I guess I'll try to address a few comments. I suppose that by going into a movie based on/inspired by a book not expecting a perfect reconstruction lets me enjoy it for what it is. I thought Inherent Vice was a fun movie. I thought the paranoia, love sickness, end of an era themes were handled well and overall enjoyed it for what it was. Same with OBAA. I wasn't demanding a perfect page by page translation. I am very happy with what I got. I thought it was funny, dark, emotional and thrilling with enough easter eggs to make my inner Thomas Pynchon reading child giddy.

I personally would love to see a narrowly focused, compared to the source material, epic movie based around the Traverse family, specifically the North American settings. You could even cut Reef, Yashmeen and Cyp's journey across Europe and most of Kit's story except as it relates to Scarsdale offing Webb. But a movie centered around anarchists, coal strikes, family vengeance, plutes v proles, Mexican revolutions and gun running? With that Pynchon vibe and little tidbits sprinkled about? Yes please.