Good and bad book adaptations

[Sneelock]

I liked the Watchmen movie. they got the LOOK right and that count's for a lot. I thought it was a lot more violent than it needed to me but I feel that way about the world I live in so it's not such a big deal.

there's a Dr. Manhattan sequence that is just breathtaking.

[Dr Markus]

I liked the Watchmen movie. they got the LOOK right and that count's for a lot. I thought it was a lot more violent than it needed to me but I feel that way about the world I live in so it's not such a big deal.

there's a Dr. Manhattan sequence that is just breathtaking.

The end is different though isn't it?

[Sneelock]

yeah. I don't mind. I think movies have different needs than graphic novels. it's close but not nearly as nihilistic. they emphasize different things. it's good.

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I liked the Watchmen movie. they got the LOOK right and that count's for a lot. I thought it was a lot more violent than it needed to me but I feel that way about the world I live in so it's not such a big deal.

there's a Dr. Manhattan sequence that is just breathtaking.

Weren't there plans to reissue the main movie with the bits about the ship (???? - sorry if I'm wrong about the sub-plot as has been ages since I read the graphic novel) added in where appropriate? Seem to recall that the biggest problem a lot of people had with the film was that Snyder had been too literal in adapting it.

[Dr Markus]

yeah. I don't mind. I think movies have different needs than graphic novels. it's close but not nearly as nihilistic. they emphasize different things. it's good.

I love the movie and it has one of my favorite movie lines of all time.

Rorschach
"I'm not locked in here with you. You're locked in here with *ME*!"

[Dr Markus]

I liked the Watchmen movie. they got the LOOK right and that count's for a lot. I thought it was a lot more violent than it needed to me but I feel that way about the world I live in so it's not such a big deal.

there's a Dr. Manhattan sequence that is just breathtaking.

Weren't there plans to reissue the main movie with the bits about the ship (???? - sorry if I'm wrong about the sub-plot as has been ages since I read the graphic novel) added in where appropriate? Seem to recall that the biggest problem a lot of people had with the film was that Snyder had been too literal in adapting it.

There was suppose to be an alien in the novel destroying the city I think.

[Spec]

Good: Fight Club
The English Patient

[Moleskin]

the planet of the apes

Not sure that I count the movie as an adaptation of the novel at all. It's more 'inspired by' than anything else.

Assume you are both referring to the stank and deservedly sank-without-trace Tim Burton slavish updating of the original from the mid-naughties rather than the pretty good "inspired by" pair that came out a couple of years back

Kath likes the sixties film. So do I. But I don't think it's a good adaptation of Boulle's novel. As I say, I think it's more of an inspired-by than an adaptation at all.

I also like the two recent films. Always been a fan, even read the old marvel comics.

[Moleskin]

dp

[Dr Markus]

The recent two films concentrated on the more headier subjects, while burtons was just "action adventure" shite.

[Geezee]

Good: Fight Club

I know I should just leave it alone by now, but can anyone explain to me what is in any way good about Fight Club?

[Goat Boy]

I liked the Watchmen movie. they got the LOOK right and that count's for a lot. I thought it was a lot more violent than it needed to me but I feel that way about the world I live in so it's not such a big deal.

there's a Dr. Manhattan sequence that is just breathtaking.

Weren't there plans to reissue the main movie with the bits about the ship (???? - sorry if I'm wrong about the sub-plot as has been ages since I read the graphic novel) added in where appropriate? Seem to recall that the biggest problem a lot of people had with the film was that Snyder had been too literal in adapting it.

There was suppose to be an alien in the novel destroying the city I think.

Kinda but not quite.

I liked the movie. It's flawed - I don't think Rorschachs depiction is right for example - but I think they did a good job.

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Good: Fight Club

I know I should just leave it alone by now, but can anyone explain to me what is in any way good about Fight Club?

There speaks a man who has obviously forgotten the first rule about Fight Club.

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Good: Great Expectations (1946) - The sublime David Lean version. Never really bettered imho

Bad: Great Expectations (1998) - The updated one where Robert DeNiro is Magwitch. Dire in every way

[Geezee]

Good: Fight Club

I know I should just leave it alone by now, but can anyone explain to me what is in any way good about Fight Club?

There speaks a man who has obviously forgotten the first rule about Fight Club.

And even just that fcking quote which has seeped into public consciousness infuriates me.

[Geezee]

Bad: Great Expectations (1998) - The updated one where Robert DeNiro is Magwitch. Dire in every way

[Rayge]

Well, I think Arthur C Clarke wrote some of the most tedious prose imaginable, but I'd rather read nothing but for the rest of my life than watch 2001: A Space Odyssey ever again.

And a good adaptation? Wizard of Oz.

Disney's adaptations of classic fairy tales are pretty nifty, too.

[Dr Markus]

How different is the book 'fight club'?

[clive gash]

Very different from the book "Little Women".

[Dr Markus]

Very different from the book "Little Women".

Touche.