bones weep tedium Wrote:This reminds me of what I was ranting at Auskar about in the Dark Knight thread a whle back.
Why do fans of books/comics look forward to film adaptations? Aside from the fact that the majority of them are rubbish, what is it about a film that makes it intrinsically better than a book?
Upon hearing that RJ is being made into a film, our response should be a disinterested shrug. We already know the story and love the character, what could we possible gain from a movie version other than disappointment? :confused:
I hear exactly what you're saying but I answer thusly-
Have you ever been scared reading a book? I have, but only once.
Have you ever been scared watching a movie? I have, many times.
Mood and a visceral sense of what it is like to actually BE THERE. We are visual creatures. I just can't get the same sense of what it actually feels like to be there in a book. You can tell me all day long, in excruciating detail, how scared RJ was in the pit of Rakoshi and I won't get it like crawling along with the actor, seeing the sights, hearing the sounds, hearing the heartbeat thump faster and faster......
Nothing on the printed page can compare to that for me.
Now, where the visual medium fails miserably is getting into the character's head. Motivation, thought process, story, etc. This is where the world of books dominates.
Again, just my BS opinion on the matter.
And having such opinions, it should come as no surprise that mostly I go to the movies to watch action flicks, because that is where that medium excels. For drama I'm more content to read about it, although good drama can be done on the screen as well.