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Quote wollongongeagle at 02 Jun 2015 12.44pm
To Kill a Mockingbird Enjoyed both books, but preferred the films. Maybe because I saw the films first and Gregory Peck and Jack Nicholson owned the part.
I think the film does the novel a huge disservice - agree with Peck though he owns the movie, but the subtlety and the nuances that move the story along in the novel just gets thrown away in the movie and become just stilted little 'set plays' and it just quickly becomes a bit of a courtroom drama based on the racial prejudice of the south - the book is sooooo much more than that
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Kermit8  Hevon 02 Jun 15 12.59pm |
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Don't give up 'jaws'. The word 'v@gina' is mentioned later. First time I ever saw it in print aged 11. Naughty stuff back then. Edited by Kermit8 (02 Jun 2015 12.59pm)
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Quote jamiemartin721 at 02 Jun 2015 11.58am
Usually adaptations to the screen lack the depth of the book, and in order to truly excel need to be based on very poor source material or be excellent adaptations. Apocalypse Now is actually better than Conrad's, admittedly very good novella. True Blood as a series far exceeded the frankly s**t books. The Godfather I+II is actually cheapened by a very poor throw away book. Nothing Lasts for Ever - Was remade as the first Die Hard movie. The Shinning - Whilst there is a lot more to the book and the characters are more well rounded, it suffers from Stephen King ten thousand page overload, and lacks the vision of Kubrick and Nicholson. Goodfella's is better than the book, but its actually not a bad book per se, it just 'pops' more as a fictional movie based on an informants story.. The Exorcist - Good novel, better movie. Children of Men - PD James foray into Science Fiction isn't all that good but its interesting enough to help spawn one of the best dystopian movies in the genre. Also the TV series Game of Thrones is actually a lot better than the books, something even the author agrees. Requiem for a Dream / Last Exit from Brooklyn - I love Hubert Selby jnr's novels, but both of these exceed even his ability to translate the bleakness of the world and its careless horror.
I've said my piece on Requiem a couple of times before. No need to stir up old wounds Possible shouts for films better then the books could arguably be ... There's others like Perfume & Fear and Loathing where I think the film did the best job it could, but possibly should never had been attempted in the first place. Of course, there's lots of classics (Shakespeare, Dickins, Austin etc) that have been made into superb films - although it would take a brave man to say they're better than the novels
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). The film would've been easy to mess up (it's so controversial that it would have a viewers market whatever the quality) but it nailed it I think. Seriously bleak.
| Dixie Eagle Chatham 02 Jun 15 1.14pm |
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I read Peter Benchley's Jaws book many years ago and thought it was really good. There's a lot of factual information in there about the science of sharks, as far as I can recall.
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| The Sash Now residing in Epsom - How Posh 02 Jun 15 1.16pm |
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Quote Dixie Eagle at 02 Jun 2015 1.14pm
I read Peter Benchley's Jaws book many years ago and thought it was really good. There's a lot of factual information in there about the science of sharks, as far as I can recall. I am stuck on Ellen Brody masturbating in a diner at the moment.
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| Superfly The sun always shines in Catford 02 Jun 15 1.21pm |
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Quote The Sash at 02 Jun 2015 1.16pm
Quote Dixie Eagle at 02 Jun 2015 1.14pm
I read Peter Benchley's Jaws book many years ago and thought it was really good. There's a lot of factual information in there about the science of sharks, as far as I can recall. I am stuck on Ellen Brody masturbating in a diner at the moment.
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| The Sash Now residing in Epsom - How Posh 02 Jun 15 1.35pm |
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Quote Dixie Eagle at 02 Jun 2015 1.14pm
I read Peter Benchley's Jaws book many years ago and thought it was really good. There's a lot of factual information in there about the science of sharks, as far as I can recall. I am stuck on Ellen Brody masturbating in a diner at the moment.
Its not as exciting as it sounds SF....imagine female w@nking as written by Barbara Cartland...
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| derben 02 Jun 15 1.36pm |
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Quote Kermit8 at 02 Jun 2015 12.59pm
Don't give up 'jaws'. The word 'v@gina' is mentioned later. First time I ever saw it in print aged 11. Naughty stuff back then. Edited by Kermit8 (02 Jun 2015 12.59pm) Sure it wasn't Viginia, eleven-year-old imagination running away with you.
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| liamcpfc92 cheam 02 Jun 15 1.51pm |
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Saw Stephen King's It before i read the book (all 1,000+ pages) and both scared the crap out of me, but both were very good,never been a fan of clowns since though.
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| Superfly The sun always shines in Catford 02 Jun 15 2.05pm |
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Quote Dixie Eagle at 02 Jun 2015 1.14pm
I read Peter Benchley's Jaws book many years ago and thought it was really good. There's a lot of factual information in there about the science of sharks, as far as I can recall. I am stuck on Ellen Brody masturbating in a diner at the moment.
Its not as exciting as it sounds SF....imagine female w@nking as written by Barbara Cartland...
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| ghosteagle 02 Jun 15 2.06pm |
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Quote liamcpfc92 at 02 Jun 2015 1.51pm
Saw Stephen King's It before i read the book (all 1,000+ pages) and both scared the crap out of me, but both were very good,never been a fan of clowns since though. The film was great until the very end when Pennywise was revealed in his true form.......a giant plastic spider.
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| Part Time James 02 Jun 15 2.30pm |
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For me books better than films: Films better than books:
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