PROBABLY WILL WIN
UP IN THE AIR (Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner) - This movie was decent, I would even go as far to say it is a good movie, but this is not the best adapted screenplay. It will probably win because it is so topical and deals with the decline of Western Civilisation, blah blah blah, but to be honest the third act is just lazy. Vera Farmiga's character being married was dramitcally necissary for Clooney to find his way, but nesecity shouldn't be an excuse. You could see it coming from a mile away, but it might have been the best adapted screenplay if they changed it so that for some other reason she was unavailable. I don't know what, I didn't write it, I'm not nominated for an Oscar either so what do I know? What I do know is that all of a sudden I thought I was watching "Intolerable Cruelty" when Clooney ran out of speaking engagement.
SHOULD WIN
IN THE LOOP (Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, & Tony Roche) It is hard to say this is that much of an adaptation because it was just based on an amazing original BBC TV show called "The Thick of It" though that may be a better way to adapt something. Except for Peter Capaldi's hilariously foul mouthed Malcom Tucker most of the characters are original, the story is original, and it takes the ideas of the series much farther down comedic and tragic avenues. Both the show and the film are a brilliant and infuriating look into the way politics work, and if this is anywhere near reality I fear the future.
UP IN THE AIR (Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner) - This movie was decent, I would even go as far to say it is a good movie, but this is not the best adapted screenplay. It will probably win because it is so topical and deals with the decline of Western Civilisation, blah blah blah, but to be honest the third act is just lazy. Vera Farmiga's character being married was dramitcally necissary for Clooney to find his way, but nesecity shouldn't be an excuse. You could see it coming from a mile away, but it might have been the best adapted screenplay if they changed it so that for some other reason she was unavailable. I don't know what, I didn't write it, I'm not nominated for an Oscar either so what do I know? What I do know is that all of a sudden I thought I was watching "Intolerable Cruelty" when Clooney ran out of speaking engagement.
SHOULD WIN
IN THE LOOP (Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, & Tony Roche) It is hard to say this is that much of an adaptation because it was just based on an amazing original BBC TV show called "The Thick of It" though that may be a better way to adapt something. Except for Peter Capaldi's hilariously foul mouthed Malcom Tucker most of the characters are original, the story is original, and it takes the ideas of the series much farther down comedic and tragic avenues. Both the show and the film are a brilliant and infuriating look into the way politics work, and if this is anywhere near reality I fear the future.
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