Reactions to Adaptation

My reactions to Adaptation are most likely typical. I am suprised at the ending and how it was completely random. But I was also suprised at how much work went into writing a screenplay. The writer completely imersed himself into the topic of the book that he was adapting, in order to completely understand it and write a better screenplay. He is constantly struggling to make up some sort of intersting story that will captivate audiences but there is nothing there. Also he is silently battling his brother, a novice screen-writer, who is ignoring all of his advice. His brother ends up writing a great screenplay while he is stuck with a plot-less, theme-less flop.