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 Feb 27 2008, 01:36 PM
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I know you guys are speaking specifically about books turned into movies. But I really dislike comic books being turned into movies. They ruin the story line beyond belief.
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Feb 27 2008, 04:06 PM
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QUOTE(Tamacracker @ Feb 27 2008, 12:36 PM)  I know you guys are speaking specifically about books turned into movies. But I really dislike comic books being turned into movies. They ruin the story line beyond belief. Sin City, Ghost World, and A History of Violence are notable exceptions. I think some comic book inspired films are great. Most just fall flat. |
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Feb 27 2008, 04:44 PM
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 yo yo yiggidy yo. Group: Official Member Posts: 1,606 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 108,591 |
mos def:
lord of the rings. holes! a walk to remember [sweet movie overall, even if they changed a lot] the notebook. memoirs of a geisha. i have yet to see 'the kite runner', i wish i did though. and i agree about the comic book being made into a movie. |
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Feb 27 2008, 05:52 PM
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 I just like to smile, smiling's my favorite :-) Group: Official Member Posts: 3,008 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 601,399 |
pride and prejuduce was GREAT!
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Feb 28 2008, 04:36 AM
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All Quiet on the Western Front
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Feb 28 2008, 12:08 PM
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QUOTE(Julia Guila @ Jun 5 2007, 07:28 AM) a lot of the Stephen King ones I found to be good. IE: Christine or Carrie my favorite was The Green Mile, hands down..the book was a lot better, but the movie was still amazing. holes was another good one (although stanley was supposed to be chubby, haha) the notebook was a better movie in my opinion (as someone stated above), for some reason. |
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Feb 28 2008, 12:09 PM
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QUOTE(NoSex @ Feb 27 2008, 04:06 PM) Sin City, Ghost World, and A History of Violence are notable exceptions. I think some comic book inspired films are great. Most just fall flat. I could agree with you actually. |
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Feb 29 2008, 09:04 PM
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 That's what she said. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,559 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 130,200 |
Most of the time, books are so much better than the films.
 Except for spiderman.
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Mar 1 2008, 07:54 PM
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I just like to smile, smiling's my favorite :-) Group: Official Member Posts: 3,008 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 601,399 |
^ the 5th harry potter movie sucked
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Mar 1 2008, 08:10 PM
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^ Yeah, It did. I still haven't watched the whole thing yet though.
I was really upset by the Series of Unfortunate Events movies. I actually would have rather them not been made into movies at all. It was just too awkward, especially since they aren't planning on finishing the series. |
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Mar 28 2008, 01:14 PM
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crushed. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 9,432 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 20,026 |
i just watched the kite runner, and of course the book was so much better, but i felt like the director did a pretty okay job with it-even though there were two scenes that i really wanted to see that ended up not being in the movie
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Mar 28 2008, 03:27 PM
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QUOTE(Tamacracker @ Feb 27 2008, 01:36 PM) I know you guys are speaking specifically about books turned into movies. But I really dislike comic books being turned into movies. They ruin the story line beyond belief. I would agree with you, for the most part. QUOTE(NoSex @ Feb 27 2008, 04:06 PM) Sin City, Ghost World, and A History of Violence are notable exceptions. I think some comic book inspired films are great. Most just fall flat. Good examples. If you've read Sin City, you'd see that Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller (the author) followed the books in finite detail. You can actually 'read' the movie, panel by panel in some cases. I think that is easily the most true to a graphic novel (novels) I have ever seen as far as movie translations go. Ghost World actually strays quite a bit from the original, but the film itself was well done. |
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Mar 28 2008, 03:30 PM
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LOTR. Only LOTR. Every other book turned into film, sucked. Unless I never read the book then... well I can't judge it.
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Mar 28 2008, 03:31 PM
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Tick tock, Bill Group: Administrator Posts: 8,764 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 333,948 |
My question to you, Tama, is why do they suck? Do they suck because they're bad films or do they "suck" because they strayed so much from the original work?
