American SPOILER Beauty ending changed or not?
I thought I remembered reading where A.B. was one of the few scripts in recent years that went from page to screen without so much as a single major change...now I hear that there were two...the identity of the murderer, and Lester's bang-her-or-not dilemma answer.
First off, I'd like to say that I can't believe the writer originally had the kids do the murder--it would have been too pat. Also, it was obvious (to me) that the killer was going to be the homophobic (but curious, natch) ex-Marine pseudo-Nazi son-beater. Come on! He was a Marine, for God's sake! You KNOW how closeted and evil those guys are.
The "I'm a virgin" "whoops, can't sleep with her" did catch me napping...or maybe I was just looking forward to some more Suvari action.
Still...if those two changes had to be made to the script...does it really deserve an Oscar? Do you win an Oscar for the script you actually wrote...or for the version that makes it to the screen? I know how I would have voted.
Your pal,
Couchguy
I thought I remembered reading where A.B. was one of the few scripts in recent years that went from page to screen without so much as a single major change...now I hear that there were two...the identity of the murderer, and Lester's bang-her-or-not dilemma answer.
First off, I'd like to say that I can't believe the writer originally had the kids do the murder--it would have been too pat. Also, it was obvious (to me) that the killer was going to be the homophobic (but curious, natch) ex-Marine pseudo-Nazi son-beater. Come on! He was a Marine, for God's sake! You KNOW how closeted and evil those guys are.
The "I'm a virgin" "whoops, can't sleep with her" did catch me napping...or maybe I was just looking forward to some more Suvari action.
Still...if those two changes had to be made to the script...does it really deserve an Oscar? Do you win an Oscar for the script you actually wrote...or for the version that makes it to the screen? I know how I would have voted.
Your pal,
Couchguy
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