Look what got made into a movie!

[tracy_loo_who]

HEY can we talk about how The Adjustment Bureau is basically season four of SPN condensed into two hours? Which is kind of unsurprising, as Kripke was involved in its production. ♥

See, we have DAVID, whose childhood took a tragic turn when he lost his mother, but who grew up to be a smooth-talking, charming bad boy type. Some years after his mother died he also lost his father, who he looked up to and who set him on his current career/life path. David is occasionally prone to violence.

The CHAIRMAN has ~special plans~ for him and sends his AGENTS, who have special powers, to guide him along the path toward his destiny. The Agent assigned to David is HARRY, who finds him difficult to manage and exasperating. Still, Harry talks to David and explains things to him in a cryptic manner and sort of befriends him.

In order for David to fulfill his destiny, it's important that he be alienated from ELISE, his ~soul mate~ (sorry Sammy, looks like you're the girl in this relationship), so the Agents do everything in their power to keep them apart, including trapping David in a room he can't get out of and threatening him. The Agents are just following orders without knowing the reasons behind those orders because it's "above their pay grade", but that's okay with them.

It's not okay for David, who has the general attitude of "screw destiny, I can make my own choices" and who keeps ~fighting for his and Elise's epic love~ because she's the most important person in the world to him. When things start getting out of hand, an Agent named THOMPSON, who's higher up in the hierarchy and who has numerous lackeys, steps in with a tougher act to do damage control. But David keeps fighting, and this moves the aforementioned Agent who is closest to him, Harry. Harry is "different", and he's conflicted about letting his emotions lead him, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have them! So it's easy for David to convince Harry to help him get to Elise.

Harry rebels for David! He helps David avoid Thompson and sends him off to find Elise. In the end David is reunited with Elise, Harry saves them from Thompson (okay, so this bleeds into the beginning of season five), and they give the proverbial middle finger to their original ~destiny~.

PLEASE NOTE THAT HARRY DOES NOT GET BLOWN UP LIKE A BALLOON FULL OF CHUNKY SOUP. ACTUALLY HE MIGHT EVEN HAVE MET THE CHAIRMAN. So it's like SPN season four but a million times happier. And there's more sex.

There should be fusion fic of this.

Also, this movie is like a weird bridge between the two great loves of my life, Harry/Draco and Dean/Castiel, because there's HARRY, and because Harry/David is H/D but also Castiel/Dean. Probably I should go get less drunk, but it's unlikely to happen. On the bright side, new pic of Cas! (It's from a future episode but it's not spoilery.)

Comments

[zanyrainey.livejournal.com]

Not looking at your SPOILER ALERT! LOL
I want to see this sometime over the weekend, you Spoily McSpoilerson!

[tracy.livejournal.com]

Hahha is it too spoilery? I cut all the really spoilery stuff but maybe I should cut everything else too?

Anyway IT IS SO GOOD, I loved it. :D

[zanyrainey.livejournal.com]

I only read to the soulmate!ELISE part and stopped. I'm not sure how spoilery it really is, but it looked detailed. NO, not the frowny!Chuck icon! :(

[tracy.livejournal.com]

Well, dude, that part was under a cut, so it's your own fault. :P

And I don't have a happy!Chuck icon, alas. :(

[zanyrainey.livejournal.com]

Blame accepted! LOL

[harper47.livejournal.com]

I thought THE EXACT SAME THING when I saw the ads for this. Clearly PTB recognize how superior Season 4 was in every way. And the CW having a sidekick angel in their new series. Misha/Cas is just influencing everyone.

I want more Dean/Cas scenes with a thousand fiery passions. Good Dean/Cas scenes.


New pic of Cas! Woot!

[tracy.livejournal.com]

LOL DASHIEL COFFEE, RIGHT? His name will never not be hilarious.

I want more Dean/Cas scenes with a thousand fiery passions. Good Dean/Cas scenes.

Oh god yes. I have absolute faith that there will be!

[meanheans]

So you just sold me on the movie! (Also, Matt Damon never hurts things.)

[tracy.livejournal.com]

It's awesome, I think you'll really enjoy it!

[cristiline.livejournal.com]

I rarely go to the theater, but this sounds amazing. When does it come out?

[tracy.livejournal.com]

It's already out! Or probably is, depending on your country. They started showing it a week ago in the U.S., and it just hit Portugal yesterday.

[cristiline.livejournal.com]

Oh, really? This is what I get for watching all my TV on the internet--no idea what films are playing. Thanks, I'm definitely making a trip to the movies this weekend!

[oatmeal-queen.livejournal.com]

shdlsgdahjk
it ALWAYS weirds me out when my name is in movies. never fails, despite how often it DOESN'T happen. i am completely unused to it, and now i'm nervous about seeing this movie XD herderp

[tracy.livejournal.com]

It gives me a weird feeling too, but luckily Tracy isn't all that common either!

