Godfather is not perfect because it is an adaptation
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This just came to me like an anvil to the mind, but this touted popculture monument for years, a TOWERING majestic HALLMARK of cinema.... is an adaptation. Sorry but to be pure cinema one must be an original screenplay cause some other dude wrote the book first then it was made into a award winning masterpiece. Honestly ... Manos: The Hands of Fate has more credence as pure cinema as it was at least it was written first for the screen. Citizen Kane, [b]Tax
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Wow. Nothing can be done about it but the novel came out three years previously, created by a different dude. Hey it is a good movie, unquestionably, but this is something that is falters in. Alright NEVERMIND it's a fucken thought, no need to NAME CALL ASSHOLE.
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I don't support name calling but in his defense it was an absolutely ridiculous thought you had.
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Wait. That makes no sense. Then.... Most movies aren't great cuz they circle the basic plot lines of stories of the past.
Mods. Let us close the thread. This duff man has gone bonkers, yeah?
Mods. Let us close the thread. This duff man has gone bonkers, yeah?
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I even learned only now Vertigo is an adaptation, which sucks i really liked that movie but alas it too must be excommunicated.
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Jaws, Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Schindler's List are all adaptations too...I might as well just quit movies, heh Duff?
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So like how does this effect every film that follows the Hero's Journey?
Duff, what kind of paper dick have you been smoking?
Duff, what kind of paper dick have you been smoking?
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Hey look, duff beer created a thread that is completely nonsensical, this is new!
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This just came to me like an anvil to the mind, but this touted popculture monument for years, a TOWERING majestic HALLMARK of cinema.... is an adaptation. Sorry but to be pure cinema one must be an original screenplay cause some other dude wrote the book first then it was made into a award winning masterpiece. Honestly ... Manos: The Hands of Fate has more credence as pure cinema as it was at least it was written first for the screen. Citizen Kane, [b]Tax
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duff_beer is lashing out because because he feels that what other posters pointed out in the following thread should not have been pointed out:
why did Cameron agree to do Aliens after T1?
why did Cameron agree to do Aliens after T1?
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I kind of agree with the OP. The Dark Knight also can't be the greatest film of all time because Batman and the other characters were created several decades before. The film can still cure cancer from watching it, however.
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Seriously, what is your obsession with Nolan and his Batman movies?
Even hardcore Batman fanboys don't obsess about them as much as you do. It unhealthy, man. Get over it.
Even hardcore Batman fanboys don't obsess about them as much as you do. It unhealthy, man. Get over it.
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Wait, what are stvn1974's thoughts on the Dark Knight and Nolan films in general?