Just saw The Lincoln Lawyer. Did Connelly really write a prosecution that inept?

[Stuart Matthew Davis]

This weekend I saw The Lincoln Lawyer at the local $1.50 theatre.  It was a good flick, but did anyone else feel that the prosecution was way too inept?  Did Connelly really write it that way?

[Benjamin Sobieck]

This is why I'm not gunning for a movie version of any of my books. The movie tends to do a disservice to the written work.

[I. J. Parker]

I haven't seen the movie, but had no quarrels with the novel.  In fact it's my favorite Connelly book.

[Stuart Matthew Davis]

Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the movie, but I kept wanting to yell "objection!" when the prosecution wasn't doing it.

[I. J. Parker]

LOL.  I don't think you're supposed to identify with the prosecution.

[Stuart Matthew Davis]

Ha! Yeah, probably not.  What I wanted to see was Haller getting opposition from his client AND the prosecution, but Haller rode the prosecution like a ride at Disneyland.

[Wes Miller]

Ha, I caught it for a few bucks at a discount theatre on vacation this past weekend as well.

 

I liked it--conventional, but generally pretty well-made and solidly acted--but looking back on it, I can see what you mean about the prosecution. My gut feeling is that the "opposing side," as it were, was written (at least for the screen, and probably with less subtley than the novel) to be somewhat ineffectual so Haller looks much better by comparison. But that's a guess more than anything. I'm not a lawyer, nor do I generally read too many legal thrillers, so I'm no expert.

[Stuart Matthew Davis]

I'm guessing the novel gave more insight as to why the prosecution did what they did.  I don't read many legal thrillers either, but I've seen enough legal TV shows to know the prosecution was asleep at the wheel.

 

I did enjoy the movie a lot, loved the story, loved the acting, loved the gritty shot of Los Angeles, but it would have been more suspenseful if the prosecution could have been able to throw up a road block or two along the way. 

[Tim Scanlon]

I haven't gotten to my signed copy as yet. I'm holding out on the movie until I read the book as well.

 

I do know, though, that Connelly wasn't a fan of the Bloodwork adaptation by Clint Eastwood, but he did think the Lincoln Lawyer was done justice (pun intended, unless it was lame, in which case it was accidental). Eventually the interview will be on SlowTV, as they filmed a number of things at the Sydney Writers' Festival.

[I. J. Parker]

Nice pun.  :)