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I am reading The Silver Linings Playbook,and in this book the main character Pat is telling his "real life" movie of himself. He is not mentally stable and always has lots of thoughts and feelings going through his head that I think would be hard for a film maker to adapt into the movie. You cant really show all of this in a movie so they would probably have to slim down his his thoughts and actions. I have seen the movie, and in it they have done this, he is much more calm in the movie than he is in the book.
In the book Pat goes to his best friend Ronnie's house for a nice "dress up" dinner. He ends up just wearing his new football jersey his brother got him. Ronnie's wife Victoria has a sister that has been invited, Tiffany, who is also not very mentally stable. Tiffany ends up wanting to go home early, and tells Pat that he is going to walk her home, and he does so. This is a scene that introduces Tiffany and how she acts, and what kind of personality she has. She says what she wants, when she wants and has an "I dont care what other people think" attitude.
Another scene that I dont think should be cut is Pat and Tiffany's "first date". They walk to the diner and Tiffany just orders a tea, and Pat orders a bowl of raisen bran. They end up sharing the raisen bran, and Pat gives the waitress forty dollars for their small meal becuase its what Nikki (Pat's ex-wife) would want him to do. This scene is important because it shows how Pat and Tiffany act around each other and how this one "date" will lead to others later on.
Another scene that shouldnt be cut is when Pat is at one of his therapy sessions with his therapist Dr. Cliff and Cliff stands up and starts talking about the Eagles and starts doing the Eagles chant. This scene is important because it shows that Cliff is a realy person, and watches football, not just talk to people about their feelings all day, which makes Pat really trust and like him.
In the book, Pat, his brother, and a friend go to an Eagles game and Pat ends up knocking a man out becuase he was wearing a different teams jersey and started to try and fight Pat. This scene isnt all that important becuase nothing happens after that, there really wasnt any meaning begind it, there are a lot more important scenes than that one fight scene.
Two characters that can be cut would be Pat's brother's freind Scott, and Pats brothers wife Caitlin. They are not really important and serve practically no purpose in the story, Scott is just there because he's a freind and goes to a few football games with them. Caitlin isnt really important either becuase she doesnt do anything and the book is about Pat and Tiffany, not his brother and his wife. In the movie these two characters do not show up, and the movie was great and it made sense without them in it.