The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (Rawson Marshall Thurber, 2008)

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#1 Post by **Matt** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 9:47 pm

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh trailer. Barf.

#2 Post by **domino harvey** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 9:50 pm

The book has sat unread in my reading pile for at least five years now. Only the Corrections has been there longer

Murdoch · #3 Post by **Murdoch** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:09 pm

I loved the book, but I find that I enjoy Chabon's books far more than films based on his books, so I think I'll stay away from this one.

Antoine Doinel · #4 Post by **Antoine Doinel** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:17 am

Matt wrote:The Mysteries of Pittsburgh. Barf.

I didn't know they were remaking Garden State.

#5 Post by **Matt** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 2:55 pm

domino harvey wrote:The book has sat unread in my reading pile for at least five years now. Only the Corrections has been there longer

MoP is my least favorite Chabon book, but it's vastly better than The Corrections. You could easily knock it off in a couple of evenings.

#6 Post by **Jeff** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 4:58 pm

Murdoch wrote:I find that I enjoy Chabon's books far more than films based on his books

Isn't Wonder Boys the only Chabon adaptation released thus far? I loved the film (more than the book, in fact). I agree with Matt that Mysteries of Pittsburgh is the least enjoyable. I'm looking forward to the Coens adaptation of The Yiddish Policemen's Union.

Murdoch · #7 Post by **Murdoch** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 5:32 pm

Is that the only one? I'm probably just confusing myself by assuming wrongfully there were others. Anyway, for Wonder Boys I enjoyed the movie enough, but if I've read a book and enjoyed it I gain a sort of bias against any movie adaptation.

EDIT: Yeah, Wonder Boys is the only other Chabon film, my bad.

#8 Post by **domino harvey** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 8:09 pm

The first 2/3 of the book is better than the movie, but the film oddly enough knows better how to finish the story than the source did-- Christ, the book just loses it. With so much discussion, mods, one of you might as well break this all off into a Mysteries of Pittsburgh dedicated thread

#9 Post by **Matt** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:39 pm

Now I remember that this has been in the can for well over a year (it played at Sundance in January '08). And I remember that the filmmaker radically de-gayed the story, and I also remember not caring since I wasn't a big fan of the book anyway.

rs98762001 · #10 Post by **rs98762001** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:15 am

Wonder Boys is really underrated. It's a lovely film, expertly adapted, with one of Michael Douglas' best performances (okay, that's not too hard). Hanson was on a real roll at that point, but it was sadly brief.

Jonny Pasadena · #11 Post by **Jonny Pasadena** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:17 pm

Good God, it looks like a Steeltown "Less Than Zero."

I'll stick with Spider-Man 2 and the hope that someday The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay will escape from development purgatory.

oldsheperd · #12 Post by **oldsheperd** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 8:06 pm

Haven't read the book. Is the "mystery" why or how anyone could live in a Sh*thole like Pittsburgh?

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