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Book v. Movie: Disappointing Movie Adaptations: "The Cotton Club"
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JMJacenSolo
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5/17 8:58am
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RE: Book v. Movie: Disappointing Movie Adaptations: "The Cat in the Hat" & "How The Grinch Stole Xma
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I liked that Promotional tie-in Cat in the Hat Burger King commercial a few years ago, where leaves the drive-thru activating some rocket boosters.
Alas, heard the movie one of the worst ever.
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Zaz
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5/21 6:01pm
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RE: Book v. Movie: Disappointing Movie Adaptations: "The Cat in the Hat" & "How The Grinch Stole Xma
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PLANET OF THE APES (2001)
"Tim Burton seriously misfired with this adaptation of the Pierre Boulle novel, which has Mark Wahlberg battling totally fake-looking chimps (including Tim Roth). Stick to the superior 1968 version, starring Charlton Heston."
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rumsmuggler
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5/21 7:52pm
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RE: Book v. Movie: Disappointing Movie Adaptations: "Planet of the Apes"
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I never realized that Planet of the Apes was a novel.
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Drac39
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5/22 1:13am
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RE: Book v. Movie: Disappointing Movie Adaptations: "Planet of the Apes"
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Well to be fair, the Charleton Heston film took a lot of liberties too. The novel Planet of the Apes is a sleeping pill, the Chuck Heston movie is actually better than it IMO
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JohnWesleyDowney
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5/22 1:19am
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RE: Book v. Movie: Disappointing Movie Adaptations: "Planet of the Apes"
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There was a lot in the Heston film that was a clever veiled commentary on what was going on in the late 60s, the 2001 version didn't have that advantage...it just fell flat, I thought the makeup work was quite good as it was done by the film industry master Rick Baker.
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Erk
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5/22 8:00am
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RE: Book v. Movie: Disappointing Movie Adaptations: "Planet of the Apes"
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The novel is fun... and short!
But the 68 film is better yes. The book comes of to blatantly satirical.
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Zaz
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5/22 7:36pm
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RE: Book v. Movie: Disappointing Movie Adaptations: "Planet of the Apes"
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PROZAC NATION (2001)
"Elizabeth Wurtzel made waves with her autobiographical tale of sex, drugs, and depression while she was still a student at Harvard. Sadly, the intelligence of her writing didn't come across in Christina Ricci's performance, which played more like a spoiled, entitled college kid complaining about all things post-modern."
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ApolloSmileGirl
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5/22 9:18pm
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RE: Book v. Movie: Disappointing Movie Adaptations: "Prozac Nation" (2001)
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Prozac Nation was a great book, very in depth. I couldn't get halfway through the film though.
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Zaz
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5/25 9:37am
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RE: Book v. Movie: Disappointing Movie Adaptations: "Prozac Nation" (2001)
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THE MUSKETEER (2001)
"The great 19th-century French novelist Alexandre Dumas must have rolled over in his grave when this modernized version, starring Catherine Deneuve, Mena Suvari, and Tim Roth, slashed onto the big screen. Why? Director Peter Hyams swapped typical sword-fighting action for more avant-garde Hong Kong martial arts sequences, which just proved that you shouldn't mix and match."
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rumsmuggler
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5/25 10:28am
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RE: Book v. Movie: Disappointing Movie Adaptations: "The Musketeer" (2001)
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Interesting blend, but it didn't really work out too well.
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Zaz
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5/26 7:44am
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RE: Book v. Movie: Disappointing Movie Adaptations: "The Musketeer" (2001)
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EYES WIDE SHUT (1999)
"Few might be aware that Stanley Kubrick based this film on the Arthur Schnitzler novella Dream Story, based in early 20th-century Vienna — not modern-day New York — where the masquerade balls, swinger parties, and sleepy ominous tones make so much more sense. Instead, we're exposed to what seems like a masturbatory exercise in coupledom, with a then-married Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise baring more than just feelings."
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darth_frared
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5/26 12:36pm
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RE: Book v. Movie: Disappointing Movie Adaptations: "Eyes Wide Shut"
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i disagree with it being the wrong setting. it would always have been a fake setting so why not a fake NYC? it's a surreal film, there's no harm done.
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Zaz
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"BICENTENNIAL MAN (1999)
There are many things that Robin Williams can do well. But thoughtfully convey the mental and physical transformation of a robot who — thanks to technological advances — becomes virtually indistinguishable from a human being? Not so much, especially under the direction of Christopher ''Home Alone'' Columbus. Thankfully, the late Isaac Asimov can take solace in the fact that his original novella will, for at least another 200 years, remain unmolested by Patch Adams."
Let's hope.
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JediTrilobite
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5/28 9:19am
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RE: Book v. Movie: Disappointing Movie Adaptations: "Bicentennial Man"
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I don't think so - I thought that the film was a bit better than the book. Williams did a pretty good job here, and the conceptualization here was pretty well done.
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LilyHobbitJedi
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5/28 9:45am
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RE: Book v. Movie: Disappointing Movie Adaptations: "Bicentennial Man"
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I thought the movie was wonderful. But then I never read the book either.
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