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derben  02 Jun 15 12.20pm |
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The Bible?
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 The Sash  Now residing in Epsom - How Posh 02 Jun 15 12.25pm |
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Quote ghosteagle at 02 Jun 2015 12.15pm
Quote johnfirewall at 02 Jun 2015 12.00pm
Interesting that Jaws came from a book. Just need Moby Dick 3D now. There needs to be a comprehensive list of books which you should bypass and go straight for the film. That said, there are some stories which should be skipped in any medium. I can only be winning in having saved a week of my life in avoiding Harry Potter and Lord Of The Rings. And that's just the films. On the other hand, I feel having watched Trainspotting first enriched the reading experience. Knowing the characters from their style of language before they've been introduced is pretty cool. Harry Potter is garbage in any medium. The Lord of The Rings is an all time classic book and a very good series of films, although even with the special editions they still missed bits out, but i suppose you can't have everything. Not as a children's book (which is what in effect it was). I have tried twice to get through LOTR - simply couldn't make it.
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| The Sash Now residing in Epsom - How Posh 02 Jun 15 12.28pm |
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Quote derben at 02 Jun 2015 11.39am
Great novels don't usually adapt well, but s**t books tend to do quite well, probably because there is more scope for the film maker to do what they want. True - and some are obviously open to censorship. The ending of Grapes of Wrath with Henry Fonda, which is btw one of my top 5 fave reads was cut dramatically as the Hollywood studios of the time simple couldn't allow a woman to breast feed a grown man to keep him from dying anywhere near a screen
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Kermit8  Hevon 02 Jun 15 12.30pm |
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A rarity is Ian Fleming and early Bond movies. Both as good as each other. Obviously the books are a bit deeper, well written too, but Connery's Bond and the scripts don't fail the author.
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| Kermit8 Hevon 02 Jun 15 12.35pm |
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Quote The Sash at 02 Jun 2015 12.28pm
Quote jamiemartin721 at 02 Jun 2015 12.10pm
Quote derben at 02 Jun 2015 11.39am
Great novels don't usually adapt well, but s**t books tend to do quite well, probably because there is more scope for the film maker to do what they want. True - and some are obviously open to censorship. The ending of Grapes of Wrath with Henry Fonda, which is btw one of my top 5 fave reads was cut dramatically as the Hollywood studios of the time simple couldn't allow a woman to breast feed a grown man to keep him from dying anywhere near a screen
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 02 Jun 15 12.36pm |
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Quote The Sash at 02 Jun 2015 12.25pm
Quote ghosteagle at 02 Jun 2015 12.15pm
Quote johnfirewall at 02 Jun 2015 12.00pm
Interesting that Jaws came from a book. Just need Moby Dick 3D now. There needs to be a comprehensive list of books which you should bypass and go straight for the film. That said, there are some stories which should be skipped in any medium. I can only be winning in having saved a week of my life in avoiding Harry Potter and Lord Of The Rings. And that's just the films. On the other hand, I feel having watched Trainspotting first enriched the reading experience. Knowing the characters from their style of language before they've been introduced is pretty cool. Harry Potter is garbage in any medium. The Lord of The Rings is an all time classic book and a very good series of films, although even with the special editions they still missed bits out, but i suppose you can't have everything. Not as a children's book (which is what in effect it was). I have tried twice to get through LOTR - simply couldn't make it. I hated the second and third Lord of the Rings movies full of bad one liners and hack scripts, they utterly lacked the lyrical magnificence of Tolkien's work, although I do understand why people find LOTR hard to get through as it doesn't really use characters except as a means of exploring the landscape and world (most writers tend to go the other way). Don't get me started on the Hobbit, a dire decent into blockbuster entertainment, after an hour I actually hated the book. Harry Potter - its a kids book it gets a pass.
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| johnfirewall 02 Jun 15 12.39pm |
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Quote 20 Spaces Isnt Enoug at 02 Jun 2015 12.17pm
A pertinent example of the time savings that can be acheived through sharing of information in threads like this although if yours fits with the general concensus then I wouldn't have been forewarned. In hindsight I would have rather watched the film with the time it took me to read the book before giving up. At least I would have got to the end.
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Quote derben at 02 Jun 2015 12.20pm
The Bible? Spawned a few good movies. I was impressed with Noah, as I fully expected to hate it, and the recent Exodus movie about Moses put a proper Old Testament spin on the source material, and avoided decending into a modern Christian puke fest and the whole bollocks of King James s**tfest. The 'death of the first born' could be out of a Lovecraft novel.
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 02 Jun 15 12.44pm |
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Quote Kermit8 at 02 Jun 2015 12.30pm
A rarity is Ian Fleming and early Bond movies. Both as good as each other. Obviously the books are a bit deeper, well written too, but Connery's Bond and the scripts don't fail the author. The books paint a much darker and nastier Bond, much more of a necessary evil man, hard drinking, misogynistic and borderline sociopathic than any of the Bonds until Daniel Craig (Casino Royal) managed (Noteworthy I thought that Goldeneye had more a nod to the Bond of the novels, than the movies).
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wollongongeagle  wollongong 02 Jun 15 12.44pm |
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To Kill a Mockingbird Enjoyed both books, but preferred the films. Maybe because I saw the films first and Gregory Peck and Jack Nicholson owned the part.
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| The Sash Now residing in Epsom - How Posh 02 Jun 15 12.47pm |
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Quote Kermit8 at 02 Jun 2015 12.35pm
Quote The Sash at 02 Jun 2015 12.28pm
Quote jamiemartin721 at 02 Jun 2015 12.10pm
Quote derben at 02 Jun 2015 11.39am
Great novels don't usually adapt well, but s**t books tend to do quite well, probably because there is more scope for the film maker to do what they want. True - and some are obviously open to censorship. The ending of Grapes of Wrath with Henry Fonda, which is btw one of my top 5 fave reads was cut dramatically as the Hollywood studios of the time simple couldn't allow a woman to breast feed a grown man to keep him from dying anywhere near a screen
It also is a lot more toned down politically and is a lot less 'dark' at the end...cant have 'mericans having a real life s***ty ending
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| the_big_shipp Kent 02 Jun 15 12.48pm |
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2 spring to mind: I am legend and blade runner. Both use the original novel as more of a rough guide rather than the film aiming to be a true adaptation. I guess that's the key. You can never beat the imagination you construct personally of course.
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