southernjim Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I watched a few movies based off of comics, or books, that I loved, and immediately wanted to go hunt down whatever idiot director filmed these catastrophes. Anyone else had the same problem? I think everyone should watch The Lord of The Rings, or the (new) Punisher, if they haven't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 There's a few Stephen King ones that stand out all were terrible versions... Children of the Corn Maximum Overdrive It The Tommyknockers The Stand The last three I admit are very difficult projects but still... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turn Me On Dead Man Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 QUOTE (treeduck @ Jan 10 2009, 05:42 PM) There's a few Stephen King ones that stand out all were terrible versions... Children of the Corn Maximum Overdrive It The Tommyknockers The Stand The last three I admit are very difficult projects but still... The movie "It" was pretty bad, but "Dreamcatcher" was worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 QUOTE (Turn Me On Dead Man @ Jan 10 2009, 05:53 PM) QUOTE (treeduck @ Jan 10 2009, 05:42 PM) There's a few Stephen King ones that stand out all were terrible versions... Children of the Corn Maximum Overdrive It The Tommyknockers The Stand The last three I admit are very difficult projects but still... The movie "It" was pretty bad, but "Dreamcatcher" was worse. Well I've not even read the book yet, glad I've not seen the film... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I'm actually surprised at the number of films I can say were GOOD adaptations! For years, the word on every movie was "the book was much better," but then I saw several films which were VERY FAITHFUL to the book, such as "The Accidental Tourist," "Snow Falling on Cedars," "House of Sand and Fog," "The DaVinci Code," and others. Even "The Cider House Rules" (which won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay) was very true to the original book, despite the difficulty of adapting John Irving novels to the screen. (They did, however, eliminate a significant minor character, and condense 15 years into about 15 months.) For the most part though: yes, the book is generally much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turn Me On Dead Man Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 QUOTE (treeduck @ Jan 10 2009, 06:08 PM) QUOTE (Turn Me On Dead Man @ Jan 10 2009, 05:53 PM) QUOTE (treeduck @ Jan 10 2009, 05:42 PM) There's a few Stephen King ones that stand out all were terrible versions... Children of the Corn Maximum Overdrive It The Tommyknockers The Stand The last three I admit are very difficult projects but still... The movie "It" was pretty bad, but "Dreamcatcher" was worse. Well I've not even read the book yet, glad I've not seen the film... The book's amazing. King outdid himself with that one. Another good read is "Misery." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 The Lord of the Rings trilogy is a major standout for me of successful movie adaptations, especially considering they were for so long considered "unfilmable." Most of the times I've read a book and then seen the movie, though, I've been anywhere from slightly disappointed to extremely disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mara Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 (edited) QUOTE (Turn Me On Dead Man @ Jan 10 2009, 08:50 PM) QUOTE (treeduck @ Jan 10 2009, 06:08 PM) QUOTE (Turn Me On Dead Man @ Jan 10 2009, 05:53 PM) QUOTE (treeduck @ Jan 10 2009, 05:42 PM) There's a few Stephen King ones that stand out all were terrible versions... Children of the Corn Maximum Overdrive It The Tommyknockers The Stand The last three I admit are very difficult projects but still... The movie "It" was pretty bad, but "Dreamcatcher" was worse. Well I've not even read the book yet, glad I've not seen the film... The book's amazing. King outdid himself with that one. Another good read is "Misery." Oh god, "Dreamcatcher" was WRECKED on screen. "Misery" was very well done, though, although I think ****SPOILER**** **that she should have cut his foot off with the axe, like it was in the book. The sledgehammer just didn't have the same horrific effect.