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What do you prefer, the book or the movie?

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« Reply #40 on: November 21, 2003, 09:32:35 PM »
Yea i did notice that n up to now i still dont understand how that part got there, :wtf:
but mostly everything else waz done pretty good                    

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« Reply #40 on: November 21, 2003, 09:32:35 PM »

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« Reply #41 on: November 22, 2003, 12:50:07 AM »
*shrug* i still find it was disapointing.

has any one ever seen/heard of The Tenth Kingdom.

the movie was ten hours long. NO LIE. and i watched it all. (that was a LOT of freakin popcorn)                    

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« Reply #42 on: November 28, 2003, 09:29:31 PM »
The really epic books tend to get made into miniseries, rather than movies.

Consider "North and South"  Took forever.

Or the grandaddy of ALL miniseries, past and present, "Roots".  Almost as good as the book.  Almost.

That said, "The Godfather" is a possible exception to the rule that movie adaptations cannot be as good as books.                    
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« Reply #43 on: November 28, 2003, 09:51:57 PM »
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The really epic books tend to get made into miniseries, rather than movies.

Consider \"North and South\"  Took forever.

Or the grandaddy of ALL miniseries, past and present, \"Roots\".  Almost as good as the book.  Almost.

That said, \"The Godfather\" is a possible exception to the rule that movie adaptations cannot be as good as books.


I agree wholeheartedly. Some great novels such as Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott, JFK: the conspiracy by Lennard Brown, The 3 Msuketeers / The Man in the Iron mask by Alexander Dumas, Moby Dick by Herman Mellville and Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle have all been made into movies which fall horrendously short of the standard of storytelling set by the books.

But don't take my word for it children, put down the controllers, keyboards, cell phones and porn magazine and go out and read some of these books. Your brain may thank you after.                    
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« Reply #44 on: November 28, 2003, 11:08:38 PM »
book goddammit allyuh have no appreciation fuh de superb adventure encompassed in those little white pages, without books movies would be nothing even the matrix i bet noone here knew that it was based on different interpretations of the bible if you listened in he end of revolutions there was a recital of a hindi prayer that i myself knew at a time, children nowadays...                    
A day may come when the courage of men fails
when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship
but it is not this day!

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« Reply #45 on: November 29, 2003, 12:13:31 AM »
it's tru movies can't beat the books.
but come on,u see (im going with the most popular things here...) a tolkien on sale and just pass it by,then u see the movie advertise,its more appealing.but the book is always better.i must say.                    

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« Reply #46 on: November 29, 2003, 10:07:38 AM »
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The really epic books tend to get made into miniseries, rather than movies.

Consider \"North and South\"  Took forever.

Or the grandaddy of ALL miniseries, past and present, \"Roots\".  Almost as good as the book.  Almost.

That said, \"The Godfather\" is a possible exception to the rule that movie adaptations cannot be as good as books.


I remember not being able to stay up and watch the Roots mini series but one day my father handed me the novel.

I CUD NOT PUT IT DOWN!!                    


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« Reply #47 on: November 29, 2003, 06:20:26 PM »
*cries*

this is beautiful, just beautiful!!! thank GOD there are people out there who appreciate the worth of the written word!

ditto on papasmurf and spider, i recognised the prayer too.                    

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« Reply #48 on: November 29, 2003, 06:37:23 PM »
small fine print does not seem attractive to the eye. A big flashy poster with some huge star and special effects is far more appealing than a small drab book. That is why books have flashy covers. But if you have the patience and intelligence to get past the superficial, you are in for a real treat.                    




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« Reply #48 on: November 29, 2003, 06:37:23 PM »

 


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