# What did you think of "Adaptation"?

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**Created:** [June 9, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-think-of-adaptation/180575 "2003-06-09T02:42:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-think-of-adaptation/180575/1 "2003-06-09T02:42:08Z")

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I just saw this movie today, and had quite high expectations. It really fell a bit short, however.

I’m not talking about the acting. I thought that all of the stars–Nicholas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, etc.–gave outstanding performances.

I was just underwhelmed by the story, which i thought was pretty lame. I understand that this movie was trying to challenge certain conventions, and i also concede that the way that it went about this was quite clever in some respects. But i just wonder whether Hollywood, and the entertainment industry in general, isn’t already a little _too_ self-indulgent and self-referential. Do we really need to add a new level, a new layer, whereby the process of turning a story into a script becomes the story itself?

I know, i know…there was more to the movie than that. But still, i just found the whole thing vaguely dissappointing.

What did y’all think?

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**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-think-of-adaptation/180575/2 "2003-06-09T02:54:29Z")

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Oops, sorry.

I just noticed that there’s already an “Adaptation” thread under way.

Please ignore my rant.

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**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-think-of-adaptation/180575/3 "2003-06-09T05:59:07Z")

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Yes, there is another _Adaptation_ thread under way, but if you want to find a more literate and intelligent analysis of it than “it sucked ass,” you’ll have to search farther back. [This thread, for instance.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=152568)