ITT we chit chat about "The Books" vs. "The Movies" - Page 2

LaneSig · #16 02-26-2013, 01:54 PM

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

cheerfulgreek · #17 02-26-2013, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by KillarneyRose

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

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 · #18 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 · #19 02-26-2013, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

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 · #20 02-26-2013, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Cheerio

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 · #21 02-26-2013, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

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 · #22 02-26-2013, 02:40 PM

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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.

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

DubaiSis · #23 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 · #24 02-26-2013, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

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 · #25 02-26-2013, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Cheerio

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 · #26 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.

Stephen King is truly a horror movie genius.

AGDee · #27 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 · #28 02-26-2013, 09:02 PM

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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 · #29 02-26-2013, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by AGDee

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 · #30 02-27-2013, 09:11 AM

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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.