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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:13 PM Original message |
Which impossible novel-into-film pleasantly surprised you? (riffing on Orrex's thread) |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. "The English Patient." I think the film tops the novel in some ways. |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. Lord of the Rings |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Agreed! I thought Bakshi absolutely caputred the atmosphere of Middle earth |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. Yep. |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. I was a bit surprised that they even managed to pull off Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Fear and Loathing was the first one I thought of. |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Great minds think alike. |
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cemaphonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Gilliam stayed true to the deep sense of betrayal and alienation in the book. |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Yeesh. When you said 'stoner buddy comedy' I just got a shiver down my spine. |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I thought Fear and Loathing was pretty good, but my main impression |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Yeah, no translation from one medium to another is going to be able to capture it perfectly |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Yup. |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I'm one of those weirdos who rarely feels the need to alter my consciousness... |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
41. The film is exceptional even without mind-altering substances |
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cemaphonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
32. If you have the DVDs, check out the commentaries. |
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4_Legs_Good (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:40 AM Response to Reply #32 |
44. Agreed, Gilliam has always done the best Director's Commentaries |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
38. Munchausen is very good |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
39. An excellent, excellent film |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 09:08 AM Response to Reply #3 |
46. I liked Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. The World According to Garp. |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. I think the movie improves on the book., |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
14. Barely Legal Teens XVII |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Not quite the contribution I'd hoped for from you. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. You expected more from me? Something more extreme like "Anal Invasion Bloodfest Creampie LIII"? |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. hmm....something edgier, with subtle literary undertones. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Something like "Rozencrantz and Guildenstern in Drag"? |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. That trio might just work. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. It would definitely cover the surreality, the horror/evil side, and the outspoken |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. I've seen that - the movie is very faithful to the source material |
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Tom Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
15. Adaptation |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
17. "Ghost World" if graphic novels count. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
42. I love that film! |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
19. Another - Taymor's adaptation of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus. n/t |
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RFKHumphreyObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
20. To Kill A Mockingbird |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
22. Contact. They changed the storyline noticably, but I still love watching the movie |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
27. George Hill's adaptation of John Irving's "The World According to Garp." |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
28. About "No Country for Old Men." |
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cemaphonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:03 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Yeah, the Coens did a good job with it. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
40. I'd love to see Suttree adapted for the screen, if done correctly |
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Westegg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
30. "Unbearable Lightness of Being." |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
31. "Lolita" |
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cemaphonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:07 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. It's OK, but it's the only Kubrick adaptation where I think the book is better. |
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darkstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:27 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. Right...novels with such stylized first person, unreliable narrator |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
36. Slaughterhouse 5. |
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semillama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
37. Beowulf, but not because it was a faithful adaptation - it wasn't |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
45. Children of Men - I thought the movie was much better |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
47. The Right Stuff |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
48. A Scanner Darkly. |
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