/lit/ - Literature

Now that it's had a while to digest, what did /lit/ think about the Inherent Vice movie? Did it do a decent job of adapting the novel to the screen? How do they compare? Flaws? Criticisms? Any of that?

Saw this today, was pretty disappointed, it tried to make too much sense.

It lost a lot because I never got that special bond where I felt like I was Doc's buddy, or at least in his head.

Im not trying to be all >MUH BOOK WAS BETTER THAN THE MOVIE

but I kinda am.

I really liked Inherent Vice. It had some great moments of great talent and I liked how it dealt with the narrative, making everything straightforward but not really connected, condensed I would say. The ending chapters were fantastic,also.

What are books like this? How should I continue with Pynchon?

>http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/expect-a-very-different-paul-thomas-anderson-experience-from-inherent-vice

>The New York Film Festival scored a real coup in nabbing Paul Thomas Anderson's latest film, "Inherent Vice," for a Centerpiece slot at the upcoming 52nd annual event.

>"It's BONKERS — weird, weird, weird," one person who saw the film told me. "It made me laugh out loud several times, but not in the ways you might expect. The humor is not so much 'Boogie Nights,' as I think a lot of people are expecting. For reals, it tips into, like, Zucker Bros.-level gags and broad humor. But, obviously, mixed with his other sensibilities. Strange, beguiling tone."

>Others who have seen it have mentioned that certain moments had a "Big Lebowski" vibe. "It's a sui generis mix of broad comedy, suspense, romance, melancholy and a touch of menace — unlike anything I can think of," said another.

>I'm told Josh Brolin stands out in the supporting ranks and that Martin Short's work as a druggie dentist is "batshit insane." Another compared the film to Robert Altman's "The Long Goodbye," starring Elliot Gould, "but amped up to 11."

>Paul Thomas Anderson at the helm
>Joaquin as Doc
>Brolin as Bigfoot
>Adapted from Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, and authorized by the man himself

Are you as excited as I am, /lit/?

ITT: Cases where the movie was better than the book

Does anyone think this movie will inspire more young people to read Pynchon or has that already been taken up by TFIOS?