If Jermiah should have been Portia's son?
I was so hoping that Jermiah would have been Portia's son since they acted so much alike and had similar interest.
shareSadly, all the things Portia and Jeremiah had in common were just a co-incidence.
No two persons ever watch the same movie.share
I was pretty disappointed that he turned out not to be her son......at first. In the book, although it is never confirmed, we are left to believe that he IS her son and this massive change in the book really irked me when I first saw it however upon a repeated viewing, I thought it was actually a very brave way to go, not giving everyone the cookie cutter ending that most films would have given us. It's actually one of my favourite things about the film now. I really like the way we are left to make our own minds up about what happened afterwards.
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Just because YOU don't like something doesn't mean it is empirically not good.-Tina Fey
That's interesting. So it didn't clarify? What did it say instead?
I hadn't been expecting him to be in the film (well, I sort of did for a while, but I knew there'd have to be a twist with either his maternity or his admission) but having it be a 1pm/11pm error seemed a little bit silly.
I also found it annoying how suddenly when realising how her son was a person she got all misty and clucky. She didn't want kids! Or she was lying to herself. Either way I found it a bit frustrating and stereotypical (all women go all gooey for kids, and will regret not having them!)
Well, there's an awful lot that's different about the movie compared to the book. It's not confirmed that he IS her son in the book but it is heavily implied that he is and we are left believing he is. Portia is the only person in the book that realizes he is her son, in fact, the only person she even tells that she had a kid at all is Mark. Yet another thing that disappointed me about the movie.
Anyway, I agree, as much as I enjoy the movie, the way they handled Portias transition from 'not at all maternal' to 'very maternal' wasn't subtle enough, in the book, it's MUCH more subtle, she doesn't push herself on him like in the movie, in fact, if I remember correctly, she does the opposite, she stands back from him, not wanting to believe it I think.
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Just because YOU don't like something doesn't mean it is empirically not good.-Tina Fey
That actually sounds better - but may have translated harder to films, hence the change.
I thought it was part of her relationship with Mark that he presumably didn't know - so that would have changed a lot about their relationship. And also the son part. And the subtle transformation. Interesting, thanks.
The relationship between Portia and Mark in the book is actually quite sweet and what happens between them is really sad.
The movie is, at best, 'based' on the book. Seriously, you'd probably have to read it to believe how different the movie is compared to the book. I have wondered whether Tina, if she read the book before signing on to play Portia, feels that she got a raw deal. Karen Croner really butchered the story, I get that it was probably a difficult story to translate to the screen but I actually get the impression that Croner changed the story to fit Tina, like she wrote the character of Portia in a way that fit's with other 'Tina' characters (Liz Lemon etc). Croner even stated in an interview that when she found out Tina would be starring, she thought 'Oh no, now I have to make the funniest woman in the world laugh' or something along those lines. She clearly didn't trust Tina to be able to play the 'book' version of Portia :-(.
So yeah, she ruined the story for me. They should have had Jean Hanff Korelitz write the script.
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Just because YOU don't like something doesn't mean it is empirically not good.-Tina Fey
Huh, that's really interesting. And if the book was very different your theories are probably true. I'm intrigued to read it now. It might have been different with another actor or yes, maybe Tina got typecast, which might have been annoying for her.
shareSome people have said they found the book boring. It can be a little slow but I personally found it very interesting and the story is better than in the movie. Croner definitely changed the character to fit Tina in my opinion which I feel was a mistake. When reading the book, I got a real 'Tina Fey' vibe from the character anyway so I think she could absolutely have handled playing the book version beautifully but Croner changed it so they had to go with it.
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Just because YOU don't like something doesn't mean it is empirically not good.-Tina Fey
Yes the title of this thread should not have given away the spoiler
Could have had a perfectly good thread without the spoiler
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