not like somebody would rent the DVD to see the goddamn movie. What would be the point? It would be like chasing out into the middle of a swamp for nothing. Or watching "Barton Fink". For what it's worth, Columbia releases Superbit editions of their DVDs which means all the bandwidth of the disc is given to the image and sound. No extras. After all, would you rather have a good movie with no extras or a crap movie with lots of more crap? And for what it's worth, the movie does give a hint about the early career of Ms. Streep, which she began under the stage name at Peep World as Heidi Ho. ]]>

Comment by James Russell on Adaptation. DVD

Sun, 22 Jun 2003 02:54:00 EDT

Adaptation was my favourite film of last year. I'll be waiting for the special edition DVD, though... ]]>

Comment by James Russell on Adaptation. DVD

Sun, 22 Jun 2003 02:53:44 EDT

Adaptation was my favourite film of last year. I'll be waiting for the special edition DVD, though... ]]>

Comment by Aaron on Adaptation. DVD

Sat, 21 Jun 2003 22:12:39 EDT

I couldn't believe it when I realized there were no extras for this dvd. They must have run out of money. If you're looking for a dvd with tons of extras, rent/buy Tears of the Sun. Amazing film, amazing dvd. ]]>

Comment by Robert Schwartz on Adaptation. DVD

Sat, 21 Jun 2003 19:48:44 EDT

OY! I watched this last week. The only thing I was happy about was that I had not spent $15 bucks to go to the theater and watch it. I haven't read the novel, but I thought the movie was narrcistic self-indulgent crap. A movie about a screen writer who can not write a movie script. Fwah! Who cares? It was an incoherent mess. The worst of PoMo with a $50 million budget. Sauve qui peut. ]]>

Comment by Steve Rhodes on Adaptation. DVD

Sat, 21 Jun 2003 16:55:59 EDT

There will be a special edition with bonus features at some point. Susan Orlean mentions that she shot some stuff on the Regarding Adaptation weblog. ]]>