Movies I Love (and so can you): Adaptation. (2002) [*Spoilers*]
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My favorite scene in this movie that makes me wipe away tears every time is when Charlie tells Donald that the girl he was so in love with (Donald ) was always making fun of him behind his back no matter how nice and sweet he tried to be to win her affections ... and Donald makes this face of pure heartbreak and then smiles genuinely and just says simply... "well then thats her problem. You are what you love, Charlie. Not what loves you " just typing that statement gave me a lump ... beautiful scene terrific film
Kaufman is a true genius
the whole time I was waiting for Kaufman's twin to be a schizo personality, and for it to turn into a serial killer movie, as he proposed in the beginning
ahahah me too
I think it kinda is a split personality thing though since Charlie Kaufman doesn't have a brother in real life. Can't speak for the serial killer thing though haha
That's actually the best joke of the movie. Donald IS a multiple personality / alter ego of Charlie. They're both played by the same actor. But Charlie says (to his alter ego Donald): "The only thing more overused than serial killers is multiple personalities!"
One of my all time favourite movies. Incredibly clever, witty, funny, charming, relatable, dark, emotional and beautiful.
I thought the crocodile eating Laroche was the true Deus ex machina!
Yeah, I'm no film nerd but I think Deus ex machina is defined also by its placement at the end of a story. McKee is sort of a similar device but not at the end of the story.
"Fuck fish." One of those lines that plays in my head from time to time.
I absolutely love love love this movie, yet still so few (even among us film nerds) have seen it. Happy to see this vid.
I'm hitting this subscribe button hard.
My favourite movie of all time. I've watched it 24 times and still counting.
Updates? ;)
Greatest screenplay of all time
Billy Wilder would disagree.
Pulp Fiction .
@@racewiththefalcons1 it's a quote from the movie.
@@racewiththefalcons1 disagree with what?
Adaptation. is one of the few films that has inspired me to write screenplays. Charlie Kaufman is simply brilliant!
David O Russell is probably there because he and Spike Jonze (the director of this film) are friends. Spike Jonze was in fact in 'Three Kings'
BrookJ Yes yes, I learned that a bit after making this. David O Russell wasn't on my radar until The Fighter, so I've never actually seen Three Kings.
MarcusHalberstram88 If you haven't read it, I highly recommend "Rebels on the Backlot" by Sharon Waxman, it details the rise and interconnectedness of a number of prominent mid-nineties directors, including Jones and Russel.
+Randy Miller thanks, I'll check it out!
Can you do a video on The Usual Suspects?
0:35 Charlie Kauffman
Based on The Orchid Thief
• A writer writing about writing
• An author trying to build his movie
Detaching from the past
I love the ocean, but not enough fish
Move On Move On Move On
3:03 Judgement. Adaption. Running Away. Journeying Into The Unknown.
Passion, Purpose
Soulmates, Love
Doing what one is designed to do
5:06 John LeRoch’s true story
I’m pathetic
5:55 What makes a story worth telling?
+ Creative + Complex + Original
- Drug Dealing + Growing Characters
Metamorphosis, Change
7:36 Guns, Car Chases, Lessons
8:09 Cliches & Absurdities
9:23 No Story
Wasting My Precious Hours
10:15 No TItle Does Justice To This
This was one of the best movies I've seen in a longggg time....
It is like technology vs horse.
I had forgotten that. I am so going to put that in random comments, probably.
VASTLY underrated.
Casablanca is mentioned few times during the movie, and there is definetly a connection regardimg the endimg, as it becomes melodramatic and just like Boghart's character he doesn't get the woman he loves but he has hope for future and escapes his sort of cold and alienated existence.
Loving your breakdowns and analysis of these films.Great work with this one as well.
This movie is partly why I started growing orchid and it is responsible for me having ghost orchids today.
Hahahahahaha
Cause you wanted to get high?
Thank you for this video. I was missing the Adaptation universe but didn't have time to watch the whole movie. This was perfect. I feel better now.
I remember this film being much more surreal and crazy when i watched it as a teenager, its actually pretty digestable all things considered.
This movie is so much deeper than I first thought. I gotta rewatch it to catch everything you said in this video. It was a great analysis. Congrats!
When Nic Cage is good he’s so good
Amazing message behind the movie but I swear it gives me social anxiety
And triggers insecurity
On paper, this movie absolutely should not have worked, and yet, it totally did.
Great review man keep it up 👍🏼
You forgot to mention that Donald Kaufman, the made up twin brother, was nominated for the Oscar for best screenplay, along with his real brother Charlie.
Have you seen Oldboy.
Great video man.
I just watch the movie and watching again. Great movie.
the screenplay is great
Love it, didn't really get this movie so the breakdown was awesome
Well done!!!
My name is Donald and this movie weirded me out. I saw it in the theater and had no idea what I was getting into. Did not know it was by the "Being John Malkovich" guy. But I loved it. Thanks for pointing out a few more layers in it. (The deus ex machina!)
This movie KILLS!!!
great video, but you failed to comment on one key scene, he nearly gets in a car accident pulling out of that parking garage at the end!
I never noticed that!
Joining the "I watched this movie years later club".
This movie is dauntingly clever
The alligator is the deus ex machina.
i think ive overcome my hate for combi wagons...
worth a subscribe
Only saw about half. Not sure why I stopped
I watched it , and yes .. Adaptation is a good movie .. But to start off with , Nicholas Cage was a geek , and even worst .. the way he was talking at the beginning of the movue( in my opinion) was absolutely annoying .. His twin brother had more spunk a n.v d charisma than he did .. And Meryl Streep's character just some desperate skank when she went and slept with La Roche .. Wasn't she supposed to be married ???And she sounded like a whinny cry baby at the end of the movie when La Roche was half-eaten by the alligator .. I suppose that's what made the movie so good .. Very interesting ..
So you don’t have a problem with Cage, you have a problem with how he was written then, since he also plays the brother.
And that’s kind of the point, Donald isn’t smarter than Charlie, he’s not as talented, not as experienced, and he’s even fatter. But because Charlie is so meek and Donald is not afraid to put himself out there, he’s perceived as charismatic, he gets girls, people are drawn to him, and his work is regarded as a masterpiece that Charlie could learn a thing or two from.
So it was probably intentional, Charlie’s self pity and self imposed restrictions held him back from what he could’ve been from the beginning.
@@alexman378 : when you think about it , Cage can play most any character , regardless how geeky and annoying he has to become .. Let's face it , even the two girls he tried to hit on were repulsed by him .. He couldn't even turn Meryl Streep's character on .. Yet she fell for some mousey looking twerp like La Roche .. He's played better characters in other movies ..