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BlueSkyJaunte 12-20-2003 09:37 AM
Just be aware that "Peace" has absolutely nothing to do with "War". It's merely "in the spirit of" "War"....Whatever....

Still pretty good, though.

Jared at Pelican Parts 12-22-2003 09:02 AM
I fell asleep during the first and second movies, dont think I'll see the third.

It's pretty easy to ruin a good sci-fi/fantasy book for example...

Battlefield Earth (one of the greatest sci-fi books ever, IMHO) turned into the worst movie ever made. I dont think it ever COULD be correctly done as a movie.

I hear they are making a movie for Stranger in a Strange Land.

Im scared

JavaBrewer 12-22-2003 09:38 AM
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Originally posted by dd74
Have any of you guys ever found the movie to be better than the book?

Only in one case have I: "To Die For," starring Nicole Kidman.

The book was almost unreadable; by Joyce Maynard, I believe.

But the movie was leagues better.

Translating that into a workable script says a lot for the great Buck Henry.
I'll throw in one of my all time favorites, Michael Mann's "Last of the Mohicans". Fantastic telling of James Fenmore Cooper's difficult read. The movie Jaws was also a pretty good go - what it missed in storyline was more than made up for with Bruce - the timeless bogyman.

Wife and I liked the first two LOTR and looking forward to seeing the latest. Like the special effects and characters - neither of us have ever read the books. You could do worse...

BlueSkyJaunte 12-22-2003 10:02 AM
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Battlefield Earth (one of the greatest sci-fi books ever, IMHO)
Um...

Wow.

De gustibus non disputandem est.

dd74 12-22-2003 10:08 AM
You want hard, try making "Geek Love" into a movie. I betcha' it's impossible, even with all the special effects out there.

CamB 12-22-2003 06:18 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by dd74
Have any of you guys ever found the movie to be better than the book?

Only in one case have I: "To Die For," starring Nicole Kidman.

The book was almost unreadable; by Joyce Maynard, I believe.

But the movie was leagues better.

Translating that into a workable script says a lot for the great Buck Henry.
I agree - one of my favourite movies is One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - in which the casting and acting is pretty outstanding, then I read the book and it was still better.

I liked ROTK (and the others). Mind you, it was made here, by NZers, and we get almost constant brainwashing about it (it has had a high media profile). Still, it is easy to say it doesn't seem that great, but I for one would find it pretty difficult to deliver constructive criticism. A lot of the hokey dialogue it straight from the books.

thrown_hammer 12-23-2003 02:50 AM
As long as they cut the 6,000 pages from the book after the hobbits get home I will call the movie a success.

CamB 12-23-2003 11:32 AM
Shawn, they did, more or less.

Jared at Pelican Parts 12-23-2003 11:40 AM
Matrix Revolutions...

God that was a let down.

Langers 12-23-2003 02:28 PM
Did a google search for "bored of the rings", filetype PDF...couldnt find it. Anyone know of a link?


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