The Next Thing I Love that Hollywood's Gonna Fuck Up

June 24, 2009 11:43 PM

've known for a while now that one of my favorite books, Youth in Revolt (if you haven't read it, go do that now--it's fucking funny), is getting made into a movie. This knowledge fills me with an difficult to understand mix of emotions.

On the one hand, I'm excited to see these characters and scenarios on the big screen. On the other hand, I'm pretty sure that the movie probably won't be as good as the book. Out of all of the numerous adaptations I've seen, the only movies that are anywhere near as good as their source material are the Lord of the Rings movies. So while I guess it's possible to really hit all the right notes with an adaptation, it's just so unlikely.

I was also disconcerted when I learned that Michael Cera will be playing Nick Twisp. Cera would have been good for the role seven years ago, but now I think he's just too friggin' old: he's twenty-one and Nick is fourteen. But also, I guess I never pictured Nick as a George Michael Bluth type. Nick's an awkward teenage nerd, but he's more deranged, outgoing, and aggressive than I've ever seen Cera be.

And now there's a poster for the movie:

I don't know. What do you guys think? It leaves me feeling very "meh."

1 Comments

sadielady said:

Unfortunately I've never read this book, and have no idea who Nick Twisp is, so I can't really comment on your essential question ... but I have to say anyway, I freakin' love George Michael Bluth. Why oh why did Arrested Development ever have to go away?

June 25, 2009 1:58 AM

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