murrays 0 #51 September 11, 2009 I thought One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was a great film adaptation of the book.-- Murray "No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets." - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LongWayToFall 0 #52 September 11, 2009 No Fight Club fans? The movie is unique in that it is partially in the first person, which gives you a great perspective and makes the movie what it is. I didn't like the movie the first time I saw it, it took a few viewings to really appreciate it. Read the book recently, and it is great. They differ somewhat, and when you read/watch both it fills in allot. The movie was actually a dying man's last wish, and when you read the book you see how much of an effort it took to form the movie. Lots of times when I get sick of life and the world we live in, I'll watch the movie and it hits the reset button on me, and I am born again. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,103 #53 September 11, 2009 QuoteQuote Lord of the Rings Yep. And an oldie, The Dam Busters (if you've seen it, you know where George Lucas got some of his ideas for the Death Star sequence in Star Wars). Another oldie: Where Eagles Dare, very good adaptation. Edited to add: A Town Like Alice (aka "Rape of Malaya" in the USA), another oldie based on the book by Nevile Shute.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeJD 0 #54 September 11, 2009 Quote Lord of the Rings Yep. Quote And an oldie, The Dam Busters. There's a random connection there. Didn't I read a while back that Peter Jackson was planning to remake The Dambusters? Whatever happened to that project? If he could produce a movie with that quality of script and cast again, but updated with convincing special effects - what a great film that could be. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BaronVonBoll 0 #55 September 12, 2009 I THINK THE PRINCESS BRIDE WAS A GOOD RENDITION OF THE BOOK... i READ THE BOOK FIRST... ONE THAT DIDNT WORK WAS STARSHIP TROOPERS WRITTEN BY ROBERT HIENLIEN... BOOK WAS EXELLENT MOVIE SUCKED... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
i READ THE BOOK FIRST...
ONE THAT DIDNT WORK WAS STARSHIP TROOPERS
WRITTEN BY ROBERT HIENLIEN... BOOK WAS EXELLENT MOVIE SUCKED...
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