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Posted on 1/21/13 at 1:53 pm to SHough610
Haha, I loved Terminator 2. One of 5 movies we had at our house growing up. Watched that til the fricking tape wore out. (Other 4: Speed, Under Siege 2, Jurassic Park, Top Gun.)
But back to Godfather. I don't understand how the book can be so easily dismissed when the movie takes everything from the book. Don't get me wrong, Godfather is in my top 3 movies all time, and keeps moving up the more I read about how much detail Coppola put into each scene. But I don't see how the movie blows the book out of the water when all the thoughts, ideas, plot, and character development is taken from the book.
But back to Godfather. I don't understand how the book can be so easily dismissed when the movie takes everything from the book. Don't get me wrong, Godfather is in my top 3 movies all time, and keeps moving up the more I read about how much detail Coppola put into each scene. But I don't see how the movie blows the book out of the water when all the thoughts, ideas, plot, and character development is taken from the book.
Posted on 1/21/13 at 2:03 pm to boom roasted
Its just presented better in the film. I never said the book was bad, just that the movie is better.
Posted on 1/21/13 at 2:16 pm to boom roasted
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But I don't see how the movie blows the book out of the water
Not saying it blows the book out of the water, but sometimes an adaptation (which the movies surely are even if they are relatively true to the book) just comes together in a way that beats the original source. I think it has something to do with Pacino, Brando, Duvall, Caan, Keaton, Deniro, etc.
Posted on 1/21/13 at 2:42 pm to elposter
Witches of Eastwick...only because John Updike sucks balls.
Posted on 1/21/13 at 2:58 pm to HerbEaverstinks
I can only speculate but maybe Friday Night Lights?
Posted on 1/21/13 at 3:02 pm to PurpleandGold Motown
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because John Updike sucks balls.
I don't know if he had gay tendencies or not, but isn't he one of only three writers to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction twice? What a hack.
Never read his Eastwick novels but the Rabbit novels were very good.
Posted on 1/21/13 at 3:08 pm to Tom Sawyer
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I can only speculate but maybe Friday Night Lights?
Nope. Whether you are talking about the Movie or the TV show, the Book is better.
The story of the movie is much more straightforward and doesn't have any of the background and information and exploration of Odessa that the book has.
The TV show took a lot more of the info about the town from the book and put it in, but it's really hard to compare a book that follows 1 season to a show that follows 5.
Posted on 1/21/13 at 3:18 pm to bamafan425
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Forrest Gump film is so much better than book.
The movie is better but the book is good. Winston Groom wrote a second book as well that was decent enough though not as good as the first. He also wrote a Vietnam novel Better Times Than These that is highly recommended.
Posted on 1/21/13 at 3:25 pm to CrippleCreek
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CrippleCreek
I'll have to read the book then.
Posted on 1/21/13 at 3:32 pm to elposter
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I don't know if he had gay tendencies or not, but isn't he one of only three writers to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction twice? What a hack. Never read his Eastwick novels but the Rabbit novels were very good.
Prizes are not important to me. Apparently, Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize for doing nothing. Never underestimate Updike's position as a literary critic in establishing himself as a notable author of fiction. Favors beget favors.
As to why I dislike Updike. His prose is too flowery and overwritten. His stories of middle-class America are, frankly, boring. His take on universal themes such as sexuality, religion, and classcism are unoriginal and forced. He's an unapologetic misogynist. He's just boring. That is a quality I abhor in a writer.
This post was edited on 1/21/13 at 3:34 pm
Posted on 1/21/13 at 3:46 pm to HerbEaverstinks
trainspotting.
book is probably great, but i cant understand his writing. even the movie was hard to piece together until the 3rd time.
book is probably great, but i cant understand his writing. even the movie was hard to piece together until the 3rd time.
Posted on 1/21/13 at 4:52 pm to SHough610
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American Psycho.
Gtfo
Posted on 1/21/13 at 5:30 pm to SHough610
quote:Book is better, and I'm a fan of the movie.
American Psycho
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Fight Club
I would say it is on par with the book, both of which caught me at the right moment in life and got me into reading outside of the school curriculum. 8 years later, I have an undergrad degree in English. Palahniuk and Fincher both inspired me with one story to read for pleasure.
Posted on 1/21/13 at 5:45 pm to tylerdurden24
Midnight Cowboy - book is meh, movie is great
Get Shorty - and I'm a huge Elmore Leonard fan
Get Shorty - and I'm a huge Elmore Leonard fan
Posted on 1/21/13 at 6:04 pm to HerbEaverstinks
Jaws
Posted on 1/21/13 at 6:16 pm to SHough610
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American Psycho
I'm a huge fan of both the movie and the book, but I think the book edges the movie.
ETA: I see several people beat me to this one.
This post was edited on 1/21/13 at 6:17 pm
Posted on 1/21/13 at 6:55 pm to HerbEaverstinks
The Godfather
Posted on 1/21/13 at 6:58 pm to 632627
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iirc, the godfather book contained alot of the godfather 2 movie storyline. godfather book>either movie.
The book contained a lot of stuff that was highly unnecessary. If for nothing else, the movie was better because it cut certain things out. Also, there are certain things that are just better seen than read, such as a movie producer waking up and finding a horse's head in his bed.
Posted on 1/21/13 at 8:07 pm to magildachunks
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Jaws
The book wasn't horrible but the movie was much better.
There were some pretty major differences as well, such as (in the book) Hooper dying in the shark cage and Hooper having an affair with Brody's wife.
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