Anyone care to tell me WTF this is and what the big deal is about it?

All I could find was that Gyllenhaal lost a ton of weight for the role and that the story is about... "L.A. freelance crime journalism." Sounds boring.

Curious what all the hubbub's about though.

Quoted from James McClung Anyone care to tell me WTF this is and what the big deal is about it? All I could find was that Gyllenhaal lost a ton of weight for the role and that the story is about... "L.A. freelance crime journalism." Sounds boring. Curious what all the hubbub's about though.

I read the script and i still can't see what all the fuss is about  

Read this last night in one sitting  I liked the style of the writing and enjoyed the lack of conventional slug headers.  The action flies.  Some strange techniques that padded the script by quite a lot -- no need for all the description of radio chatter and the massive bold sign descriptions, I felt.

I actually felt the main thrust of the movie wasn't about Lou, I thought what the writer was using Lou as the funnel to get through his ideas on the way certain news media outlets operate.  It certainly came off as seedy and exploitative. I think exploitation was the main theme, from the victims he films, even through to young Rick -- who just wants to make a buck but ends up, you know...

For a main character, I thought Lou was very interesting, certainly unconventional, but one that I cannot see resonating with mainstream audiences in the slightest.  I'm not sure what type of release this movie will get, but I think it the critics will love it, the general public...maybe not.  I'd hazard a guess that ending might be changed for the final cut.

Quoted from Neighbour All I can say is wow. I've heard rumours that Jake has been stressed out huge by something lately and that his "stress ticks" in Prisoners weren't actually just for the role. People have said he was doing it in a play he did before Prisoners, as well. I still think it was just for the role, and I think he looks this way for the role as well but jeez he looks about 15 years older.

Maybe he's just diving into the role.... Matthew McConahey (sp?) lost a shit load of weight for Dallas Buyers Club (and didn't Christian Bale do the same for a part too?)... probably a point in their career where they just want to start being the DeNiro's and Pacino's of our time, transforming themselves into a character.

A few more pics for those interested.

http://imgur.com/a/C8DPp

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvs.....rawler-reporter.html

I think you can see Rick in one of those? The short dude.

I've still not read this - can someone ping it over to me, please?

Received.

Thanks guys.

Read this - may need a different place for the thread if further discussed.

It was good to read a successful script but I would be interested to see if this version gets produced. My guess is that they will take the bones of this and beef it up with more focus, goals etc

I appreciate he is driven by a goal to be successful, but as a script driver it seemed vague. The audience is really waiting for him to decide to do something. Why not join up his success with a clearer target?

The writing style was particularly effective, even if a bit unconventional, but you have be consistently like this. I could see myself trying to copy and failing badly.

Overall I felt this was like the first two thirds of a film. I was waiting for the big challenge and it didn't seem to occur. The end was particularly flat.

Character wise, the writer did very well in putting together a lead character that gave me the chills. His learnt behaviour, almost straight from management 'how to' books, increasingly was disconcerting. By the end I was cringing every time he did or said anything.  The scene where he tries it on with Nina had a faint echo of taxi driver and the inappropriateness of it all. His inability to connect and be level. I could picture an actor loving that.

I know nothing about the history of this script,  but one other reason for the production could be it leads on to sequels.

Looking for the script.
Tnx.