This time before we left we purchased our tickets online because last time when we got there, Adaptation was sold out. I’m not sure what to say about this movie. While I don’t argue that Nicholas Cage, Meryl Streep, & Chris Cooper gave award-winning performances, I didn’t love the movie. On the other hand, I didn’t hate it or think it was a waste of my money either. I think it’s an interesting story: a screenwriter has difficulty writing a movie based off a book about orchids, The Orchid Thief, and ends up writing himself into the movie… and the screenwriter of Adaptation is Charlie Kaufman, who Nicholas Cage plays in the movie and who also did Being John Malcovich which I’ve never seen but really need to see because everyone is always making references to that movie and then I think to myself “I’m the only one on the planet who’s never seen this movie, I should see it” and feel like a moron because everyone has seen this movie. Oknomorerunonsentences. Another thing that got me interested in the movie was that Kottke did a blog for Susan Orlean, the author of The Orchid Thief, and has been talking about it for ages on his site. The blog gives backround on Adaptation and how the movie came about.

One thing I did learn last night is that it’s so much cheaper buy sodas and Pirate’s Booty at the deli next to the theater, than to actually buy the snacks inside the theater. Also, that the Gnocchi alla Sorrentina at Max is well worth the wait to be seated.