Good and bad book adaptations
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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.
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Sneelock wrote: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?
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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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Sneelock wrote: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.
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Sneelock wrote: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.
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fueryIre wrote:Sneelock wrote: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.
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Good: Fight Club
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fueryIre wrote:Moleskin wrote:kath wrote: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.
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The recent two films concentrated on the more headier subjects, while burtons was just "action adventure" shite.
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Spec wrote: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?
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Dr Markus wrote:fueryIre wrote:Sneelock wrote: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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Geezee wrote:Spec wrote: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
Bad: Great Expectations (1998) - The updated one where Robert DeNiro is Magwitch. Dire in every way
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fueryIre wrote:Geezee wrote:Spec wrote: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.
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Bad: Great Expectations (1998) - The updated one where Robert DeNiro is Magwitch. Dire in every way
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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.
And a good adaptation? Wizard of Oz.
Disney's adaptations of classic fairy tales are pretty nifty, too.
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How different is the book 'fight club'?
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Very different from the book "Little Women".
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clive gash wrote:Very different from the book "Little Women".
Touche.
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