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Posted on 3/8/24 at 12:38 pm to drizztiger
I’m attributing it to the fact that it was a book assigned in school. I hated most books we had to read in school with a couple exceptions; Martian Chronicles, Bridges of Toko-ri and Brave New World.
Posted on 3/8/24 at 12:38 pm to JumpingTheShark
Not the best movie/giving book justice choice probably, but “The Outsiders” was pretty spot on. Read the book before seeing the movie and it was very similar to what I was anticipating.
Posted on 3/8/24 at 12:42 pm to JumpingTheShark
The Maltese Falcon (1941), with Bogart as Sam Spade.
Posted on 3/8/24 at 12:43 pm to DMagic
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The movie is superior to the book. Outside of a couple of his books palahniuk is a hack.
You're probably right about the movie but the book was excellent.
Anyway, his subject matter is very odd, which means it's often hit or miss. Alot of his shite is garbage but alot of it is fantastic too.
My favorite is Diary but he's written lots of good books.
This post was edited on 3/8/24 at 5:37 pm
Posted on 3/8/24 at 12:50 pm to bad93ex
quote:I can understand that. Why I had to read Johnny Tremain is still a mystery to me to this day. A Tale of Two Cities on the other hand was an amazing read.
I’m attributing it to the fact that it was a book assigned in school. I hated most books we had to read in school with a couple exceptions; Martian Chronicles, Bridges of Toko-ri and Brave New World.
Posted on 3/8/24 at 12:50 pm to bad93ex
Black Hawk Down could be thrown into the mix.
Posted on 3/8/24 at 12:56 pm to JumpingTheShark
The Desolation of Smaug
Posted on 3/8/24 at 1:18 pm to JumpingTheShark
World War Z
Ok, seriously... I'd probably agree with the person who mentioned Fight Club, as best I can remember it.
Ok, seriously... I'd probably agree with the person who mentioned Fight Club, as best I can remember it.
Posted on 3/8/24 at 1:24 pm to JumpingTheShark
the princess bride
Posted on 3/8/24 at 1:28 pm to JumpingTheShark
Silence of the Lambs
and the Shining
and the Shining
This post was edited on 3/8/24 at 1:29 pm
Posted on 3/8/24 at 1:46 pm to bad93ex
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Kid is watching this in school right now, he hates it.
The one year I taught ELA, the kids loved it. Some of the kids cried when we read the "stay gold" scene in class. The girls were so disappointed in Darry and Soda in the film. I explained to them that Swayze and Lowe were on the walls of every middle school girl back in the 80s.
(Slug Bug Ranch outside of Amarillo)
Posted on 3/8/24 at 1:54 pm to JumpingTheShark
By the same director as The outsiders (Coppola) but a different author (Grisham), here's one that was almost perfectly adapted from the book:
The Rainmaker
Also, an all-star cast:
Matt Damon
Jon Voight
Danny DeVito
Claire Danes
Danny Glover
Mickey Rourke
Mary Kay Place
Virginia Madsen
Roy Scheider
Dean Stockwell
Probably the best Grisham adaptation ever put on film. Much better and more faithful than The Firm, The Verdict, and the Pelican Brief.
The Rainmaker
Also, an all-star cast:
Matt Damon
Jon Voight
Danny DeVito
Claire Danes
Danny Glover
Mickey Rourke
Mary Kay Place
Virginia Madsen
Roy Scheider
Dean Stockwell
Probably the best Grisham adaptation ever put on film. Much better and more faithful than The Firm, The Verdict, and the Pelican Brief.
Posted on 3/8/24 at 1:54 pm to LSUDonMCO
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"Gone With the Wind"
How can you say this? They completely left out one of Scarlett's marriages and a few of her children.
Posted on 3/8/24 at 2:02 pm to WaltWhite504
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the Shining
Maybe the made for TV miniseries hit absolutely not Kubrick’s movie.
Not saying the Shonkng was bad but it was not faithful to the book
Posted on 3/8/24 at 2:27 pm to WaltWhite504
quote:not at all faithful to the book
and the Shining
Posted on 3/8/24 at 2:32 pm to Pikes Peak Tiger
King hated the Kubrick movie because his script ideas were rejected. This film elevated the novel IMO
This post was edited on 3/8/24 at 2:38 pm
Posted on 3/8/24 at 2:52 pm to JumpingTheShark
Road House stayed very true to the Camus play.
Posted on 3/8/24 at 3:33 pm to blueboy
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and the Shining
not at all faithful to the book
Changing King's inevitably bad ending and some other parts is doing it justice though. Film adaptations of King's work should never really be faithful. I can't think of one novel, other than maybe Salem's Lot, that doesn't have weird unnecessary parts. Short stories are another story.
Posted on 3/8/24 at 4:06 pm to rebelrouser
THE GREEN MILE and THE GODFATHER
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