[tracy.livejournal.com]

Have you seen it yet? :D

[dancinguniverse.livejournal.com]

OMG. I saw this tonight with a friend, and at the end I was like, "That was really Supernatural," and then just as I said that, Kripke's name came onscreen. Freakish.

I mean, just really hilarious how SPN that was. But also such a good movie. It could have been so bad in different hands, but the script acted like everyone was in on some joke... I don't know how to describe it, other than to simply say it had a flash of humor throughout that I do not generally expect from movies. Also, John Slattery is da man. I am reccing this movie to everyone.

[tracy.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean about the flash of humor throughout the movie, especially every time Harry kind of but not really smirked. It gave the whole thing an extra sense of fun!

[tracy.livejournal.com]

Well, it's still in theaters, so you have plenty of opportunity! :)

[hils.livejournal.com]

Someone on Twitter (I can't remember who) sent me a message which boiled down to WATCH THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU! IT HAS AN ANGEL IN A TRENCHCOAT.

Well, that coupled with this has sold it to me!

[tracy.livejournal.com]

Have you seen it yet? :D

[hils.livejournal.com]

Not yet! Hoping to go this weekend

[ibroketuesday.livejournal.com]

NOW I HAVE TO SEE THIS.

[tracy.livejournal.com]

YES DO IT IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY.

[westofthemoon1.livejournal.com]

Yes! I saw this movie last weekend and the parallels were really obvious. :) (And fun!) Aside from my trouble with seeing Dean as being involved in politics in any way, it was ridiculously easy to draw comparisons. I also enjoyed the more limited forms that the agents took, that made them more relate-able as characters I thought.

[tracy.livejournal.com]

Haha yes, Sam definitely has more politician in him than Dean does, but all the same I thought Dean and David share a similar sort of smooth-talking charm.

[je-suis.livejournal.com]

So glad I was not the only one who made this connection. The whole time, I was going, "Aww, it's Dean and Cas!"

[tracy.livejournal.com]

I suspect this is a large part of why I liked the movie. XD

[n-isfor-neville.livejournal.com]

I can finally comment, because I saw the movie tonight. My cousin and I wanted to see Gnomeo & Juliet, but when we got to the theater, we found out that it was in 3D. We gave the 3D a chance, but by the time the previews finished, we were sick of the 3D (maybe there was an issue with the focusing, because it just looked blurry to us with the glasses they provided). It was just a few minutes before The Adjustment Bureau was supposed to start, so we went in that theater instead.

Anyway, as for The Adjustment Bureau, my cousin thought it was dumb and I thought it was silly. I could definitely see the similarities to Supernatural though. :)

[tracy.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure I would've liked it as much if not for the SPN parallels, but as it was I spent the entire movie being SO THRILLED because it was like watching a Dean/Cas AU, almost. XD

[n-isfor-neville.livejournal.com]

I quite like Emily Blunt, so it wasn't a complete waste.

[katingale.livejournal.com]

So do we think there's any chance Kripke had read the original Dick story and let it influence his story for season 4? And as a side note, have you seen the preview for The Vintner's Luck yet? Always fun to see slashy angels on film :-)

[tracy.livejournal.com]

Hey, maybe! The SPN writers in general seem to have read a wide variety of stuff.

Ooh, hmm, I'll have to download this movie!

[greycoupon.livejournal.com]

Hi Tracy, just sent you a PM about something important.

[mulder200.livejournal.com]

It's not okay for David, who has the general attitude of "screw destiny, I can make my own choices" and who keeps ~fighting for his and Elise's epic love~ because she's the most important person in the world to him. When things start getting out of hand, an Agent named THOMPSON, who's higher up in the hierarchy and who has numerous lackeys, steps in with a tougher act to do damage control. But David keeps fighting, and this moves the aforementioned Agent who is closest to him, Harry. Harry is "different", and he's conflicted about letting his emotions lead him, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have them! So it's easy for David to convince Harry to help him get to Elise.

Harry rebels for David! He helps David avoid Thompson and sends him off to find Elise. In the end David is reunited with Elise, Harry saves them from Thompson (okay, so this bleeds into the beginning of season five), and they give the proverbial middle finger to their original ~destiny~.

Okay, I now have a new reason to see this movie now.

And now I know why one reviewer thought this movie was a romance.

[tracy.livejournal.com]

Hee, I think you'll like it! :)

[bewarethebunnys.livejournal.com]

Ha. I'm glad other people got that vibe from this movie too. XD I called Harry 'Black Cas Angel' through the whole movie, though I kinda hope Sam will dance like Elise at some point soon. :| And seeing Kripke's name on it made me go, 'LOL, KRIPKE YOU JUST LOVE YOUR BABIES, DON'T YOU?!'

It was just awesome all around.