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Film adaptations of books that worked surprisingly well
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Originally posted by Cal Alamein View Post
Yer reading my mind. Saw the movie first, loved it. Read the book, got through it, but the movie stuck more w/ me.
edit: oh and Six Days of the Condor which I thought was great- one of my 1st experiences of ‘unputdownable pageturner’- tho the film version only gave him 3 daysLast edited by Felicity, I guess so; 14-08-2020, 06:12.
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Yeah, I thought the film came across as too shallow and shite flashy stylised (Danny Boyle's entire career but) compared to the book and play. Film Spud should have played Renton, as it was in the theatrical adaptation at the Arches, Renton is supposed to look like Alex McLeish, not be good looking.
also, too much shite zeitgeist britpop soundtrack, plus Ewan fucking McGregor cant even do a decent Embra accent, the posh Crieff wank. Seriously, Johnny Lee Millar's is better.
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Originally posted by Amor de Cosmos View Post
Which one? The Lana Turner/John Garfield (1946) version, or the Jessica Lange/Jack Nicholson (1981.) I might agree with former but not the latter, in spite of the big names attached to the production.
However, I did find reading both The Postman and Double Indemnity rather underwhelming experiences, and the films have stuck with me much more vividly.Last edited by Belhaven; 14-08-2020, 10:09.
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Originally posted by Lang Spoon View PostYeah, it was, 2nd best of the main characters. There was too much weegie in Carlyle's, fucking McGregor was unspeakable, Bremner being from Embra was perfect, unsurprisingly.
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The annoying thing about McGregor (apart from being a terrible actor) is he can't do any fuckin accent at all, even within Scotland. His sneery Scots Standard English In Trainspotting is the same as in Shallow Grave, more unacceptable than his bad American he's showcased since.
Same complaints I've often aired on here about Aiden Gillen (the worst thing about the Wire that isn't season 5), can't even do a Dub accent, chews scenery wherever he goes. At least fuckin Castleknock Boy Phone Box Farrell can fake Salt of De Eart' Dub, Gillen was as shite at Dub Inner City in Love/Hate as McG was at Muirhoose Embra.
And fuckin Gillen is from fuckin Dublin, at least couthy Ewan has the excuse of being a fuckin Teuchter.
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The Godfather the book is pretty low quality airport dross as indicated above (I remember a lot of poorly written sex scenes) and a straight adaptation would have been terrible, but Coppola was able to sift through the dirt to find the gold.
The Exorcist is a (slightly) better book, but Friedkin elevated it to a whole new level. The sequels were of the same quality as the source material.
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Originally posted by jwdd27 View PostThe Godfather the book is pretty low quality airport dross as indicated above (I remember a lot of poorly written sex scenes) and a straight adaptation would have been terrible, but Coppola was able to sift through the dirt to find the gold.
The Exorcist is a (slightly) better book, but Friedkin elevated it to a whole new level. The sequels were of the same quality as the source material.
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A Monster Calls was really well adapted from the book to the film.
The film of The Eagle Has Landed was a pretty good adaptation of the book, which I read as a teenager and thoroughly enjoyed. It's not great literature but then most good reads aren't.
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I read and enjoyed a few Jack Higgins books in my teens. In his prime he was an effective thriller writer. He carried on for a long time past that though. I picked a recent-ish (this century) one of his off the bookshelf when staying at a relative's a few years ago and it was terrible, just really badly done. There were quite a few former Book of the Month Club stalwarts who carried on turning out their annual effort for committed fans for decades after fading from wider public awareness; Hammond Innes, Clive Cussler, etc .Last edited by Benjm; 18-08-2020, 16:59.
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Originally posted by Patrick Thistle View PostA Monster Calls was really well adapted from the book to the film.
The film of The Eagle Has Landed was a pretty good adaptation of the book, which I read as a teenager and thoroughly enjoyed. It's not great literature but then most good reads aren't.
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Originally posted by Patrick Thistle View PostA Monster Calls was really well adapted from the book to the film.
The film of The Eagle Has Landed was a pretty good adaptation of the book, which I read as a teenager and thoroughly enjoyed. It's not great literature but then most good reads aren't.
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