Don't judge a book by its movie

afro-elf · 08-16-2002, 11:21 PM

What do you think are some good and some bad movie adaptations?

galadriel88 · 08-17-2002, 01:43 PM

good - Where the Red Fern Grows
medium - LOTR
bad - The Princess Diaries

***azalea*** · 08-18-2002, 05:06 PM

Good: Gone with the Wind, Pride and Prejudice (the one w/ Colin Firth), From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (the 1970s version, I haven't seen the later one).

Bad: The Secret Garden (the tv movie that came out back in the '80s; I think one's been done since then, but I haven't seen it).

galadriel88 · 08-18-2002, 08:49 PM

Another good one - in fact I would say that this is the best movie adaption I have seen so far - Anne of Green Gables. I love that movie!

Rána Eressëa · 08-18-2002, 09:28 PM

I swear if I have to hear anything about Where the Red Fern Grows or Old Yeller ever again in my life I will kill any dog I see in my sight!!!

Shadowfax · 08-19-2002, 03:09 AM

Good: "Little Women"

Rána Eressëa · 08-19-2002, 08:13 PM

Ehh . . . that one gave me nightmares as well.

BeardofPants · 08-19-2002, 08:52 PM

Nope, I don't think the little women movie measured up to the book.

What about Princess Bride?

Rána Eressëa · 08-19-2002, 10:05 PM

Haven't heard of that one.

Want to know something else that's awful? Little House on the Prairie.

BeardofPants · 08-19-2002, 10:08 PM

No, no... Room with a View. Now that's painful!

Shadowfax · 08-20-2002, 01:00 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by BeardofPants
What about Princess Bride?

I did NOT like Princess Bride at all! Eeaw.

And I just thought of another one I liked: "Emma"

***anduin*** · 08-23-2002, 12:12 AM

The Shipping News....bad, bad, bad.

The Godfather I and II. Made the book seem better than it was. I think that this might be the only case where the movie is better than the book.

Rei · 08-23-2002, 01:24 AM

Queen of the Damned!

That movie made me so mad, especially because The Vampire Lestat was one of my favorite Anne Rice books ever and Queen of the Damned was a good book to but the movie was the worst piece of film I've seen in a while!

cee2lee2 · 08-23-2002, 05:07 PM

It may just be that I'm remembering the book incorrectly (I give no guarantees any more about what floats around in this old cranium

), but the movie Bladerunner was totally different from the book.

BeardofPants · 08-23-2002, 07:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by cee2lee2
...but the movie Bladerunner was totally different from the book.

They were completely different. The book wasn't one of Philip K. Dicks better ones, and the movie is one of my favourites. But it's like comparing chalk and cheese. Ridley Scott only based the movie loosely on the book.

Menelvagor · 08-24-2002, 07:32 PM

This is odd, but the only movie that's been made from a book (not the other way around) that I thought was better in movie format is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, er, 'scuse me, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. The movie is so much better than the book! And I even read the book first.

Sween · 08-25-2002, 06:35 AM

LOTR transfered amazing well to film

afro-elf · 08-27-2002, 11:47 AM

Well to each their own Sween

BeardofPants · 08-27-2002, 05:53 PM

And I managed so well to constrain my comments, Arwen's Nubian Lover.

Erawyn · 08-29-2002, 06:22 PM

Good: Babe, lotr
Bad: most!

08-16-2002, 11:21 PM	#1
afro-elf Hoplite Nomad Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 3,931	Don't judge a book by its movie What do you think are some good and some bad movie adaptations? __________________ About Eowyn, Does anyone know what her alias Dernhelm means? She was kown as dernhelm because of her exclaimation when she realized that the rider's headgear was heavy and obscured her sight. 'Dern Helm" Culled from Entmoot From Kirinski 57 and Wayfarer.

08-17-2002, 01:43 PM	#2
galadriel88 Halfwitted Queen of Lothlorien Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Far off in a dream Posts: 1,166	good - Where the Red Fern Grows medium - LOTR bad - The Princess Diaries __________________ The beuatiful mind/The beautiful heart/Doesn't deserve the pain/How can I stop the rain? -How Can I Stop the Rain? by Kessid, my new favorite band +Every good thing that comes into my life is only a reflection of the greatest gift of all; the offering of yourself, dear Son of God+ Always remember, you're uniqe, just like everybody else! "The one constant through all the years has been the Trombone. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. Its been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again, but the Trombone has marked the time. This field, this section, this band is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and could be again. Oh, people will come . . . people will most definitely come."