** Edited January 11, 2009 by Mara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 QUOTE (Turn Me On Dead Man @ Jan 10 2009, 08:50 PM) QUOTE (treeduck @ Jan 10 2009, 06:08 PM) QUOTE (Turn Me On Dead Man @ Jan 10 2009, 05:53 PM) QUOTE (treeduck @ Jan 10 2009, 05:42 PM) There's a few Stephen King ones that stand out all were terrible versions... Children of the Corn Maximum Overdrive It The Tommyknockers The Stand The last three I admit are very difficult projects but still... The movie "It" was pretty bad, but "Dreamcatcher" was worse. Well I've not even read the book yet, glad I've not seen the film... The book's amazing. King outdid himself with that one. Another good read is "Misery." Well I read Misery back in 1987 but not very many novels from this decade yet but that's all gonna change soon...fairly soon anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Sphinc-Tor Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 QUOTE (rushgoober @ Jan 10 2009, 10:21 PM) The Lord of the Rings trilogy is a major standout for me of successful movie adaptations, especially considering they were for so long considered "unfilmable." Most of the times I've read a book and then seen the movie, though, I've been anywhere from slightly disappointed to extremely disappointed. Yer right Goob! LOTR was amazing (and I use that word sparingly)!!! Although not an exact version of the story, what was added, or deleted was fantastic for any Rings fan, although there were a couple of things that I felt could have been changed or deleted, but that just me being hyper-critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Sphinc-Tor Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 QUOTE (Turn Me On Dead Man @ Jan 10 2009, 08:50 PM) QUOTE (treeduck @ Jan 10 2009, 06:08 PM) QUOTE (Turn Me On Dead Man @ Jan 10 2009, 05:53 PM) QUOTE (treeduck @ Jan 10 2009, 05:42 PM) There's a few Stephen King ones that stand out all were terrible versions... Children of the Corn Maximum Overdrive It The Tommyknockers The Stand The last three I admit are very difficult projects but still... The movie "It" was pretty bad, but "Dreamcatcher" was worse. Well I've not even read the book yet, glad I've not seen the film... The book's amazing. King outdid himself with that one. Another good read is "Misery." There have been many BAD versions of Kings books and although I liked the film version of Children of the Corn, and Max Overdrive. Tommy Knockers sucked both book and movie, but It, The Stand were pretty good....except for the endiong of both which I thought were weakly portayed in the movies. A couple other good adaptations of Kings books to film are: Stand By Me (AKA The Body) Shawshank Redemption The Green Mile Creepshow There were a few other too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Aubrey Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 QUOTE (Prince Sphinc-Tor @ Jan 11 2009, 08:24 AM) QUOTE (rushgoober @ Jan 10 2009, 10:21 PM) The Lord of the Rings trilogy is a major standout for me of successful movie adaptations, especially considering they were for so long considered "unfilmable." Most of the times I've read a book and then seen the movie, though, I've been anywhere from slightly disappointed to extremely disappointed. Yer right Goob! LOTR was amazing (and I use that word sparingly)!!! Although not an exact version of the story, what was added, or deleted was fantastic for any Rings fan, although there were a couple of things that I felt could have been changed or deleted, but that just me being hyper-critical. Agreed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 The worst offender I can think of is DUNE. The book is really fantastic, and the David Lynch movie version was awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Aubrey Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 QUOTE (rushgoober @ Jan 11 2009, 11:02 AM) The worst offender I can think of is DUNE. The book is really fantastic, and the David Lynch movie version was awful. I couldn't agree more! I saw Lynch's Dune in the theater, and thought it was pretty bad. As I walked out I heard someone say "man, the book is sooooo much better". I was intrigued so I read it and now I think it's one of the best novels ever written. Have you seen the Sci Fi Channels's Dune miniseries? It's fantastic!Please check it out and you won't be disappointed as it's very faithful to the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theredtamasrule Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 QUOTE (Prince Sphinc-Tor @ Jan 11 2009, 08:24 AM) QUOTE (rushgoober @ Jan 10 2009, 10:21 PM) The Lord of the Rings trilogy is a major standout for me of successful movie adaptations, especially considering they were for so long considered "unfilmable." Most of the times I've read a book and then seen the movie, though, I've been anywhere from slightly disappointed to extremely disappointed. Yer right Goob! LOTR was amazing (and I use that word sparingly)!!! Although not an exact version of the story, what was added, or deleted was fantastic for any Rings fan, although there were a couple of things that I felt could have been changed or deleted, but that just me