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No one ever said "Princess Bride" was unadaptable, least of all William Goldman, who wrote both the novel and that adaptation.

What? You didn't like Avril Lavinge's acting?

Make it long and incoherent, throw in as much pop culture esoterica as Wikipedia contains, finish with an ending that makes no sense, and wait for Nathan Rabin to declare it a "Secret Success."

Your distinct memory is distinctly wrong. Completely wrong. Totally wrong. Here's an excerpt from Johnny Got His Gun, complete with capitalization, punctuation (sans commas) and structure:
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It was an HBO original movie before that was a good thing.

I'm all right 
Don't nobody worry about me
Why you gotta put up a fight?
Can't you just let me be?

Oddly, Sir Lucious started on the right foot.

His last movie wasn't "Tyler Perry's For Colored Girls …" for at least two reasons.

MSICAR

Don't be a drag, just be the queen

Halle Berry pretty!

And Tyler Perry can do bad all by himself.

Skyfall - sounds like the title for the Chicken Little sequel.

In the show's universe, it makes more sense for Ray to be selfishly deceptive than for Krieger to be competent.

Will "Cherry Sisters: The Greatest Show Never" be next?

Slow ride! Take it easy!

The Edgar Rice Burroughs community died of rage fits while they were still making Tarzan movies.

Were you also upset that "The Ministry of Special Cases" wasn't about Louis Vuitton luggage?

Lizzy was older and tougher from a 19th century life. But there's no direct evidence that she actually hurt anyone.