Anxiety said:

Valid point. Essentially, the soundtrack carried the film.

Fahrenheit 451

I've always wanted to read The Body to see if it's as good as Stand By Me.

I liked the film version of Breakfast at Tiffany's more than the novella (except for Mickey Rourke as Mr. Yunioshi :cringe:) and Great Expectations, too--but I really hate Dickens.


Ooh, and maybe Spike Lee's Malcom X, although Haley's biography is good too.


(While I don't feel this way, I could see some people preferring Bram Stoker's Dracula film--the one w/Winona Ryder & Keanu Reeves--more than the book?)

MsLegs said:

Are you mad? The soundtrack was great, but the performances were spot on. A little melodramatic at times, but that film is mesmerizing from the opening scenes. In my opinion it's one of Spielberg's best films, and easily my favorite.

DevotedPuppy said:

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(While I don't feel this way, I could see some people preferring Bram Stoker's Dracula film--the one w/Winona Ryder & Keanu Reeves--more than the book?)[/quote:8054b12a9a]

No, Reeves and Ryder suck ass in that film. Even Anthony Hopkins doesn't seem to take it seriously. The book had a sense of urgency that the film lacked, I think.
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Imago said:

What do you mean? Some crappy BBC version of "A Horse"? Or do you mean you like that book more than the "Wardrobe" book? My personal favorite of the books is "Magician's Nephew," which I think they should have made first.

I thought the kids in the film were great, especially Lucy. Her first scene with Tumnus was perfect. And the battle with the White Witch and all that was great.

Xagain said:

The Exorcist
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MsLegs said:

i still haven't seen the film but i thought the book was just excellent!

now i have to see this film.

DevotedPuppy said:

yeah but in all these instances the films are so famous and so ingrained
in our minds that it's almost impossible to read the book without having
the images from the movie overlapping what you read.

it's almost as if the movie in some way becomes the original eventhough
the book really is.

altho, i guess that is just what this thread is about isn't it. and i do
agree very strongly with Breakfast at Tiffany's, which is incidentally a
rather long short story lol, because i like both the book and the film,
but i never have my own images for the book the only things i see when i
think about it are the film images.

What about Rita Haywood and the Shawshank Redemption? I think I need to start reading some Stephen King...

Xagain said:

Ok

jami0mckay said:

The Shining
2001: A Space Odyssey
The Godfather
The Iron Giant

how could i forget: "300"

ok it's based on a comic but it's damn near perfect in it's depiction
and in many places even reaches far beyond the original. superb job.

Absolutley

Xagain said:

Yes, I meant, the book "A Horse and His Boy" was better than The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. Though I enjoyed "The Magician's Nephew" more too.

I think the Magician's Nephew could easily be done as a prequel since it doesn't have any of the same human actors in it, right? Either way, I would LOVE to see Tim Burton give a crack at that movie.

Xagain said:

each to their own, but I thought that film was quite crap
and the books are masterpieces.

mrdespues said:

I agree, I hated the film, it didn't have the magic deep feeling of the book or the 70's cartoon

Blade Runner based on Phillip K. Dick's "Do Androids dream of Electric Sheep?"

A box set is supposed to be released soon with all the diffrent versions including one with newly filmed scenes involving the character Zhora.Not too sure about that one .

ZombieKitten said:

oh, that was my favorite part! learning the language as you went along. If you try to pick it up and read it in the middle you'll have no clue, but you're kind of eased into it from the beginning.

CarrieMpls said:

I love to viddy your posts, you horrorshow devotchka.

SnakePeel said:

Imago said:

I never thought of that, but that would be great. The kooky professor, the Woods Between the Worlds, and that weird world they free Jadis from. That'd be a cool Burton film.

ufoclub said:

See, I loved the books. But I think the "Narnia" film was excellent. I don't think it could have been a better film.

IstenSzek said:

I agree, I love the film too. With the exception that really horrible narration throughout. Especially the narration that is just describing what was happening on screen, such as "The wolf's eye glowed red," or "His helmet was hot, so he took it off. But everything else about the film was great. Especially the sexy (from the neck down) Xerxes and Lionidas.
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Xagain said:

i agree, lionidas was friggin hot.

xerxes, though

No question. I read the book and I definitely enjoyed the film a million times better.