The Mysteries of Pittsburgh aren't quite like the ones in the book

Thank the universe for NetFlix because without it I would have never seen this movie. It was shortly after I read the book that I heard they were making a movie of it but it was a very small production. It never even reached Phoenix. I doubt that my local Blockbuster would carry it anyway. BUT I finally saw it and it was quite an entertaining movie but I will say they changed a lot more than minor details of the original story. After reading the book, I asked myself, ok, what are the mysteries of Pittsburgh then? And the question was easy to answer...everything and everybody...Art Bechstein himself, his father and his business...the relationship between said father and Art...his girlfriend Phlox, his soon to be very close friend Arthur Lecompt...the lovely and amazing Jane Bellwether...Cleveland, Mohammed and his friends, their lifestyle, Cleveland's lifestyle...the relationships between all these people...the cloud factory...the city...Art's job...etc. He was previously sheltered from anything that might be considered a little off.
But who knew the stupid screenwriters would screw it up by making Phlox Art's boss at the bookstore? or put Cleveland more in the shoes of Arthur..and of course, cut the character of Arthur entirely?
I have issues with a lot of film adaptations of books, especially if I really enjoyed the books because they seem to think the excuse of "we needed to cut time!" will suffice everytime for the stupid mistakes they make which botch the greatness of the stories they're trying to mimic.
I did enjoy this movie. In ways it was a lot like the book...but in ways it was completely different so that left me a little disappointed.
Overall, the movie gets a C+ from me...just because like I said, I was a little disappointed.
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