And yeah, David, I think the lack of OW as co-writer brought this one down a few notches. The theater where we saw Life Aquatic showed a good chunk of the original 5-minute b&w short for Bottle Rocket, which freakin' rocked. Owen & Luke Wilson were funnier in 5 minutes than the entirety of Life Aquatic.
Of course, it's difficult to tell exactly what Owen's contributions have been to the scripts. But listening to his commentary on the
Rushmore
DVD you got a sense that his and WA's loopiness and ideas about the comic possibilities of social violations were similar. But also that Owen was a bit more humane, affectionate, self-deprecating, and that WA was more schematic, detail oriented, fixated on the production vision.
Aw, the kongisking.net chaps have put up a Christmas message -
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My s-i-l told me that Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston bought the movie rights to
The Time-Traveler's Wife.
Ooooh. No. I mean, yay for a movie (it's one of those books where halfway through, I started an outline for the movie), but no. Just no.
No you don't want them in it? Or no, you don't want them to have any part of it?
Didn't Brad buy the rights to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and that's how this movie got made? (Honest question. I'm only half recalling a vague conversation about it.)
I definitely would not watch them in it. Not that I have a particular hate-on for either of them, but IMO they are all wrong for a movie adaptation of the book.
My s-i-l told me that Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston bought the movie rights to The Time-Traveler's Wife.
IMO they are all wrong for a movie adaptation of the book.
I haven't read the book, so I'm working on less information, but I do have to stand up for Brad, who has never stopped surprising me with his talent and choices. It may wind up not being as bad a match as people might think. Plus they might just want to produce it, and let other people star in it, so there's that, too.
I have liked Brad Pitt in many movies, and I think Jennifer Aniston has done some good work too. And if they are only producing, then I have no objections. But I stand firm in my opinion that neither of them would be right to play the two main characters in the book. I don't think either of them has the gravitas needed to pull it off.
I think I may have to read this book.
Also, nice tag Kate.
I loved the book and cannot see either Brad or Jennifer in those parts.
However, if they bought the rights in order to produce it -- that's a different story.
