Last week I read Little Miss Sunshine, Good Will Hunting, Sling Blade, and Swingers. The one similarity that I noticed among them all was that each had at least one moment where a character goes off for nearly a page in an unrealistically articulated rant that defies the conventions of screenwriting in its length. All were good reads, but my favorite by far was Sling Blade. I have not seen the film and found the story to be rich and similar to the short novel Noon Wine by Katherine Anne Porter.
Swingers was rather gruelling and while I enjoyed the humor and the quirky characters, I didn't find the story or main character to be very engrossing.
Good Will Hunting exists within its own little world. It was nice to read about Irish Americans, but the world felt a little too neatly "closed" off to reality. I had trouble visualizing much outside of Southie. But maybe that was the point. I've always thought the title was tacky, but what do I know?
Little Miss Sunshine read quickly and was fun, and it was interesting to see which sequences they either lengthened or cut for the film.
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