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re: Horrible movie adaptations of books
Posted on 2/5/09 at 6:21 am to magildachunks
Posted on 2/5/09 at 6:21 am to magildachunks
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Battlefield Earth. Although I never read the book, movie was horrendous. Course, maybe the book is as well.
I always think of this when I see this kind of topic. The book, while long and probably should have been two books, was well written and kept me entertained. The movie...... well, I couldn't even finished the first 30 minutes.
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Posted on 2/5/09 at 7:37 am to Stewie Griffin
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All the King's Men - the book was too good to be translated to film; Warren's commentary made the book what it was
Which version are you talking about? I'd hardly call the first B&W one "horrible". It may not be as good as the book, but on its own terms it's a pretty good movie (it even won the Oscar as Best Picture, if that means anything).
Posted on 2/5/09 at 7:38 am to Kafka
2nd one...the first was actually pretty damn good.
2nd's not even horrible...just far worse than th ebook
2nd's not even horrible...just far worse than th ebook
Posted on 2/5/09 at 8:02 am to Afreaux
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Timeline
D'ohhh I forgot about this one.
I didn't dig his Rising Sun, either. LOVED that book.
Posted on 2/5/09 at 9:06 am to LSUKingwood1979
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I also did not like the why Pollack changed The Firm, though the film was not horrible
+1. I was fuming when I left the theater.
I also disliked the way The Chamber was done.Posted on 2/5/09 at 10:20 am to Augustus
The Time Machine
I Am Legend
Lord of the Rings
I Am Legend
Lord of the Rings
Posted on 2/5/09 at 10:26 am to seawolf06
DUNE
Voted Greatest Sci-Fi novel of all time--sucked onscreen. Very complex novel-poitically, character and plot-wise. Couldn't condense it into a movie. The Sci-Fi Channel did a better job in a miniseries years later.
Voted Greatest Sci-Fi novel of all time--sucked onscreen. Very complex novel-poitically, character and plot-wise. Couldn't condense it into a movie. The Sci-Fi Channel did a better job in a miniseries years later.
Posted on 2/5/09 at 11:38 am to seawolf06
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Lord of the Rings
You must be referring to the cartoons.
Posted on 2/5/09 at 3:07 pm to theunknownknight
Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
Posted on 2/5/09 at 5:14 pm to bigmoneygrip
Beowulf
any adaptation of Beowulf did not do the story justice
any adaptation of Beowulf did not do the story justice
Posted on 2/5/09 at 6:07 pm to StTiger
eragon...awesome book that was squeezed unsuccessfully into an hour and a half and even left some characters out
i guess that better question would be what books were made into movies that WERE good
i guess that better question would be what books were made into movies that WERE good
Posted on 2/5/09 at 6:07 pm to alajones
Beloved and Their Eyes Were Watching God
Posted on 2/5/09 at 6:13 pm to alajones
la confidential
the count of monte cristo
the count of monte cristo
Posted on 2/5/09 at 6:39 pm to alajones
It pissed me off that they changed the case for Runaway Jury
Posted on 2/5/09 at 6:44 pm to TulaneTigerFan
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the count of monte cristo
Which version? There've been many.
IMO the 1935 version is very good.
Posted on 2/5/09 at 7:41 pm to Kafka
the 2002 version, i've never seen any of the older ones
Posted on 2/5/09 at 7:48 pm to alajones
"Starship Troopers" took an excellent Hugo award winning SciFi novel and turned it into one of the smelliest turds ever displayed on a movie screen. Had they stayed true to the story, S.T. had the potential to be one of the greatest SciFi movies ever.
Paul Verhoeven is now dead to me for having eviscerated and then directed that POS.
Paul Verhoeven is now dead to me for having eviscerated and then directed that POS.
Posted on 2/5/09 at 7:59 pm to phatcat
"The Lords of Discipline" by Pat Conroy is one of my favorite books of all time. The movie was God awful.
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