Thread: Worst (& Best) Movie Adaptations
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Old 11-15-2008, 06:03 AM   #23
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Agreed 100%. OK SF book, but one of the worst movies ever made.

Another "stinker" was, for me, the recent movie adaptation of Philip Pullman's "The Golden Compass". It converted a wonderfully "deep" and thought-provoking book into a cheap "action" movie. I'd been looking forward to it for years, and was bitterly disappointed by it.

As far as GOOD movie adaptations, I'd go for the movie version of Barry Longyear's SF short story "Enemy Mine". Short stories do, IMHO, make better movies than novels, because inevitably so much has to be left out of the novel that it will leave the lover of the novel unsatisfied.
At least Battlefield Earth can serve some purpose as a candidate (Just checked, yup, they did one) for RiffTrax.

The ads for GC didn't look promising so I haven't seen it yet. Oh well, I guess I won't hurry on that one.

Enemy Mine is a personal favorite. I can't agree with you more.

As for short stories making better flicks I have to wonder about that. Sometimes that is the case. But many times I find they wind up dragging on with alot of filler scenes.

-MJ
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