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I haven't seen anyone mention Gone with the Wind, which is a far better film than book, even though I prefer the story told in the book. |
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The Bourne Trilogy.
Ludlum's story was melodramatic but plausible. The movie was tight and exciting with believable characterizations if not entirely believable stunts. I couldn't make it through the last book. Just got bogged down. --MH |
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Ack! I will grant you that there are a few lines that are better in the movie than the book (e.g., Rhett saying "Has the war started?" after Scarlett throws a vase, and his line "A minor point at such a moment" when she says he isn't a gentleman), but I rank GWTW as my favorite book of all time, and GWTW as my favorite movie of all time--each version is at the pinnacle of its format.
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The 13th Warrior is a 1999 historical fiction action film starring Antonio Banderas as Ahmad ibn Fadlan and Vladimir Kulich as Buliwyf; it is based on the novel Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton.[2] It was directed by John McTiernan and an uncredited Crichton.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_13th_Warrior Love that flick. |
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Oooh! I just looked up the book. So the movie is an adaptation of an adaptation of Beowulf!
Not confusing at all. |
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I had read the book multiple times before I ever saw the movie, and had formed my ideas of who the characters were. I thought the movie was completely true to the book. I happen to be rereading the book right now ... I think it is great literature. It's entertaining, accessible, memorable, and readable. |
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Movies do not deal with ideas very well. The whole point of a movie is to show things in motion. Books can deal with long passages of description that set up scenes that just won't work in a movie.
I was reminded of this since I have just finished reading The Executioners (Cape Fear) and thinking how the whole emphasis of the movie was different from the book. The movie is about the conflict between Sam Bowden and Cady. It's a great movie, well done. On the other hand, the book is about the idead that there are corners in the legal system, where the system breaks down. The police and the legal system can't protect the Bowdens from Cady, and they decide that the only thing they can do to protect themselves is to go outside the law and take it on themselves to execute Cady. The book is mainly about Sam Bowden coming to terms with fact that he will have to go ouside the law to protect his family. I think it is a great book. But the connection between the book and the film are superficial. One of my all time favourite movies is the original "The Flight of the Phoenix". I read the book some years later and I found the book dull, dreary and disappointing. On the screen, Stewart and Kruger made the characters of Town and Dorfmann just sing and live. Those actors, along with the rest of the cast, made a dreary story live. So if you liked the book, you may like the movie and if you liked the movie you may like the book, but don't count on it. What you can count on, is that they won't be the same. |
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I did think the film was very well done and I loved Vivien Leigh as Scarlett - a great performance - but the principals were all very good. I don't know what I would make of it now - I haven't seen it for many years. |
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I have to agree with this one. You got further than I did, I couldn't finish the second book. Love the movies though, the wife and I just did a rewatch this past week. When I heard about the new movie, I wasn't looking forward to it, but the trailer does make it rather intriguing to me now. |
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One Few Over the Cuckoo's Nest, by far.
Logan's Run Bladerunner. |
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