17 Jun 15
Originally posted by FMFFor the Good Book that was Adapted Well for the Screen category, I nominate
For the [b]Good Book that was Adapted Well for the Screen category, I nominate One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.
For the Good Book that was Adapted Badly for the Screen category, I nominate The Choirboys.[/b]
Life of Pi ... great novel which I thought could not be put on the screen.
For the Good Book that was Adapted Badly for the Screen category, I nominate
Jack Reacher (based on One Shot). How could they do that to him (Jack)???
17 Jun 15
Originally posted by wolfgang59For a Good Book that was Adapted Well for the Screen category, I nominate 'Gone with the Wind' and, if I may suggest one more, 'The Name of the Rose' (Umberto Eco).
For the [b]Good Book that was Adapted Well for the Screen category, I nominate
Life of Pi ... great novel which I thought could not be put on the screen.
For the Good Book that was Adapted Badly for the Screen category, I nominate
Jack Reacher (based on One Shot). How could they do that to him (Jack)???[/b]
I can't recall any book that was badly adapted for the screen, at least not at the moment.
17 Jun 15
Originally posted by lolofgood book I nominate Do Androids dream of electric sheep(Blade Runner)
For a Good Book that was Adapted Well for the Screen category, I nominate 'Gone with the Wind' and, if I may suggest one more, 'The Name of the Rose' (Umberto Eco).
I can't recall any book that was badly adapted for the screen, at least not at the moment.
bad book I nominate Catch 22 really disappointed with the film
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Witches of Eastwick, novel by John Updike was adapted badly. Or better to say unfaithfully, nevertheless the film is good. So it's been adapted good after all.
The novel is feminist, the film is anti-feminist.
I loved both the novel and the movie.
Topkapi - good film adaptation of Eric Ambler's novel "Light Of The Day" (loosely).
The Mask of Dimitrios great novel by Eric Ambler, made into film directed by Ian Negulesco with Peter Lorre in star role.
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Originally posted by sonhouseEnders Game: I would say fair to good adaption
What about "Ender's game"? Good, bad, indifferent? Orson Scott Card's series. I read them all.
Good adaption: La tête en friche
bad adaption: The mname of the Rose, the book is really well, the film at best confusing and overly brutal.
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12 Jul 15
Originally posted by FMFGood book adapted Badly: The Lord of the Rings. It was a magnificent, deeply rich book which launched a whole sub-genre, and they were quite exciting Standard Fantasy Fare films... which is a bad adaptation of the former.
For the [b]Good Book that was Adapted Well for the Screen category, I nominate One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.
For the Good Book that was Adapted Badly for the Screen category, I nominate The Choirboys.[/b]
Really, if they'd just shot the films, and left off the pretension that they are in any real way an adaptation of the Tolkien Middle-Earth univers, they'd have been fine. But no, they had to pretend that this battle-scene-focused, dwarf-tossing, admittedly pretty but no more than that schlock lives up to The Lord of the Rings. Well, it doesn't, not by a long shot. It's a different genre, really. It's Tolkien Epigone rather than Tolkien himself. It's a good adaptation of Feist, not of Tolkien.
13 Jul 15
Originally posted by Shallow BlueIt's been a very long time since I read Lord of the Rings - about 37 years - but I thought the films were unbelievably good - I can't believe how well he did
Good book adapted Badly: The Lord of the Rings. It was a magnificent, deeply rich book which launched a whole sub-genre, and they were quite exciting Standard Fantasy Fare films... which is a bad adaptation of the former.
Really, if they'd just shot the films, and left off the pretension that they are in any real way an adaptation of the Tolkien Midd ...[text shortened]... 's Tolkien Epigone rather than Tolkien himself. It's a good adaptation of Feist, not of Tolkien.
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Originally posted by PonderableYes but he did fulfill the prophesy🙂
Enders Game: I would say fair to good adaption
Good adaption: La tête en friche
bad adaption: The mname of the Rose, the book is really well, the film at best confusing and overly brutal.
Do you know if another one of Eco's, Foucault's pendulum ever made it to the big screen? Did you read it?
15 Jul 15
Originally posted by sonhouseYes, it was fascinating, and no, I've never seen a film version, I would be very interested to know if there is one, too.
Yes but he did fulfill the prophesy🙂
Do you know if another one of Eco's, Foucault's pendulum ever made it to the big screen? Did you read it?
15 Jul 15
Originally posted by Shallow BlueYes, as epic as the films feel, they really don't do Tolkien justice.
Good book adapted Badly: The Lord of the Rings. It was a magnificent, deeply rich book which launched a whole sub-genre, and they were quite exciting Standard Fantasy Fare films... which is a bad adaptation of the former.
Really, if they'd just shot the films, and left off the pretension that they are in any real way an adaptation of the Tolkien Midd ...[text shortened]... 's Tolkien Epigone rather than Tolkien himself. It's a good adaptation of Feist, not of Tolkien.