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Old October 6th, 2003, 11:56 PM
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Default Re: OT: Hit Movies that Blow Chunks

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Originally posted by Chronon:
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Originally posted by DavidG:
Amazing how such a great book can be made into such a bad movie.
Since Dune is my favorite SF book of all time, I had very high expectations. Unfortunately, I have been disappointed in most films made from good books: the Lord of the Rings, Dune, etc. After reading the bad reviews, I didn't even go to see the Postman or Starship Troopers (two more of my favorite books).

I think most books are just too long for the movie format. The BBC made a pretty decent Dune series, but it took six hours of story to do the book justice. Short stories can make very good films, though. Blade Runner was an adaptation of a short story called "Do Androids Dream of Electronic Sheep?" (I believe by Philip K. Dick).

Starship troopers is a cool movie. Very different from the book (which is good in a very different way). You just have to not take the movie seriously.

Although how anyone can take a movie with lines like:

"You're just a big, fat, BRAIN BUG, ain'tcha?"

seriously is beyond me! Denise Richards attempts at acting are always quite funny too - oh, how I laughed!
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