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LaneSig 02-26-2013 01:54 PM

Less than Zero. I really liked the book. I really hated the movie.

cheerfulgreek 02-26-2013 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by KillarneyRose (Post 2205572)
In my experience, it's rare to see a book that's based on a movie. I couldn't think of any off the top of my head and I tried to Google but came up with nothing. Often, when a book is made into a movie, the book is rereleased with new cover art which depicts the actors or a scene from the movie so that new readers are more likely to link the two. Maybe that's what you're thinking of?

Yep. This is exactly what I'll see when I go to the bookstore. I'll see the book with the actors from the movie on the cover. Thanks for clearing that up.

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Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito (Post 2205573)
Slightly different, but what about adaptions of comics/ video games. I've only seen one video game movie that was good, though a couple of comic movies weren't bad.

I saw Silent Hill which I thought was awful, but I think I remember reading that it was based on a video game or something like that. I'm not sure if there is a series of comic books on it.

cheerfulgreek 02-26-2013 02:05 PM

And I just left the library to see if they had Christine. I used to see that book there whenever I would go to the library, and now that I really want to read it, someone else has it checked out.

Cheerio 02-26-2013 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek (Post 2205466)
I really like Stephen King books

A high school librarian recommended this freshman read Carrie when it came out in 1974. Fascinatingly terrifying! So eerie/cool that it was (then) set in the future.

Didn't see Spacek movie until it was on tv in the 80s. Book way better.

I have never wanted to read any other Stephen King books.

cheerfulgreek 02-26-2013 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Cheerio (Post 2205583)
A high school librarian recommended this freshman read Carrie when it came out in 1974. Fascinatingly terrifying! So eerie/cool that it was (then) set in the future.

I saw the movie, but I never read the book. I dunno, I just didn't think the movie was scary at all, and I could be wrong, but I think that was Stephen King's best selling book. Maybe the book is better than the movie?

summer_gphib 02-26-2013 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek (Post 2205585)
I saw the movie, but I never read the book. I dunno, I just didn't think the movie was scary at all, and I could be wrong, but I think that was Stephen King's best selling book. Maybe the book is better than the movie?

I've read the book and loved it, but I've never seen the movie... but I also thought Stephen King's "It" was a better book than movie. It was really creepy!!

cheerfulgreek 02-26-2013 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by summer_gphib (Post 2205586)
I've read the book and loved it, but I've never seen the movie... but I also thought Stephen King's "It" was a better book than movie. It was really creepy!!

Yep, I saw IT, too. But, I've never read the book. I didn't like the movie as much as I thought I would, but I did have nightmares about the creepy clown, though. :o

I wish they would start making movies based on Dean Koontz books, if they haven't already.

DubaiSis 02-26-2013 03:32 PM

The problem with most of Stephen King's books is they are terrifying, but it's mostly mental, and that's hard to convert to the screen. I still stand by the directive that if your friend knocks on your bedroom window in the middle of the night DO NOT LET HIM IN. And if you happen to be on a 2nd floor or above, SERIOUSLY DO NOT LET HIM IN. I wouldn't sleep facing a window for YEARS after reading Salem's Lot. The movie, while I enjoyed it at the time, didn't have anywhere near that kind of affect on me. But then few movies stick with me like books do. One major exception, After Hours, which caused anxiety in me (literal anxiety) for days after seeing it alone at the theatre as part of a class assignment. I don't know if there was a book associated with that very weird dark comedy.

Psi U MC Vito 02-26-2013 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek (Post 2205579)
I saw Silent Hill which I thought was awful, but I think I remember reading that it was based on a video game or something like that. I'm not sure if there is a series of comic books on it.

Actually Silent Hill is considered to be one of the better Video Game based movies because of how true to the series it is, unlike say Resident Evil.

LaneSig 02-26-2013 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Cheerio (Post 2205583)
A high school librarian recommended this freshman read Carrie when it came out in 1974. Fascinatingly terrifying! So eerie/cool that it was (then) set in the future.

Didn't see Spacek movie until it was on tv in the 80s. Book way better.

I have never wanted to read any other Stephen King books.

Dolores Claiborne is actually a good character study. The movie was ok.

cheerfulgreek 02-26-2013 04:50 PM

I didn't like the movie Christine, but this part of the movie really creeped me out. I mean, just the old 50s music, the engine sound, and the movie music was terrifying, to me. If the entire book can top that scene, then I might be too scared to read it. :o

Stephen King is truly a horror movie genius.

AGDee 02-26-2013 08:54 PM

I loved the book Cujo, but the meaning was totally lost in the movie. In the book, he gives us the viewpoint of the dog, which was brilliant and fascinating. In the movie, you don't know what the dog is thinking and it loses it's genius.

IUHoosiergirl88 02-26-2013 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by 33girl (Post 2205560)
Are you talking about the original ATKM movie w/ Broderick Crawford or the remake with Sean Penn? Because yes, the remake blows.

The remake. The original is great...I had high hopes for the remake with Sean Penn. But that was a big ol' smelly turd

cheerfulgreek 02-26-2013 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by AGDee (Post 2205643)
I loved the book Cujo, but the meaning was totally lost in the movie. In the book, he gives us the viewpoint of the dog, which was brilliant and fascinating. In the movie, you don't know what the dog is thinking and it loses it's genius.

I'll have to place Cujo on the "books to read list", because I loved the movie.

MysticCat 02-27-2013 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by KillarneyRose (Post 2205572)
Is anyone else excited about "The Great Gatsby" coming out this summer? "Gatsby" is my alltime favorite book. I've heard that Leonardo DiCaprio does an incredible job as Gatsby. I'll absolutely see it but I'm not getting my hopes up after sitting through the 2001 version that featured Mira Sorvino galloping through the movie as the etheral Daisy Buchanan.

I missed that one. I liked the Robert Redford/Mia Farrow version.


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