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By David Poland poland@moviecitynews.com

Good Point

Shawn Levy of The Oregonian writes:

“The irony of this rewrite is that Hornby’s Fever Pitch, about Arsenal, the Red Sox of English football, ends in the mid-80s with Arsenal’s stunning double victory in both the league season and the national cup — two separate competitions. In effect, reality has forced a rewrite that will make the adaptation more faithful to the original book! Another miracle!”

5 Responses to “Good Point”

  1. Nick says:

    Another irony is the fact that the Red Sox miracle will probably make it a worse movie, since the ending’s pretty much obvious to everyone now. Now it’ll be IMPOSSIBLE not to guess that the characters get together in the end…
    Not that I’m going to see it anyway. It already sounded like a predictable romantic comedy before, now it’s a definite.

  2. JT says:

    Well, did you see Fallon and Barrymore after the Sox won? They were kissing on the field and being filmed. How obvious is that? The film sounded lame anyway!

  3. Martin says:

    Farrelly’s haven’t been funny in a long time, probably since D&D.

  4. Mark says:

    Whats going to kill this is Jimmy Fallon.

  5. bicycle bob says:

    is jimmy gonna laugh his way thru this like he did on every SNL skit?
    wheres horatio sanz?

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