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ELVIS LEAVES BUILDING

Critic's dismissal sparks lively debate

Movieline critic and former NYT critic Elvis Mitchell apparently lost his job for criticizing a scene in "Source Code" that does not appear in the movie -- Jeffrey Wright smoking a pipe. Director Duncan Jones used his Twitter feed to note the discrepancy.

The scene is in the script, prompting speculation that Mitchell read the screenplay more closely than he watched the movie, if he watched the movie at all. The incident is reported in Deadline, and the lengthy comments section underneath is interesting -- lots of back and forth among fans, critics, and Hollywood people about what it all means.

Most surprising to me -- how many people hated "Source Code," or hate Jake Gyllenhaal. One post says the only thing good about the multiple-flashback "Source Code" is that it gives you a chance to see Gyllenhaal die over and over again.

I thought "code" was fine -- kind of a pop "12 Monkeys" -- except for the terrible ending.