Books that need to be made into movies
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I think unless a book is particularly plot orientated or visual then a book should be a book and a film should be a film.
I love film and My room is practicly a library but I think a book is often good because of writing style and atmosphere and making somehting into a film can cheepen or ruin that plus they have to change things and usually add sex/violence/insertt cliche to make the masses like it which can ruin the essence of the story.
Twilight worked because the books are simply written (not that I would rate either as good). Lord of the rings worked bacause the plot is so full. The shipping news was ruined because they changed the charactes and didnt seem to understand the essence of the book.
I love film and My room is practicly a library but I think a book is often good because of writing style and atmosphere and making somehting into a film can cheepen or ruin that plus they have to change things and usually add sex/violence/insertt cliche to make the masses like it which can ruin the essence of the story.
Twilight worked because the books are simply written (not that I would rate either as good). Lord of the rings worked bacause the plot is so full. The shipping news was ruined because they changed the charactes and didnt seem to understand the essence of the book.
I think there are numerous movies/graphic novels/etc. that refute this. I think part of it is on the creators of the translation itself; it demands to be crafted with love, attention to detail, and an appreciation of the original work's feel. The other part is the perspective of the reader/viewer. In a great adaptation, you should gain as much as you give up. The Shining loses many of the flashbacks and eerie asides that the original text has, but you gain so much more with addition of a score, some iconic camera shots, and excellent character portrayal.MIDIsurf 558 said:
In that way, I'm always down for a screen/comic adaptation -- if only to see what the new version will bring to light despite my reservations. Optimistic, I know, but it's wonderful to be surprised
YES! oh wait, you probably meant the graphic novel...not...the...Character from magic the gatheringthefrizzlefry said:
Oh god of yes. oh wait...
LimaBravo said:
DON'T YOU EVER SUGGEST MAKING A MOVIE OF AN IAN BANKS BOOK AGAIN! If you ruin the last great pieces of contemporary sci-fi i will hunt you down and gut you.
Dinotopoia is about a Kid and his farther who get wrecked on an island populated dinosaurs and by shipwrecked people. Its a kids story so as long as you get the whole these Dinosaurs are intelligent and have built a society idea you couldn't screw it up.
Somewhere on Brent's website he said something about giving the movie rights to the guy who made Twilight....Cobbs said:
Terry Gillian was actually working on an adaptation of that, but I think they had a problem with the funding, and it was supposed to have Johnny Depp in it. Here's a video.MarwoodBramwell said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmdDKsEtMfU
I see your Ender's Game and raise you...RamirezDoEverything said:
Empire by Orson Scott Card.
A fine political thriller/action movie could be made. A war between the left wing and the right wing breaks out.
I'd rather see ANY of Chuck Palahniuk's books put to life. Survivor would be pretty cool. In all seriousness, his novel Invisible Monsters has funding and is going to be filming soon. It's a great book and I can imagine an even better movie.. the director really knows his shit.Flap Jack452 said:
Books..what the hell are bo...OH Right...those. um..lets see, well..my first thought would be Where's Waldo..but something tells me that wouldnt work out too well. From there, perhaps a movie based off of the Eyewitness' Crystal and Gem book. If not those, than maybe J.R.R Tolkien's "The Silmarillion"....nah.....better off with Where's Waldo...who DOESN'T like Waldo.