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Old July 3rd, 2005, 11:15 PM

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I was talking to my father today about this movie, he was very suprised and disappointed by the ending of the movie. I read it when i was a kid and im glad they kept the ending. I have kids myself now so i cant wait till it comes out on DVD.
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Well, I kinda like keeping things the same in conversions. (Read the book)
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Well it's not really a sci-fi blockbuster, it's really supposed to be more of a character study of the man and what happens around him. Even with the original book the aliens really just exist as a force of nature to change the lives of the characters so we can see how they cope, so really at the end they just need a quick and easy way to finish it off. Still it makes more sense as a Deus Ex Machina than uploading a pc virus to a totally alien computer system (coughID4 )
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Yeah - But ID4 wasn't serious anyway.
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Yeah, the ending of ID4 was silly and not very believable. Nevertheless, it was a good movie.
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Wow, 10 whole posts in a book-to-film thread without mentio... never mind, I'm not gonna mention it.
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Yeah, the ending of ID4 was silly and not very believable. Nevertheless, it was a good movie.
You don't know the half of how bad it was,

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Yes, but my point was they weren't trying for realism - they were trying for a fun film. I don't mind a lack of realism if that's not what the films about.

(In other words - I don't care if nobody ever reloads in a John Woo film - John Woo films are about millions and millions of bullets and big explosions. ID4 was about millions and millions of aliens and big explosions)
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