Which movies are the most faithful adaptations of books?
05-24-06, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by grim_tales
The Running Man (Steven King novel) - wasnt this more disturbing than the movie? I've heard in the book that its not just some Gladiators rejects who try to hunt Arnie down but the audience (basically everybody) try to kill him, and he is doing the show because its the only way he can afford treatment for his dying wife.
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05-25-06, 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Talkin2Phil
I think 2001: A Space Odyssey wins most faithful book adapted from a movie.
05-25-06, 02:51 PM
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Nineteen Eighty Four was spot on. Missing only a few lines of dialogue from O'Brien at the end.
Reading A Scanner Darkly for the third time and hoping and praying and crossing my fingers and throwing chicken bones...
(I've seen about 25 minutes of it, though, and that was spot on.
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Reading A Scanner Darkly for the third time and hoping and praying and crossing my fingers and throwing chicken bones...
(I've seen about 25 minutes of it, though, and that was spot on.
)
05-25-06, 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Kudama
Reading A Scanner Darkly for the third time and hoping and praying and crossing my fingers and throwing chicken bones...
(I've seen about 25 minutes of it, though, and that was spot on. )
(I've seen about 25 minutes of it, though, and that was spot on.
)-JP
05-25-06, 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by caligulathegod
Rosemary's Baby
05-27-06, 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by RagingBull80
Less Than Zero...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...I thought it was funny.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...I thought it was funny.
A Clockwork Orange and Sin City were basically word for word.
05-27-06, 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by majorjoe23
I liked the chapter that just repeated "Crazy lights and shit" for 20 pages.
Just classic....absolutely classic....
05-27-06, 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Kudama
Nineteen Eighty Four was spot on. Missing only a few lines of dialogue from O'Brien at the end.
