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The Accountant (2001)
Not just another Bubba Gump farce.
"The Accountant," certainly deserved the Oscar it got, since it's a masterpiece of mood and suspense, rather than a simple farce that lampoons Southerners. The scriptwriter and lead actor, Ray McKinnon, was superb, although his role as the accountant was one-dimensional. It was a new and unconventional role - the country fellow who's sophisticated and articulate. Eddie King nailed the part of David, who ironically became the only character that mattered. His constant intensity showed how high the stakes were, in contrast to the role of Tommy, who was dispassionate to the point of being callous. The set - the dilapidated farmhouse w/holes in walls - was itself an absolute masterpiece of film making. it achieved almost as much as any actor. The ending was a real shocker, esp. for a "farm comedy." Obviously, they didn't mean "comedy" in the classical sense. i'm still wrestling with the finale.
Gone with the Wind (1939)
How did Rhett die?
No one has ever written Rhett's death, until NOW! www.deathofrhett.blogspot.com. The movie is quite different from the book. For instance, the first line of the book is "Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful." So, the casting of Vivien Leigh was a major departure from Margaret Mitchell's original character. All the other casting decisions where faithful to the book, in my opinion. Regarding Rhett's character, the movie failed to depict his huge change in values after Bonnie's birth. In the book, he suddenly became a Democrats and a Methodist! He reverted back to his old ways after Bonnie's death, however. So the Rhett at the end of novel resembles the Rhett of the movie.