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"Yes Man" (2008) has three layers:
- A life-lesson on opening yourself up to opportunities. Say "yes" to them instead of "no" all the time. A simple but solid concept.
- That's packaged inside a romantic comedy. Endearing; predictable but enjoyable.
- Which is filled with the (physical) comedy that Jim Carrey is famous for. This hijacks an otherwise decent movie.
Solution: Remove much of the comedy (including most silly faces). Trim caricatures (the ledge jumper, most of Danny Masterson's character, part of the bank's vice-president). Reduce juvenile humor (cut the false teeth). Reduce product placement. Add blu-ray bonus material of Zooey Deschanel's character opening herself up to new opportunities. After all, this lesson isn't just for one person, it's for both people in a relationship. The result is a romantic comedy with a serious heart, not adolescent humor, at its core.
I thought this would become a short story. To my surprise, the story is better developed than I thought: cutting only 13 minutes of Carrey's distracting antics and tedium, I arrived at a pretty decent movie. So this fanedit will not go the rigorous route of a short story, instead it's a straightforward nip-and-tuck to get to a 93 minute runtime (that includes adding about 2 minutes from the blu-ray's bonus materials).
Small detail on the blu-ray: there are 2 editions in the US. The "special edition" lists deleted scenes. The regular edition doesn't list them but does have them. So if you want the deleted scenes, any US blu-ray will do.
- A life-lesson on opening yourself up to opportunities. Say "yes" to them instead of "no" all the time. A simple but solid concept.
- That's packaged inside a romantic comedy. Endearing; predictable but enjoyable.
- Which is filled with the (physical) comedy that Jim Carrey is famous for. This hijacks an otherwise decent movie.
Solution: Remove much of the comedy (including most silly faces). Trim caricatures (the ledge jumper, most of Danny Masterson's character, part of the bank's vice-president). Reduce juvenile humor (cut the false teeth). Reduce product placement. Add blu-ray bonus material of Zooey Deschanel's character opening herself up to new opportunities. After all, this lesson isn't just for one person, it's for both people in a relationship. The result is a romantic comedy with a serious heart, not adolescent humor, at its core.
I thought this would become a short story. To my surprise, the story is better developed than I thought: cutting only 13 minutes of Carrey's distracting antics and tedium, I arrived at a pretty decent movie. So this fanedit will not go the rigorous route of a short story, instead it's a straightforward nip-and-tuck to get to a 93 minute runtime (that includes adding about 2 minutes from the blu-ray's bonus materials).
Small detail on the blu-ray: there are 2 editions in the US. The "special edition" lists deleted scenes. The regular edition doesn't list them but does have them. So if you want the deleted scenes, any US blu-ray will do.
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