Re: My Foolish Heart

Brendan McKennedy (suburbantourist@hotmail.com)
Thu, 15 Jan 1998 22:25:11 -0800 (PST)

IT STINKS!  The screenplay turns Salinger's
>wonderfully balanced story into a weepy, tear-jerking fiasco.  Worse, 
the
>screenwriters decided they  weren't going to the follow the original 
very
>closely; they essentially tossed out the meaning of the ending of the 
story
>and nearly destroyed everyone of Salinger's ironies.  It was this lack 
of
>'faithfullness' to the original that may have destoryed any desire 
Salinger
>had of selling more to Hollywood.  I know it would have made me furious 
had
>I been in his boots. In fact, my wife pleaded with me to turn it off 
after
>15 minutes when I tried to show it to her once--it's that bad.  Rent it 
to
>see what kind of destruction can take place when screenwriters think 
they
>have a better idea than the original.
>


I felt the same way after I saw Pet Cemetary.  
--Er...please ignore that.

Just as I had suspected...
I can't honestly say I'm entirely disappointed to hear this,
since I had a feeling this was the sort of response I'd get.
Such a shame.  Salinger's characters are so animated, his 
dialogue so dynamic, and he's so widely respected by a good
number of truly talented artists...You'd kind of hope that
when Salinger gave Hollywood a chance, they'd realize what
they'd got, and make a smart decision for once.

Thanks for the review, D.  Of course, you know, if I ever do
come across the film I'll have to see it for myself.  Sort of like
when my little brother came home and told me the car wouldn't 
start (inexplicably, of course, after he'd been driving it all
day), and I had to go out and try myself to start it for four
hours before I allowed myself to be disappointed.

In memoriam of "Uncle Wiggly", what do you say we all boycott
the Oscars this year?  Of course, the only time I ever watched
them was when Dave hosted them, and that was only three hours
of "Life is like" jokes a la Forrest Gump.

What a world, what a world.  The goddam movies.
Brendan 

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