The film's greatest influence came through the screenplay, by Rafelson and Carole Eastman; it allowed detours and digressions, cared more about
behavior than plot, ended in a way and tone that could not have been guessed from its beginning.
Not exact matches
The
plotting just ends up feeling like a lot of business, ideas meant to keep the characters busy and in motion rather
than actually reflecting anything like human
behavior.
Granted, the
plot's paper - thin, and there will be more
than a few times throughout where someone is going to be wondering how many times déjà vu can hit them in a single movie — there's no doubt there are similarities to the outrageous hit comedy, The Hangover (what with all the drunken banter, inexplicable
behavior and general distrust of one another in a city that likes to bring out the worst in people).
These little side jokes, as well as
behaviors and relationships, are often funnier and more interesting
than the main
plot twists — as well as the «mockumentary» stuff — but there are enough of them in the movie's loose structure that it never gets dull.
The markets are a lot simpler
than most people think; they are really just reflections of human
behavior as
plotted by the price action on the charts.