adaptations - generally good trend?

[Litany]

tell me about it. did you see that new dawn of the dead?

sucked ballz.

Have you tried Shaun of the Dead? It might appeal.

 

[bobbyburns]

have you seen it?

 

[Litany]

I have. It's quite funny. Admittedly the funniest parts are in the first half, but it's still a fine zombie film the whole way through. Possibly a bit British for an American audience, but I think you might enjoy it.

 

[phil_t]

Its from the people that did Spaced, how could anyone possibly not like it!!

Incidentally, there has been a script for a faithful adaptation of I Am Legend kicking around for years now - at one time it looked like the main character was going to be played by Arnie!!

Phil

 

[RaVeN]

My dad also looks like the guy from the Players brand rollies packet. Raven might know who I'm talking about

I can safely say that I've never licked, puffed on, or stuck anything in my mouth that closely resembles your Dad.

Nothing against your Dad. It's a personal preference. I just said NO.


RaVeN

 

[bobbyburns]

my friend burned me a copy of it. I'll check it out tonight.

 

[Jenem]

I can safely say that I've never licked, puffed on, or stuck anything in my mouth that closely resembles your Dad.

Nothing against your Dad. It's a personal preference. I just said NO.

RaVeN

ok, i had so many things go with but since my Dad is referred to, it just feels wrong

 

[arctic]

my question is, do any of you feel like "geez, i've read the darn thing, why waste money seeing it?" do any of you every feel at one time or another that "damn the adaptation sucked!" and wish they hadn't somehow committed treason to your memory of the story?

i'm just wondering if any of you think that with original movie scripts becoming scarcer (seems to me, anyway), it is ultimately a "good thing" to keep going into established material?

whenever i read a really good book my first thought is almost always something along the lines of: 'i can't wait to see this as a movie!'. i love seeing characters i've read about come to life on screen, especially when the the movies are well made. i've got a bit of a movie obsession to go along with my book obsession though, so i may be biased. but in general, yeah, i think adaptations are good things.

what i don't think is so good though, is kids using movies as substitutes for the original material. the literary source is most often superior, no matter how good the adaptation ends up being. reading a book after the seeing the film version, in my opinion, just doesn't do the work justice. there's something lost when you don't start a good book with a mind like a clean slate.

as for original movie scripts being scarcer...not sure i agree with that. i'd more likely say hollywood is getting lazy.