TNL Movie Club: Adaptation

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

That was so classic.
"You can have an uninvolving, tedious movie, but wow them at the end, and you've got a hit. Find an ending."
Describes The Usual Suspects perfectly.

[Diff-chan]

I saw the Usual Suspects again a couple years ago. Total shit.

[Mzo]

I didn't realize it the first time I saw it, since I didn't know what would happen later on, but pretty much everything he says the Orchard Thief movie should not include during that lunch meeting is included by the end of this movie. That's hilarious.

That's how much fuck fish. LOL.

How much weight did Nic Cage gain for this movie? Is some of it makeup?

[dave is ok]

I'm getting a 'FUCK FISH' tattoo

[Mzo]

That was enough sweaty, post-coital Nic Cage to last me a lifetime.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

You think they did a Castaway deal and shot all the Donald parts first and then Nic chubbed up and shot the Charlie parts?
No, it was a fat suit. You can see it bouncing awkwardly when he is running through the swamp at the end.

[Doc Holliday]

Leave it to a fat man to be an expert on the physics of fat.

[Mzo]

They both looked equally fat, I thought. One just carried it better.

[A Robot Bit Me]

I watched this movie a few years ago, hated it, and have been telling people not to watch it ever since. I watched it this morning and loved it so much.

I'm sorry, movie

[FirstBlood]

I saw this in theaters back in the day and remembering liking a lot but at the same time not really getting it.

I really enjoyed revisiting this one. It's really not as crazy/deep as I had remembered or thought it was. I know I originally picked up on how the movie spiraled into everything Charlie hated, but most of his overall struggle was lost on me because I was so young. Great stuff. And the scene where Kitty Sanchez denies Charlie is SO SOUL CRUSHING.