I’m getting kinda disenfranchised with Hollywood.

You may recall, a while ago I read “The Devil Wears Prada” and enjoyed it. Then I saw the POS movie and thought “wtf?”.

Maybe a year ago I read “Bringing Down the House” and thought it was awesome. This week I saw the POS movie “21″ and thought “gay.”

I couldn’t believe that they turned it into such a boring, shallow, stupid and vapid movie. The book was excellent - I dunno who still has my copy - and I was stunned that such an interesting subject could turn into such a “typical” Hollywood piece of fluff.

While surfing IMDB forums to see if anyone else shared my POV, I came across a link to The Editing Room’s abridged script archive. It’s hilarious. This is my favourite snippet from 21’s script:

KEVIN SPACEY
You’re looking at the infamous MIT Blackjack Team.

JIM STURGESS
No I’m not. The MIT Blackjack Team was a whole bunch of male Asian kids. You’re a group of ethnically and sexually diverse students headed by two white kids.

KATE BOSWORTH
Welcome to Hollyood.

KEVIN SPACEY
Join our team as we count cards and make millions of dollars.

JIM STURGESS
No.
(pause)
Okay.

That’s gold, Jerry. Gold! Also reading the abridged script of “I am Legend” suggests that the movie may have been worse than the book. As such, I intend to check the book out.

Maybe I should base more of my reading on books that Hollywood decides to trash by dumbing it down for the mass media.

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