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Braverhund
11-19-2007, 10:15 PM
:cry:
yes...I'll admit the Fleming novels blow away the movies....but then I have to use my imagination in the books instead of letting the movie 'show' me how the scene plays out.....and that makes my brain work...and when my brain works....well.....
TIP your making my brain angry! :mad:
SynthLord
11-19-2007, 10:45 PM
Not always ... movies made from John Grisham novels are always better than the books. Grisham just doesn't know how to end a compelling story; it always just stops in a dull thud. In the movies, you have to have a big ending, and the screenwriters know how to make them happen.
Movies are a different medium though ... it's not always fair to say a book is better. It's a completely different experience.
Son of HuHefner
11-20-2007, 08:21 AM
you know it too
agree totally
The current crop of movies coming out on DVD is mediocre at best
Fo example, I rented Oceans 13. I thought, with Clooney, Pitt, this would be good entertainment
Wrong
I borrow books from our very good local library. Much more enjoyable and better for the mind
ryan7585
11-20-2007, 10:10 AM
trut.
sydfan
11-21-2007, 11:48 PM
Reading makes you think and that hurts.
chunkathalon
11-25-2007, 01:57 PM
Not always ... movies made from John Grisham novels are always better than the books. Grisham just doesn't know how to end a compelling story; it always just stops in a dull thud. In the movies, you have to have a big ending, and the screenwriters know how to make them happen.
Movies are a different medium though ... it's not always fair to say a book is better. It's a completely different experience.
True, you can make a sort of shitty movie (the firm) out of a really shitty book (the firm).
99.9% of the time the book is better.
shreddersteve
11-27-2007, 07:38 AM
I think there are a few exceptions where the movie is better. The Shining is a good example.
Hmmmm....
That's all I can think of now.
Tedddy
12-07-2007, 02:28 PM
LOTR movies were better than the books
Fear and loathing in Las vegas book was better than the movie
Kowalski
12-17-2007, 04:57 PM
you know it too
If only I had learned to read:cry:
LOTR movies were better than the books
I have to disagree here.
Nananine
12-21-2007, 11:06 PM
No Country For Old Men is on par with the excellent Cormac McCarthy book.
jamesp
12-22-2007, 01:42 PM
Even tho' the ending put a different spin on the whole story, I still thought "Being There" was well adapted.