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Originally Posted by mikelbyl
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Originally Posted by Robbie Strazynski
Just wanted to say thanks so much for sharing my interview with Josh here on the forums. Much appreciated, and thanks for reading!
Cool interview, Robbie. When the guys discussed this on the show, my immediate thought was "Aaron Sorkin wouldn't allow someone to change his script."
I'm a HUGE Sorkin fan, but by all accounts he gets pretty stubborn with his work. This is probably why I enjoyed some of the behind-the-scenes clips from The Social Network. In one of the table reads, Fincher all but rewrote a few lines right in front of Sorkin. Almost no one else would be able to do that, but Fincher is one of the few people more headstrong than Sorkin.
Molly's Game will still get my viewership at some point, as I'm probably willing to look past the technical flaws based on what I've heard/read. Besides, as I've said many times in other threads:
a)
In 90 percent of sports movies*, the sports scenes tend to be mediocre to downright awful. Sometimes the actor just looks completely unathletic (Tim Robbins in Bull Durham**), other times they get historical details wrong (Shoeless Joe was left-handed, but he batted righty in Field of Dreams), or sometimes the in-game action is just wildly exaggerated (Any Given Sunday).
b)
Rounders, generally beloved among poker enthusiasts, gets a few technical things wrong when it comes to showing the game. One of them is the order of action when KGB and Mike McD are playing heads up. I won't get into this, as there are already dozens of threads on this site discussing some of the more ridiculous plays shown in that otherwise fine film.
So yeah, if the overall story is solid and the writing is good — on which most people seem to agree – I'll still likely check out Molly's Game.
*To be clear, I'm not saying poker is a sport. I'm just saying any subject as a backdrop often gets dumbed down for a mass audience, or you'd spend another hour just on exposition alone. So this includes law enforcement, medical dramas, Wall Street trading, ANY subject.
**Bull Durham is probably my favorite sports-themed movie relative to its actual depiction of the sport. Surprisingly, it was written/directed by a former professional baseball player. But I'll spare everyone THAT analysis.