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Movies Better than the Books - Kenji - 06-27-2005
jimbow8 Wrote:Hahaha!! Yes, I agree.
Uh-oh....I assure Ken V is ready for rebuttal.
Movies Better than the Books - Kenji - 06-27-2005
Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:How about DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP and the director's cut of BLADE RUNNER?
You have always good choice, Bluesman!
I saw the first(original) movie in theater. Then I read book, but I got confused. It was totally different. In the book, Deckard was married. And they have electric sheep. Androids were more violent.
Well anyway, I prefer movie version. At first, I didn't care about voice-over. But after I saw director's cut, it's my fave now.
Speaking of Philip K. Dick, has anyone seen "Imposter"? I prefer movie. Ending scene gave me a more shock.
Movies Better than the Books - jimbow8 - 06-27-2005
Kenji Wrote:You have always good choice, Bluesman!Yes, I thought Imposter was an excellent movie.
I saw the first(original) movie in theater. Then I read book, but I got confused. It was totally different. In the book, Deckard was married. And they have electric sheep. Androids were more violent.
Well anyway, I prefer movie version. At first, I didn't care about voice-over. But after I saw director's cut, it's my fave now.
Speaking of Philip K. Dick, has anyone seen "Imposter"? I prefer movie. Ending scene gave me a more shock.
Movies Better than the Books - Mick C. - 07-02-2005
THE WARRIORS - great movie, lousy Marxist book.
THE KILLER ELITE - great bizarro Peckinpah film, so-so book.
THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND - also a great bizarro Peckinpah film, okay book.
THE PARALLAX VIEW - enjoyable political paranoia film, unreadable book.
THE BIBLE (j/k).
Movies Better than the Books - Felix - 07-03-2005
I keep hoping to see "The Killer Elite" on cable somewhere. I remember liking it, especially the fight scene near the end.
Movies Better than the Books - Mick C. - 07-03-2005
Felix Wrote:I keep hoping to see "The Killer Elite" on cable somewhere. I remember liking it, especially the fight scene near the end.
The DVD is available. Great automatic weapons vs. Ninjas battle in the San Francisco mothball fleet at the end, you're right. Pretty much every Asian and/or martial artist in Hollywood in the 1970s was hired for that movie. It also has a classic Bo Hopkins performance as Jerome, the cheerfully psychotic gunman that James Caan hires.
Movies Better than the Books - Weatherford - 07-06-2005
Interesting topic (which, of course, I missed the first time around
).I have found very often MUSICALS are MUCH better than the books upon which they are based - Have you ever read the book behind the "Sound of Music"? Or "State Fair" or "Carousel"? Don't bother! (Except the Story of the Trapp Family Singers IS interesting from a historical point of view!) The list can go on ad infinitum - though, of course, there are exceptions. (As an aside, did you know that Maria Von Trapp's granddaughter is a singer-songwriter? Lovely voice, not enough expression for my taste - one song at a time is fine.)
Mary Poppins is a wonderful group of books - DIFFERENT than Disney's interpretation, but both stand on their own beautifully.
My Fair Lady is the perfect adaptation of G.Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion - of course, when you combine a great play with a great composer you should get a great show!
Most of the time I prefer the books...
Movies Better than the Books - Barry Lee Dejasu - 07-06-2005
Having been a fan of 1999's Stir of Echoes since it came out (I saw past the tender similarities to The Sixth Sense - poorly timed release, that's all - and I love it, period), I decided it was finally time to read the book last week or so. Very different (of course), but honestly...I liked the movie better. I like Richard Matheson, and I liked A Stir of Echoes, but overall, the movie ups the humor, the tension, and the overall weirdness and makes the general plot into something even more special.
Movies Better than the Books - Kenji - 07-06-2005
Slaughterhouse Five
Has anyone seen this movie? Yes, original was Kurt Vonnegut Jr., and George Roy Hill directed this movie. Once I tried reading book, but I gave up. Then one day I saw movie. Yeah, it was better than the book. Especially, visual effect impressed me. This is very strange time travel movie. I rarely read K.Vonnegut Jr., but I like this movie.
But I hate movie version "Breakfast of champions". That was very very boring. I can say one thing. If you are insomnia, see this movie. You will fall asleep within 10 minutes. :p
Movies Better than the Books - law dawg - 07-06-2005
Last of the Mochicans.
I defy anyone to try and read that book, although the movie was incredible.