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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 7:17 pm
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:12 pm
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Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:54 am
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Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:47 am
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I usually am disappointed in movies based directly on books. Worst case scenario, you get a seven foot green monster who shuffles around and has bolts stuck in his neck.
There has only been one instance where I thought the movie was more enjoyable than the book, which was LOTR. (I felt like I wasted a week reading the trilogy.) Its been the only movie that cut out the right parts to make the story flow better. (Don't talk to me about Tom Bombadil, I don't want to hear it.)
As for books into games, as someone else already stated, I've never seen a game based directly on a book. Only ones based on movies that are based on books. Since the movie has usually already slaughtered the book, the game is no better. Oh, the exception I can think of is The Hobbit, which while based directly on the book, takes many liberties with the story.
I still say, be inspired by book characters, but write your own movie scripts.
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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:29 am
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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:04 pm
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I love that they're making more fantasy books into films now because it used to be rare to find a fantasy movie with live actors, though, there have invariably been loads of animated ones. Changing novels into films has an equal chance of being fantastic or horrible no matter if it's fantasy or not. It's okay when scenes are omitted, especially when the novel is lengthy, as long as nothing is changed within the parts that are included.
A personal pet peeve I have is when characters don't look like the book descriptions. For example, The Golden Compass was a great rendition of the book, however, it bothered me the entire time I was watching it that Mrs. Coulter wasn't a brunette as she was supposed to be even though I like the actress that played her.
I must agree that Eragon was one of the most atrocious things I've ever seen. Lord of the Rings, Chronicles of Narnia, and The Theif Lord are wonderful. As for Harry Potter...it depends on which one.
Anyway, despite the fact that some movie adaptations are dreadful, I appreciate that there are more fantasy movies with real people in them.
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Minerva the Whore 4 Books
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Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:06 pm
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Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 2:19 am
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Minerva the Whore 4 Books
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:18 pm
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Quote: They aren't continuing with the Golden compass movies they are making Abarat City of Ember Ender's Game Inkheart Lost Years of Merlin
There aren't continuing His Dark Marterials? Darn, Subtle Knife is my fave in the series, too. crying
I knew there were making Inkheart, which I hope will be good, and Abarat, which I'm convinced will be dreadful, but I'll probably watch ayway.
I've never read City of Ember, but I knew they were making it into a film. It looks good to me, though - as I said - I haven't read it. Never even heard of Ender's Game/
Lost Years of Merlin? REALLY?! I didn't hear about that! biggrin biggrin biggrin I pray they don't screw it up. sweatdrop
Supposedly, they're making Artemis Fowl too, but I haven't read anything on it in several months. I can't imagine any actor doing Artemis' character justice.
Also, as I'm sure you all know courtesy of Gaia, The Alchemist is being made into a movie. I haven't even read the novel and I believe the film looks horrible. It's one of my sister's fave works and she says it's terribly cast.
Did anyone see Blood and Chocolate? My friend watched it and told me it was nothing like the book. sweatdrop
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Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 6:09 am
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murphyad They aren't continuing with the Golden compass movies they are making Abarat City of Ember Ender's Game Inkheart Lost Years of Merlin i really loved inkheart and eragon...but the eragon movie was horrible...i think i liked the deleted scenes better sweatdrop .....as for inkheart i hope it stays well true to the book like narnia.... biggrin
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Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 6:44 am
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