being hyper-critical. Visually LOTR was stunning and the story was moving, dramatic & epic by any standard, a remarkable bringing to life of Middle Earth. But, and there's always a but, the changes to some of the characters and the asinine, forced conflict between Frodo & Sam just drives me crazy to this day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaye Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtron Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Yeah, my favorite book got made into one of the worst movies ever. Watchers. I wanted to kill whoever made that when I was 12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Does anyone read anything besides Horror and Sci-Fi/Fantasy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mara Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Jan 11 2009, 05:30 PM) Does anyone read anything besides Horror and Sci-Fi/Fantasy? Yessss, I do! I am quite the fan of Carl Hiaasen, for example, and Richard Russo, to name a couple. (And for the record, Russo's Empire Falls got butchered in the film version). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Jan 11 2009, 05:30 PM) Does anyone read anything besides Horror and Sci-Fi/Fantasy? Well I read a lot of crime fiction, I think you call it mystery fiction in the US. Examples would be James Ellroy, Elmore Leonard, James Hall, George Pelicanos, James Crumley, James Lee Burke, Walter Mosley and old stagers like Dashiel Hammet and Ross and John D Macdonald and so on and so on. I'm also a fan of people like Cormac McCarthy, Don Delillo, Martin Amis etc.. Jack A reads a lot of history books btw... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Sphinc-Tor Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 (edited) QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Jan 11 2009, 05:30 PM) Does anyone read anything besides Horror and Sci-Fi/Fantasy? I read posts on TRF. I also read history, and non-fiction, A Bridge Too Far was a good movie although if they made an exact movie on that book, it would have been 150 hours long. Edited January 11, 2009 by Prince Sphinc-Tor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Aubrey Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 QUOTE (Prince Sphinc-Tor @ Jan 11 2009, 06:01 PM) QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Jan 11 2009, 05:30 PM) Does anyone read anything besides Horror and Sci-Fi/Fantasy? I read posts on TRF. I also read history, and non-fiction, A Bridge Too Far was a good movie although if they made an exact movie on that book, it would have been 150 hours long. Very true! Remember that Cornelius Ryan also wrote The Longest Day so if you liked Bridge you should read that one, too. GR, I think that most members here do. It seems that Rush attracts the sci-fi/fantasy crowd. I've read some sci-fi and a couple of books that would qualify as modern-day fantasy but I'm by no means an aficianado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyRulz Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 QUOTE (Jack Aubrey @ Jan 11 2009, 06:56 PM) QUOTE (Prince Sphinc-Tor @ Jan 11 2009, 06:01 PM) QUOTE (GeddyRulz @ Jan 11 2009, 05:30 PM) Does anyone read anything besides Horror and Sci-Fi/Fantasy? I read posts on TRF. I also read history, and non-fiction, A Bridge Too Far was a good movie although if they made an exact movie on that book, it would have been 150 hours long. Very true! Remember that Cornelius Ryan also wrote The Longest Day so if you liked Bridge you should read that one, too. GR, I think that most members here do. It seems that Rush attracts the sci-fi/fantasy crowd. I've read some sci-fi and a couple of books that would qualify as modern-day fantasy but I'm by no means an aficianado. Yeah, I've read some, too... especially in my teens. I was a big Tolkien head, and I... I... I played D&D. I knew the Turn the Page crowd read more than just Sci-Fi/Fantasy and Horror, but it seemed those were the only genres being discussed in this "movie adaptation" thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 QUOTE (Prince Sphinc-Tor @ Jan 11 2009, 04:01 PM) A Bridge Too Far was a good movie although if they made an exact movie on that book, it would have been 150 hours long. It would have been A Movie Too Long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Sphinc-Tor Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 QUOTE (rushgoober @ Jan 11 2009, 09:51 PM) QUOTE (Prince Sphinc-Tor @ Jan 11 2009, 04:01 PM) A Bridge Too Far was a good movie although if they made an exact movie on that book, it would have been 150 hours long. It would have been A Movie Too Long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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