Inherent Vice
JectWon
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Just seent 2 nights ago. Definitely enjoyed the ride. I've read the book twice (the second read was in preparation for the movie).
Making a Pynchon book into a movie is a tall order and, because of that, I had my worries that this movie might suck. A lot of my concerns were put to ease quickly. Once I saw Sortilege as the narrator and heard Can's 'Vitamin C' as the intro tune to play in the movie title shot, I knew the book was in good hands.
I think the spirit of the book is pretty well executed in the film. I was bummed to not see Fritz and his ability to use ARPAnet to get info for Doc and I was also bummed to not see the trip to Vegas. I guess I'll hold off on too many specifics until I figure out if any strutters have actually watched the movie or read the book.
Who saw it, who read the book, thoughts, etc.
Making a Pynchon book into a movie is a tall order and, because of that, I had my worries that this movie might suck. A lot of my concerns were put to ease quickly. Once I saw Sortilege as the narrator and heard Can's 'Vitamin C' as the intro tune to play in the movie title shot, I knew the book was in good hands.
I think the spirit of the book is pretty well executed in the film. I was bummed to not see Fritz and his ability to use ARPAnet to get info for Doc and I was also bummed to not see the trip to Vegas. I guess I'll hold off on too many specifics until I figure out if any strutters have actually watched the movie or read the book.
Who saw it, who read the book, thoughts, etc.
Comments
That's funny. I actually found myself wishing it was longer so they could have had a few more (in my opinion) key scenes from the book.
But I can't disagree on the length ultimately, because 99 times out of 100 I'm the one who HATES when a movie is pretentiously long. 'There Will Be Blood' seemed like it was 5 hours and I hated it. This one was roughly the same length and it felt like it was over quickly for me. I guess it's all relative...
Really looking forward to watching this. Some good films coming in 2015! New Avengers, Mad Max, Star Wars...
Since I saw the film I've tried to read Gravity's Rainbow and found it difficult, as far as I've read I do like it though. What I actually wanted was more dope smoking P.Is. Can anyone recommend it or others? I don't make much time to read but would like to know which are the hits.
If you're looking for dope smoking PI's you gotta read the Inherent Vice book. There is a lot that isn't covered in the film...maybe give it a year and then read it, but I'm willing to wager that it would be worth reading right now. Also, Gravity's Rainbow and V are acclaimed but I'd suggest Crying of Lot 49 over them.
Yeah, you can get that vibe a bit. IV has some more humor than Long Goodbye, in my opinion. It also has a little more action.
Long goodbye is one of the greats. I don't know if IV could be in [em]that[/em] echelon of PI flicks, or not.
So... I was thinking of it as a PTA (one of my faves) film, not a Pynchon story.
And in that sense, the movie kinda sucked.
I love weird, but the weird in this I didn't find interesting. And not very funny.
That said, I kinda want to watch again.
In PTA's defense, I'm sure he was staying true to the source material, and like Pynchon books, there's an effort to make it through.
I was the only left in the theater by the end of the movie.
before i found all the ebooks i wanted by searching torrent sides.
I think a second viewing where I was more there for the ride, and less for the story, would be highly enjoyable, so this is a good reminder to visit it again.