I don't think I'm ever going to watch Memento, because Rio's quote about it being the same movie as Dude, Where's My Car? would be echoing in my mind throughout.
Jayne: 'Cause I don't know these folks. Don't much care to. Mal: They're whores. Jayne: I'm in.
'Heart Of Gold'
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Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 31, 2009 11:54:31 am PDT #4769 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Laga - Oct 31, 2009 11:54:55 am PDT #4770 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
aw man. I tried to watch Memento back-to-front with the copy I own (which I would gladly trade for a copy of Galaxy Quest) but the scenes are not arranged in such a way as to facilitate this. No way am I shelling out for the three disc set.
Typo Boy - Oct 31, 2009 8:47:59 pm PDT #4771 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Had a discussion with a friend the other day about the 39 steps and how superior it was to the Buchan book (which was a piece of anti-Semitic garbage). That makes we wonder: people (including me) often complain about movies which are vastly inferior to the books they are based on. But "39 Steps" can't be the only movie that was far better than book it nominally brought to the screen. Can anyone think of other examples of movies that were major improvements on the books they were based upon?
billytea - Oct 31, 2009 10:23:36 pm PDT #4772 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Had a discussion with a friend the other day about the 39 steps and how superior it was to the Buchan book (which was a piece of anti-Semitic garbage). That makes we wonder: people (including me) often complain about movies which are vastly inferior to the books they are based on. But "39 Steps" can't be the only movie that was far better than book it nominally brought to the screen. Can anyone think of other examples of movies that were major improvements on the books they were based upon?
Not a movie, but I think Dexter as a TV series surpasses the books.
bon bon - Oct 31, 2009 10:30:31 pm PDT #4773 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Godfather is a famous example.
Juliebird - Nov 01, 2009 12:45:10 am PDT #4774 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
The only instances of movie superiority are where I saw the movie first, so I don't know how fair that is. Jurassic Park the book bored me to tears, as well as many other of his books. The 13th Warrior was so much better than Eaters of the Dead.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Nov 01, 2009 12:54:17 am PDT #4775 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I vote for Galaxy Quest over Memento! The former is such a fun movie.
The drive-in was really cool, although they didn't come to our car to offer refreshments as promised. I remembered that The Shining is not a great movie, plot- and character-development-wise. It's stunning and effective from a visual point-of-view. I must re-read the book to remind me whether the original story makes any more sense than the film's version. Jack turns up in 1921 how exactly? Random.
Anne W. - Nov 01, 2009 2:38:30 am PST #4776 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Can anyone think of other examples of movies that were major improvements on the books they were based upon?
The Manchurian Candidate is the first one to come to mind that I can attest to from personal experience. The movie is one of my favorites, ever, but the book was a piece of crap.
Amy - Nov 01, 2009 2:59:47 am PST #4777 of 30000
Because books.
I must re-read the book to remind me whether the original story makes any more sense than the film's version. Jack turns up in 1921 how exactly? Random.
The ending of the book is completely different. And, imo, makes a lot more sense.
Jessica - Nov 01, 2009 3:26:31 am PST #4778 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I found Fight Club to be nearly unreadable, but it's one of my favorite movies.