re: Movies with really good ideas as the basis, that didn't work in reality

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Timeline. Was never going to be profound cinema, but it was based on a Chricton book that was pretty good with a cool premise, and shot for almost nothing with a shite cast. When Paul Walker is the lead, you know you're in for a turdfest.

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Can't you really say this for any Crichton novel not named Jurassic Park? (One could argue Andromeda Strain)

I mean, Sphere is one of my favorite books of all time. But the movie completely missed the point. There was nothing terrifying about it. One of the central plot points at the end was Norman's ability to be more in control of his emotions than the others, so he was able to manage the power somewhat. But thats not important, we'd rather have Hoffman run around like a fool and have him get sucked in by accident. And that ending, holy hell. The sphere flying over everyone, but noone is going to ask them "hey, what the hell was that ball we saw?"