The book ends with the boss foreman sounding exactly like lumberg and he's the only one that notices. They should've kept that in instead of making it le happy ending.
The original ending was far better foreman comes over, says to Peter to sweep over there, just like Lumbergh would then Peter freaks out to Lawrence saying it's just like the office work but Lawrence has no issue with it and just tells Peter it seems like he's not cut out for it and it ends with Peter realizing he's the fricking problem
But test audiences didn't like that the 'hero' didn't win so they changed it
homie, how in the FRICK do you manage to get it so wrong
That's the entire problem that morons don't get
Every character in a job was a reflection of a personality at work
Accounts lady was just the generic drone
Michael was jaded but ok with it
Samir was happy with the idea of a job for life
Tom just seemed like he was desperate to keep his job
The younger dude who kepted making sex jokes was just treating the job as a job and enjoying his life
Lumbergh was a pencil pushing manager who hated his it but went along with it
The other boss (the bald dude at the start) just seemed like a happy go lucky guy who genuinely wanted to make sure Peter knew about the cover sheets
Joanna's boss was Lumbergh dialed up to a 100
Joanna herself was just seeing her job as a job
Joanna's coworker was super fricking hyped
Lawrence was actually a bit like Samir in that he was happy in it and would like it
Ultimately it all is a reflection of how Peter sees the world - there are a lot of personalities but they all tolerate work ot a certain degree. Joanna is the only one who said 'frick it' since she was being passively aggressively abused
Milton is the outliar and is meant to reflect what happens when someone is under immense stress and chooses to active outwardly instead of inwardly like Tom did
Most everyone I've talked to understands that it's a spoof/deconstruction of office life. It just so happens to work as a straightforward comedy as well.
It’s a deleted scene on the dvd where the foreman walks up to Peter and Lawrence, you can still see part of it right as it fades to Milton on the beach
the movie is just about peter going through an existential crisis. it's not about how shitty everything is. he just needed a break to take some time for things that really matter and refresh his world view. it's more personal than most people give it credit for. at least that's my interpretation. that's the only one that makes sense, and makes it a far more poignant movie.
>Math genius
I don't remember this being a thing. His co-workers were obviously much smarter than he was. Besides, even if he were gifted, that doesn't mean he'd be happy doing a job with that gift.
It does change the message that anywhere you go work is going to suck unless you can find something you truly love doing on your own or get extremely lucky like the "jump to conclusions" guy.
This is what it think the original message was but of course audiences dont like that because it makes them realize theyre drones and studios dont like it for obvious reasons
NOOOOOO I HAVE TO WORK A GOOD JOB IN A HIGH DEMAND FIELD DURING THE HEIGHT OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION AND I’M TOO STUPID TO COME UP WITH EXCUSES FOR WHY I CAN’T COME IN SATURDAY
I always took the ending to be Peter just being happy not to be in prison, not that he is actually happier working a blue collar job. The reason he didn't take another office job is just to avoid temptation to do something crazy again.
I'll never understand the stigma that trades have. Why don't people believe that you can be happy working in the trades?
If you ever bring up enjoying blue collar work you instantly get met with: >hurr durr quit coping you know it's shit >enjoy your fricked up back bro >should have gone to college >working hard is bad you're such a cuck
I worked blue collar jobs as a teenager and during college, worked white collar for a few years after graduating and then went back into the trades and will stay here until I retire. White collar jobs are so unsatisfying it's insane, I made good money. It allowed me to buy nice shit, go on trips and do whatever I want for recreation but it just wasn't enough to justify feeling like my life was worthless, you're doing 'work' but you're not really accomplishing anything. It's all just pretend... you're playing with pretend numbers, talking using made up words that describe things that only exist conceptually and living in some gay abstraction of reality. It's surreal and demoralizing.
Even if you're just sweeping the dirt like peter was at least at the end of the day you have a dirt pile to show for it and can go home happy.
there's nothing wrong with the ending. the cut ending has no meaning or significance, because no one in construction has any reason to respect managers like lundy.
The book ends with the boss foreman sounding exactly like lumberg and he's the only one that notices. They should've kept that in instead of making it le happy ending.
The original ending was far better
foreman comes over, says to Peter to sweep over there, just like Lumbergh would then Peter freaks out to Lawrence saying it's just like the office work but Lawrence has no issue with it and just tells Peter it seems like he's not cut out for it and it ends with Peter realizing he's the fricking problem
But test audiences didn't like that the 'hero' didn't win so they changed it
homie, how in the FRICK do you manage to get it so wrong
>no dude its not that his new boss is like lumberg, its that his boss is like lumberg!
whats the difference homie
>trolling
mmkay anon, if you can just stop that, thanks!
That's not the original ending in the test screening
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You're headcanoning half the ending ya fricking dolt.
kino ending
>Lumberg's funeral
Jesus that's dark. No wonder it was cut.
i unironically think my life would have been much different had that been the actual ending
Office Space was a huge influence on me as a young guy.
