Why oh why?
I loved this book, Vonnegut rules, but this movie sucked!!
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This movie was one of the worst I have ever seen. It was total crap!!!!
It's a shame since it had a good cast.
I'd like to know why the great Albert Finney agreed to be in this film.
"This movie was one of the worst I have ever seen"
what? have you seen like 4 movies? if you want a BAD movie check out Space Mutiny or The Conqueror.
You expect a better movie when you have stars like Albert Finney, Bruce Willis and Nick Nolte. That's the reason why I consider this movie a failure.
shareWhy did you not like the movie? What was wrong with it? I have only seen it once and it was a few years ago, but I recall enjoying it highly and can see absolutely no damnable flaws in it.
shareThe movie is so damned terrble, you'd have to be completely inebriated to sit through the entire thing!
shareI agree with gypsygirl... Albert Finney had a great performance, and just for the record, i don't think Kilgore Trout's writing is as bad as the film made it out to be, but that's just my opinion
shareYeah, I couldn't even finish it
shareThis was a little disappointing, but only because Vonnegut's books are so hard to adapt (in a good way). I would like to see a "Bluebeard" movie, just for all us art house nerds. Since Rabo's Armenian, would SOAD's Serj Tankian be out of the question for the main character? (j/k)
shareI was cynical about this movie to begin with. And my expectations were correct. I do agree that it is hard to adapt Vonnegut for the screen (ESPECIALLY a book like this), they did so much stuff wrong that could easily have been avoided.
1) Why oh why oh why did they resurrect Dwayne's wife? Stupid and completely unneccesary.
2) They exchanged the dark, depressing Vonnegut ending for a smarmy, lame Hollywood ending. Dwayne goes crazy and is committed v. Dwayne regains his sanity and reunites with his wife and son.
3) WHAT THE S*** WERE THEY THINKING HAVING TROUT STEP THROUGH THE MIRROR INTO ANOTHER DIMENSION? I mean, I know it was discussed in the book, but what the F!
Great cast, good performances, a difficult adaptation, a horribly lame ending. Good until the last 10 minutes.
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haven't read the book, and if you just see the movie on its own merits (without regard to the book) this movie is truly great!
It has a great feeling throughout the movie, with that sadness and lonlyness in it. Trout's struggle, and Hoover's anxiety over how unreal the world feels really connects with me, and the ending is beautiful.
It's great acting, an interesting and tragic-comic plot, and beautiful music.
this is definately a drama movie, rather than a cmoedy (even though nolte is hilarious), and I'd give it a 9/10 at least.
Just the mere fact that most ppl dislikes it, hints that it might be good. Since when has the masses ever appreciated art?
Just the mere fact that most ppl dislikes it, hints that it might be good. Since when has the masses ever appreciated art?
When it was a book. This movie was god awful. They made Kilgore Trout seem insane. In the book he's just a cynic who wants to be left alone. In fact, they made just about every character a lot more insane that need be. It just doesn't make sense when these Hollywood directors completely change a book. In the book Bunny and Dwayne have no relationship. At the end Dwayne beats him to the point of having no more face. Dwayne doesn't know who Trout is in the book. He just goes up and grabs his book and asks if this is what life is. In the movie Trout got all defensive, and them he practically started bragging. In the book he just said yeah and let him take it. Then Dwayne bites his finger off. Everything was off. It was horrible. The only thing good about this movie is that it reminded how good the book was.
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I agree. I saw the movie before I read the book, but the two must obviously be decoupled. If you watch this movie (or any movie for that matter) expecting to see the book, then you are going to be disappointed, and this is true for almost any movie adapted from a book. There are, of course, exceptions and I think the best example is probably The Green Mile by Stephen King.
Take Dune as an example. The movie is nothing like the book, but John Lynch (my opinion his only good movie) did an amazing job with this movie. It is a classic that will live forever as one of the best movies every made. If you are a fan of the book as I am though, you do not watch this movie expecting to read the book while you watch if you get my point.
This is true of this movie too. This movie was excellent once you decouple it from the book. Bruce Willis was excellent, Nick Notle was hilarious. I really felt the disarray that Dwayne felt during his journey in this movie. I felt this like I felt it when I read the book. Albert Finney I felt played an amazing Kilgore. Even though Kilgore was not written true to the book, I think that all of the major aspects of a Kilgore Trout were there, the main one being his cynicism.
Great Movie, Great Cast, Great Acting. Read the book, Watch the movie but keep the two separate. I think that the movie is an excellent rendition of an excellent book.
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