Michael
On Wed, 20 May 1998, Ned Fleming wrote:
> On Tue, 19 May 1998 20:43:41 -0500, Kevin Smith
wrote:
>
> >Hmmmm....just saw L.A. Confidential. Read the
book years ago, and after
> >going through Nocturnes, I was really looking
forward to the film version.
> >Gee, these guys were almost likable. While I
liked the film, it was hardly
> >the blast I'd been expecting.
>
> [snip]
>
> My 80-year-old mother thought it was great. I thought
it was pretty much
> a yawner -- epic snoresville, as Ellroy might put it
-- both times I saw
> it. Yeah, I thought I'd missed something the first
time, but I didn't.
>
> I'll admit it's slickly done -- some of the scenes
with Spacey are
> top-notch -- but it certainly didn't cover what the
book covered. The
> raped Mexican girl (Maria Soto?) was practically
overlooked, and the
> Walt Dizzy character (Raymond Dieterling) was excised
completely. The
> "bigness" of the novel was thus chopped off. Pierce
Patchett had to
> carry the ball, and I'm afraid he had a torn anterior
cruciate.
>
> >Mind you, really enjoying a book is almost a
guarantee that you'll hate the
> >film.
>
> The nice thing about a book is that it has an
unlimited budget. A
> faithful rendition of "LA Confidential" might have
cost more than
> "Titanic" . . . well, maybe not.
>
> --
> Ned Fleming
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