08-30-2002, 01:43 AM | #21 |
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I find that there is absolutely no correlation between how faithful a movie is to its source and the actual quality of the film.
The Princess Bride: Good film, not a great adaptation Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: Okay film, but a very close adaptation The Wizard of Oz: amazing film, but incredibly distant from the source material Among examples...
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09-30-2002, 10:58 PM | #22 |
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Well, the cartoon movie adaption of Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh was the worst. The book was actually pretty good, but that movie was seriously the only movie to ever give me actual nightmares. I hated it.
The Time Machine actually wasn't a horrible movie, (IMHO) but it was so far away from the book, I'm surprised they even kept the same title.
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10-01-2002, 12:56 AM | #23 |
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im not sure which came first but A Beautiful Mind both book and movie were fantastic not as good as LOTR though.
the green mile is another that was great in fact a lot of stephen king books turned out some half decent movies. and also once were warriors/what becomes of the broken hearted both excellent |
10-04-2002, 11:27 PM | #24 |
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The bridges of Madison county - EXCELLENT! (the book is not that great,but the movie rocks!)
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10-05-2002, 08:13 PM | #25 |
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Good: Catch-22
Bad: Bladerunner. The movie was better than the book actually.
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10-05-2002, 09:52 PM | #26 |
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good: lotr (live action), harry potter
medium: animated the hobbit lotr bad: charlotte's web (an animated movie) notice how disney never gives credit to the book their movies are based on
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10-10-2002, 12:52 PM | #27 |
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That's because strictly speaking, a lot of the Mouse House flicks aren't adapting the book, just the conventional legend... an adaptation of the siege of Troy need not credit Homer's Iliad if minimal references are made to specific details in it. Furthermore, everything they adapt is public domain by now.
My personal favourite, Beauty and the Beast comes to mind...
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