That's the entire problem that morons don't get
Every character in a job was a reflection of a personality at work
Accounts lady was just the generic drone
Michael was jaded but ok with it
Samir was happy with the idea of a job for life
Tom just seemed like he was desperate to keep his job
The younger dude who kepted making sex jokes was just treating the job as a job and enjoying his life
Lumbergh was a pencil pushing manager who hated his it but went along with it
The other boss (the bald dude at the start) just seemed like a happy go lucky guy who genuinely wanted to make sure Peter knew about the cover sheets
Joanna's boss was Lumbergh dialed up to a 100
Joanna herself was just seeing her job as a job
Joanna's coworker was super fricking hyped
Lawrence was actually a bit like Samir in that he was happy in it and would like it
Ultimately it all is a reflection of how Peter sees the world - there are a lot of personalities but they all tolerate work ot a certain degree. Joanna is the only one who said 'frick it' since she was being passively aggressively abused
Milton is the outliar and is meant to reflect what happens when someone is under immense stress and chooses to active outwardly instead of inwardly like Tom did
Most everyone I've talked to understands that it's a spoof/deconstruction of office life. It just so happens to work as a straightforward comedy as well.
What book? It's based on a series of cartoons called Milton, written by Judge.
it was a book in my mind
It’s a deleted scene on the dvd where the foreman walks up to Peter and Lawrence, you can still see part of it right as it fades to Milton on the beach
Okay, but that's not a book. That's a deleted scene.
No. It's a book.
You can't make American movies where the dude hates his 9 to 5. He has to worship his job and think it's the best thing in the world. See: The Office
>You can't make American movies where the dude hates his 9 to 5. He has to worship his job and think it's the best thing in the world. See: The Office
the british the office you fricking dunce
>using the British version as an own against Americans
Anon…
the movie is just about peter going through an existential crisis. it's not about how shitty everything is. he just needed a break to take some time for things that really matter and refresh his world view. it's more personal than most people give it credit for. at least that's my interpretation. that's the only one that makes sense, and makes it a far more poignant movie.
Did he ever get his bacon sandwich?
The dude found a job that suited him and his wants, that made him happy, and that's a bad thing? Fricking how?
he was a math genius wasting his gifts8242
>Math genius
I don't remember this being a thing. His co-workers were obviously much smarter than he was. Besides, even if he were gifted, that doesn't mean he'd be happy doing a job with that gift.
his friend ben affleck told him he better not waste his gift.
Construction is a shit job, but they could have made him a park ranger or something else outside.
>Office Space
>Workaholics
Any other kinos like this? Preferably comedy but whatever.
those two things have absolutely nothing in common
they're both about work arent they
They're both comedies about the monotony and absurdity of office jobs.
Peep Show has some office stuff.
IT Crowd.
...The Office
Severance
It's a funny ending because Mc is clearly still hypnotized.
the point of the ending is that he needs a change in his life, not that construction work is good
>you know what i quit and i think ill join the band of brothers hbo miniseries specials
As a bong I find the entire movie thuddingly
obvious. By mutt standards, I can see how you
would be impressed.
Should have ended with him starting his own business/being his own boss or something.
While it's not exactly the same, construction workers are basically free agents who can pick and choose which jobs they take.
>pick your job
>every single one has an annoying foreman homosexual bossing you around
Same difference.
It does change the message that anywhere you go work is going to suck unless you can find something you truly love doing on your own or get extremely lucky like the "jump to conclusions" guy.
This is what it think the original message was but of course audiences dont like that because it makes them realize theyre drones and studios dont like it for obvious reasons
NOOOOOO I HAVE TO WORK A GOOD JOB IN A HIGH DEMAND FIELD DURING THE HEIGHT OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION AND I’M TOO STUPID TO COME UP WITH EXCUSES FOR WHY I CAN’T COME IN SATURDAY
I don't recall ever seeing the ending. I don't think I've seen the movie from beginning to the end, yet I know most of it.
I always took the ending to be Peter just being happy not to be in prison, not that he is actually happier working a blue collar job. The reason he didn't take another office job is just to avoid temptation to do something crazy again.
I'll never understand the stigma that trades have. Why don't people believe that you can be happy working in the trades?
If you ever bring up enjoying blue collar work you instantly get met with:
>hurr durr quit coping you know it's shit
>enjoy your fricked up back bro
>should have gone to college
>working hard is bad you're such a cuck
I worked blue collar jobs as a teenager and during college, worked white collar for a few years after graduating and then went back into the trades and will stay here until I retire. White collar jobs are so unsatisfying it's insane, I made good money. It allowed me to buy nice shit, go on trips and do whatever I want for recreation but it just wasn't enough to justify feeling like my life was worthless, you're doing 'work' but you're not really accomplishing anything. It's all just pretend... you're playing with pretend numbers, talking using made up words that describe things that only exist conceptually and living in some gay abstraction of reality. It's surreal and demoralizing.
Even if you're just sweeping the dirt like peter was at least at the end of the day you have a dirt pile to show for it and can go home happy.
there's nothing wrong with the ending. the cut ending has no meaning or significance, because no one in construction has any reason to respect managers like lundy.