Wednesday, September 06, 2006
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Charles Bukowski is rolling in his grave - Factotum is made into a movie.
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Factotum is loosely based on the novel by the same name. I say loosely based because it seems like the screenwriter, who is also the director, decided to just read the cliff notes. My first problem with this movie is Matt Dillon, who plays the lead role of Henry Chinaski. Henry Chinaski is, to put it simply, a drunk who doesn't give a fuck. He drinks all night and lives with a constant hang over that prevents him from keeping a job. Henry Chinaski is trying to find himself as a person and a writer. His sole purpose is to be a writer, not necessarily a good writer, but a writer. At 42, Matt Dillon is too old to play this character. I don't care if he is a Bukowski fan whose life dream was to play Henry Chinaski. He should have thought of that before he turned 30. It is unbelievable that a man his age is still trying to find himself. Even if the director wants to portray this fact as tragic (not sure if this sentence is supposed to be joined with the previous or following sentence). This movie's entire problem is casting. The entire movie was cast about 20 years too old.
Usually, it is fun to watch a novel you really enjoy be turned into a movie, even if at the end you catch yourself saying, " Meh, the book was better." In this case, I felt as though the movie ruined the book for me. Matt Dillon ruined the character of Henry Chinaski. |
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posted by MarcoOnMovies
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