Oh and examples please. I love examples. ^_^ |
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Mar 28 2008, 03:49 PM
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I really enjoyed the movie "V for Vendetta", despite how people say it ruined the graphic novel... mind you, I've never read it.
"Memoirs of a Geisha" is a really good book, but the movie was only mediocre. I can't wait till the movie based on Michael Crichton's "Prey" comes out! |
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Mar 28 2008, 06:13 PM
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QUOTE(superstitious @ Mar 28 2008, 04:31 PM) My question to you, Tama, is why do they suck? Do they suck because they're bad films or do they "suck" because they strayed so much from the original work? Oh and examples please. I love examples. ^_^ For example, if you read the Hobbit and watch LOTR... it pretty much followed the whole storyline. Then if you're a big spiderman fan... and you read all the comics then watch spiderman... they completely destroy the storyline in spider man 3. It was like part 2 was fallin out of story line, then part 3 became the director's own fantasy. Such complete bullshit =\ |
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Mar 28 2008, 06:29 PM
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QUOTE(ms-jojo @ Mar 28 2008, 01:49 PM) I can't wait till the movie based on Michael Crichton's "Prey" comes out! that book was way too awesome. |
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Mar 28 2008, 06:33 PM
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Tick tock, Bill Group: Administrator Posts: 8,764 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 333,948 |
@Tama -
Oh continuity? Don't even get me started. Gwen, for one, would have been dead long before any of these events took place. Harry never died like that, although he did somewhat reconcile with Peter as he died. I could seriously go on, but I'll spare the community members. ;) You mentioned LOTR, but you realize that the gratuitous Aragon/Arwen scenes are downright insulting, right? Two very loved characters, Faramir and Eowyn have far more book time (together) and got a hand shake. Where's the friggin love Peter Jackson? |
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Mar 28 2008, 06:55 PM
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QUOTE(superstitious @ Mar 28 2008, 07:33 PM) @Tama - You mentioned LOTR, but you realize that the gratuitous Aragon/Arwen scenes are downright insulting, right? Two very loved characters, Faramir and Eowyn have far more book time (together) and got a hand shake. Where's the friggin love Peter Jackson?  Each movie is like 3.5 hours long man <,< the books alone were thick as hell lol.But you're right... I honestly agree with you and that's a good call out. I remember when I went with my friend, after the movie we were walkin out... and he looked all confused. His cousin questioned him wonder if he maybe left something behind in the theater and my friend just stops and yells out, "WHAT THE f**k!!! THERE'S SOMETHING MISSING IN THE MOVIE AND I CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT!!" I completely missed it, I haven't read the hobbit since back in 1994-1998 (the whole series/collection) |
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Mar 28 2008, 10:49 PM
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I just like to smile, smiling's my favorite :-) Group: Official Member Posts: 3,008 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 601,399 |
QUOTE(austinoutloud @ Mar 1 2008, 09:10 PM) I was really upset by the Series of Unfortunate Events movies. I actually would have rather them not been made into movies at all. It was just too awkward, especially since they aren't planning on finishing the series. yeah, because the books are so good! i know there a tad childish, but i love the auther. he has a new book called horseradish or something like that, i want to read it :) |
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Mar 28 2008, 10:51 PM
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^Dittooo. Those movies were nothing compared to the books. The last one was totally surprising, imo.
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Apr 3 2008, 02:41 PM
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Something that either ends really well or in a total disaster. Maybe it's because some books just don't translate well onto film? or some directors just suck
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Apr 3 2008, 03:55 PM
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Apr 3 2008, 04:10 PM
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QUOTE(Acid Bath Slayer @ Jun 5 2007, 05:44 AM) A Clockwork Orange The Heart of Darkness Full Metal Jacket Just a few off the top of my head. A Clockwork Orange and Full Metal Jacket = amazing. Was Heart of Darkness actually the name of the movie? Or are you talking about Apocalypse Now. |
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Apr 3 2008, 04:12 PM
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Tick tock, Bill Group: Administrator Posts: 8,764 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 333,948 |
QUOTE(NoSex @ Apr 3 2008, 03:55 PM) Merged |
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