08-18-2002, 08:49 PM	#4
galadriel88 Halfwitted Queen of Lothlorien Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Far off in a dream Posts: 1,166	Another good one - in fact I would say that this is the best movie adaption I have seen so far - Anne of Green Gables. I love that movie! __________________ The beuatiful mind/The beautiful heart/Doesn't deserve the pain/How can I stop the rain? -How Can I Stop the Rain? by Kessid, my new favorite band +Every good thing that comes into my life is only a reflection of the greatest gift of all; the offering of yourself, dear Son of God+ Always remember, you're uniqe, just like everybody else! "The one constant through all the years has been the Trombone. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. Its been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again, but the Trombone has marked the time. This field, this section, this band is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and could be again. Oh, people will come . . . people will most definitely come."

08-19-2002, 03:09 AM	#6
Shadowfax The Fleet-Footed Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: British Columbia Posts: 913	Good: "Little Women" __________________ Jesus saved me "To remain ignorant of things that happened before you were born is to remain a child" (Cicero, 106-43 B.C.) "Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth" (Picasso)

08-19-2002, 08:52 PM	#8
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Nope, I don't think the little women movie measured up to the book. What about Princess Bride? __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

08-18-2002, 05:06 PM	#3
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	Good: Gone with the Wind, Pride and Prejudice (the one w/ Colin Firth), From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (the 1970s version, I haven't seen the later one). Bad: The Secret Garden (the tv movie that came out back in the '80s; I think one's been done since then, but I haven't seen it).

08-18-2002, 09:28 PM	#5
Rána Eressëa The Rogue Elf Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,722	I swear if I have to hear anything about Where the Red Fern Grows or Old Yeller ever again in my life I will kill any dog I see in my sight!!!

08-19-2002, 08:13 PM	#7
Rána Eressëa The Rogue Elf Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,722	Ehh . . . that one gave me nightmares as well.

08-19-2002, 10:05 PM	#9
Rána Eressëa The Rogue Elf Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,722	Haven't heard of that one. Want to know something else that's awful? Little House on the Prairie.

08-19-2002, 10:08 PM	#10
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	No, no... Room with a View. Now that's painful! __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

08-23-2002, 12:12 AM	#12
*anduin* Entwife Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: louisville Posts: 3,718	The Shipping News....bad, bad, bad. The Godfather I and II. Made the book seem better than it was. I think that this might be the only case where the movie is better than the book. __________________ Far away across the field The tolling of the iron bell Calls the faithful to their knees To hear the softly spoken magic spells.

08-23-2002, 01:24 AM	#13
Rei Elven Warrior Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hades....it's a tough job but someone's gotta do it Posts: 182	Queen of the Damned! That movie made me so mad, especially because The Vampire Lestat was one of my favorite Anne Rice books ever and Queen of the Damned was a good book to but the movie was the worst piece of film I've seen in a while! __________________ ______________________________ ------------------------------------------------ Seek for the Sword that was broken: In Imladris it dwells; There shall be counsels taken Stronger than Morgul-spells. There shall be shown a token That doom is near at hand For Isildur's Bane shall waken, And the Halfling forth shall stand. ______________________________ ------------------------------------------------ Whoo-hooo!!! I'm an Elven Warrior!!!!!

08-23-2002, 05:07 PM	#14
cee2lee2 Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: 2nd star to the left..... Posts: 566	It may just be that I'm remembering the book incorrectly (I give no guarantees any more about what floats around in this old cranium ), but the movie Bladerunner was totally different from the book.

08-24-2002, 07:32 PM	#16
Menelvagor Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: lurking on the edge of conversations Posts: 924	This is odd, but the only movie that's been made from a book (not the other way around) that I thought was better in movie format is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, er, 'scuse me, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. The movie is so much better than the book! And I even read the book first.

08-25-2002, 06:35 AM	#17
Sween im quite stupid Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Cockermouth Posts: 2,058	LOTR transfered amazing well to film __________________ Yeah god hes ok but i would rather be judged by a sheep than that idiot

08-27-2002, 11:47 AM	#18
afro-elf Hoplite Nomad Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 3,931	Well to each their own Sween __________________ About Eowyn, Does anyone know what her alias Dernhelm means? She was kown as dernhelm because of her exclaimation when she realized that the rider's headgear was heavy and obscured her sight. 'Dern Helm" Culled from Entmoot From Kirinski 57 and Wayfarer.

08-27-2002, 05:53 PM	#19
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	And I managed so well to constrain my comments, Arwen's Nubian Lover. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

08-29-2002, 06:22 PM	#20
Erawyn Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: america junior Posts: 320	Good: Babe, lotr Bad: most! __________________ peace never hurt anyone "Be not so bigoted to any custom as to worship it at the expense of Truth." Johann Georg von Zimmermann

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