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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:36 PM Original message |
Film that TRULY REEKED if you had read the book. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. "Dances with Wolves" followed the book to the letter |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 12:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
54. Midnight in the Garden of Evil - bestseller - movie tanked. |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 06:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
65. Actually, |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. Pfft |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. No offense, but Foster didn't write the book. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. No offense, but threads' subjects aren't writ in stone |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 06:18 AM Response to Reply #6 |
64. You DID read all the books: correct? |
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deucemagnet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. The novel disappointed me so much that there was no way a film... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." |
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HERVEPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Huh? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. Did you see the movie before you saw the book? |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
48. Agreed - the film is a complete bastardization and cartoonization of the book. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. A Bright Shining Lie |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
7. All the Pretty Horses |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. That's one of the worst adaptations I've ever seen. |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. AMEN. that movie sucked. |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 03:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Billy Bob Thornton was royally screwed on that film |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Oh no! |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I like Ridley Scott |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 04:09 PM Original message |
Good points! And who in the world could play the Judge? |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
35. Tommy Lee Jones had the rights to it |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 10:39 AM Response to Reply #35 |
77. The Moroccan desert |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
74. This might seem off the wall.... |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 09:08 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Whoa! That's a great suggestion! |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
8. Dune |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Yep. I actually don't think there can be a "good" film of "Dune," |
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Dragonbreathp9d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 12:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
82. Frank Herbert's Dune done by SciFi was pretty good |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
13. Total Recall. n/t |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 03:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Does that count? It's adapted from a short story (nt) |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
14. I'm not a fan of the changes made to the plot of "House of Sand and Fog" for the film. |
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Rude Horner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
15. Any version of "Amittyville Horror" |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
16. "Smilla's Sense of Snow." |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
18. The Scarlet Letter. One of my favorite novels, defiled by Demi Moore. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 10:41 AM Response to Reply #18 |
78. I call that movie |
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GCP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
19. "Simon Birch" made from "A Prayer for Owen Meany" |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
46. Agreed a thousand times. Could have been a great movie. |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
22. All film versions of "Lolita" |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 06:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. I didn't think that the original was *that* bad... |
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swag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:58 PM Response to Reply #38 |
53. You know, |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 04:20 AM Response to Reply #22 |
61. A-fucking-men |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
23. The Virgin Suicides |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
25. Captain Corellini's Mandolin |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. On the bright side, I don't think anyone saw the film |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 03:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. yeah, good book |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
30. Cider House Rules |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. *sigh* what a great read |
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HERVEPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 08:07 AM Response to Reply #30 |
68. Agreed. Loved the book. |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 08:31 AM Response to Reply #68 |
71. I think even John Irving acknowledges this |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
32. 2010 |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
33. Starship Troopers.... Great Book |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:07 PM Response to Reply #33 |
47. I LOVED the movie. |
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Dragonbreathp9d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 12:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
83. Funny movie on its own |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
34. Salem's Lot. Fantastic book, really awful movie, no beyond awful... |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
36. That Was Then, This Is Now |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
37. I have to agree with you about Hannibal. |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
39. Memoirs of an Invisible Man- H. F. Saint |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 10:38 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. I loved that book |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 08:33 PM Response to Reply #44 |
72. I loved it too.... |
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MassLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
40. Stuart Little |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 07:55 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. eeewwww |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:15 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. Perhaps M. Night Shyamalan's best screenplay |
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Redneck Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
42. The League of Extraordinary Gentleman |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
43. Possession! |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
45. World According To Garp |
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HERVEPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 08:08 AM Response to Reply #45 |
69. Really? |
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El Fuego (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #45 |
84. I was going to say that too. |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
50. I, Robot. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 01:00 AM Response to Reply #50 |
56. Did that have any connection to the stories |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 11:36 AM Response to Reply #56 |
80. None at all... |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 10:33 AM Response to Reply #50 |
76. God |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
51. Does "hilarious when you're high" possibly = "REEKED"? |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 04:42 AM Response to Reply #51 |
63. You have a problem with singing orcs? |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 08:03 AM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Ya know what, though? |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 09:36 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. That the Orcs sang a song is the only thing I remember from it... |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-18-07 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
52. Please bear with me, but .... The Da Vinci Code |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
55. Contact |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 01:04 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. yeah I really liked that book |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 01:05 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. I re-read it several times a year. |
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2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
59. Bonfire Of The Vanities (nt) |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
60. "Passion of the Christ" |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 04:22 AM Response to Original message |
62. The Handmaiden's Tale |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 07:47 AM Response to Reply #62 |
66. That book was frightening |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-19-07 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
70. "Last Exit To Brooklyn"...a stunning novel and a film that gets it all wrong |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
79. "The Haunting of Hill House" turned into "The Haunting." |
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Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
81. Catch-22. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-20-07 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
85. "Nightfall" and "A Sound of Thunder" |
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