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re: Do you think it's possible to make a movie better than the book?
Posted on 9/3/23 at 9:21 am to KCSilverTiger
Posted on 9/3/23 at 9:21 am to KCSilverTiger
Every movie is better than any book. Books are terrible
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Posted on 9/3/23 at 9:21 am to SECROCKS!
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Lord of the rings. Fight me.
LOL_wut?!?
The Lord of the Rings book series is absolutely magical; it’s like stepping into another reality.
The movies were nowhere near as good as the books.
Posted on 9/3/23 at 9:21 am to KCSilverTiger
Saving Private Ryan
Posted on 9/3/23 at 9:24 am to KCSilverTiger
No Country for Old Men
Posted on 9/3/23 at 9:30 am to KCSilverTiger
Kubrick has a few just by himself.
2001
Clockwork Orange
Barry Lyndon
The Shining
Eyes Wide Shut
Some more...
Blade Runner
Requiem for a Dream
Manhunter
Children of Men
2001
Clockwork Orange
Barry Lyndon
The Shining
Eyes Wide Shut
Some more...
Blade Runner
Requiem for a Dream
Manhunter
Children of Men
Posted on 9/3/23 at 9:30 am to Warfox
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The Lord of the Rings book series is absolutely magical; it’s like stepping into another reality. The movies were nowhere near as good as the books.
I think the movies are every bit as good as the books. And I absolutely love the books.
Posted on 9/3/23 at 9:33 am to KCSilverTiger
I try to avoid “impossible”, but unlikely. Especially if the book is a jewel. This moment, I can’t think of one improved in film. And I love movies—
Even as to the magnificent film Gone with the Wind: the book traveled more deeply into the culture, creating a story thick with gristle.
Must have to do with the means through which powerful writing engages our minds.
Even as to the magnificent film Gone with the Wind: the book traveled more deeply into the culture, creating a story thick with gristle.
Must have to do with the means through which powerful writing engages our minds.
Posted on 9/3/23 at 9:46 am to GeauxTigerTM
quote:disagree
The Godfather
Posted on 9/3/23 at 9:48 am to tigerfan84
quote:If we are doing short stories/novellas. . .Shawshank Redemption
Stand By Me movie is better than The Body
Posted on 9/3/23 at 9:49 am to KCSilverTiger
Not that hard especially when the book was a short story like Do Robots Dream of Electric Sheep or Shawhank Redemption. Chuck Palahniuk says the movie Fight Club is much better than his book, but i haven't read it. For the most part, the books are better though.
Posted on 9/3/23 at 9:55 am to SlowFlowPro
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The Shining
That’s a big one. It’s most signature scenes and lines aren’t in the book. Doesn’t necessarily make a movie better but in this case it does. Granted It would have been technically difficult to follow the book exactly but it’s much better that he didn’t attempt it. Especially at the end.
Posted on 9/3/23 at 10:18 am to SlowFlowPro
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2001
This one is weird. Kubrick and Clarke actually came up with the screenplay before the book. The book is actually kind of an adaptation.
Posted on 9/3/23 at 10:38 am to wareaglepete
The first twilight movie isn't good, but it's a hell of a lot better than the first twilight book.
In addition to some of the ones already mentioned, I'd say Starship Troopers, Jurassic Park, Hugo, the 40s version of Fountainhead.
I've never read Red Alert, but it's supposedly garbage, and Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove is not garbage.
In addition to some of the ones already mentioned, I'd say Starship Troopers, Jurassic Park, Hugo, the 40s version of Fountainhead.
I've never read Red Alert, but it's supposedly garbage, and Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove is not garbage.
Posted on 9/3/23 at 10:44 am to KCSilverTiger
I think I agree with you, generally.
But some movies may be more “enjoyable” than reading the source material.
But some movies may be more “enjoyable” than reading the source material.
Posted on 9/3/23 at 10:46 am to Jay Are
quote:What?!
Starship Troopers
quote:WHAT?!!
Jurassic Park
Movies are great, but those books outclass them.
Posted on 9/3/23 at 11:40 am to KCSilverTiger
If the book is bad... yes
if the book is good to great... no
if the book is good to great... no
Posted on 9/3/23 at 11:40 am to KCSilverTiger
The Graduate book and real life story is a mess.
Thank god we have the classic movie. I don't know if the origins are Onion satire?
Thank god we have the classic movie. I don't know if the origins are Onion satire?
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Author of the Graduate, Webb married Eve Rudd in 1962; they divorced in 1981 in protest at the institution of marriage, but remained a couple.
They remarried in 2001 because of immigration rules, and remained together until her death in 2019. Eve shaved her head and called herself "Fred" in solidarity with a Californian support group called Fred, for men who have low self-esteem.
The couple had two sons, John and David; the latter is now a performance artist who once cooked and ate a copy of The Graduate with cranberry sauce, reportedly to his father's delight.
The Webbs removed their children from school so that they could tutor them at home. This was illegal in California at the time, and to evade the authorities they fled the state; at one point they managed a nudist camp in New Jersey.
They gave away four houses in succession lived on the breadline, taking menial jobs as cleaners, cooks and fruit-pickers, working at K-Mart and living in a shack.
they emigrated to Britain - 'We've got the distance to express the anti-Americanism we've always felt,'
- and set up home in a sparsely furnished flat above a pet shop in Newhaven near Brighton, later moving to Hove.
They have continued to produce novels, written by Webb and illustrated by his 'ex-wife'.
Posted on 9/3/23 at 12:21 pm to KCSilverTiger
Harry Potter
Posted on 9/3/23 at 12:22 pm to tigerfan84
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Stand By Me movie is better than The Body
Aren't the body and Shawshank redemption both short stories? I'm guessing making a movie as good as or better than the short story isn't impossible.
The jaws novel was absolutely awful. Even jaws 2 movie was better than the jaws novel.
Posted on 9/3/23 at 1:01 pm to KCSilverTiger
The Godfather
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