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Post by bravomailer on Jun 9, 2020 1:52:48 GMT
Excellent point. If I remember correctly, The Godfather book spent a LOT of time talking about how huge Sonny's dick was. The movie gave a brief nod to that when his wife is bragging to the women at the wedding about how blessed Sonny is by holding her hands wider and wider apart. Sonny is banging a really ugly fat bridesmaid at the time. I think the novel actually opens with the scene of Sonny putting it to the bridesmaid, who suffers from some gynecological anomaly that's also described in more detail than anyone really needs, lol. I wouldn't say Puzo's book is the worst thing I've ever read, but compared to the subtleties of the film, it comes off as fairly mediocre at best. Right. The same doctor that fixes Lucy Mancini's gynecological anomaly repairs the damage that the police captain did to Michael's nasal passages. And don't the doctor and Lucy become an item and live in Vegas as front-owners for the Corleone casino? By the by, Lucy reappears in Godfather 3.
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Post by mmexis on Jun 9, 2020 6:10:03 GMT
Hi, mmexis. I love AMADEUS, too, but I know that the film was adapted from the play by Peter Schaffer. That said, if you are aware of any novel about the subject, I'd love to know about it. I love all things Mozart. Thanks.
Well, if we MUST stick strictly with prose fiction, then the miniseries Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle.
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Post by Morgana on Jun 9, 2020 9:40:31 GMT
I'd list both The Godfather and Jaws as requiring almost a separate category: Film adaptations that were actually better than the rather pulpy and trashy novels they were based on. I'd probably also include The Exorcist under that category, though I might concede that the source novel was slightly more literate than the above two. I'm surprised you said that about The Exorcist. I thought the book was better.
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Post by amyghost on Jun 9, 2020 10:11:38 GMT
I'd list both The Godfather and Jaws as requiring almost a separate category: Film adaptations that were actually better than the rather pulpy and trashy novels they were based on. I'd probably also include The Exorcist under that category, though I might concede that the source novel was slightly more literate than the above two. I'm surprised you said that about The Exorcist. I thought the book was better. It's actually a decent novel, but I haven't read it in years. I just recall the film as giving off a palpable chill that the book, eerie as it was, didn't muster for me in quite as effective a way.
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Post by Marv on Jun 12, 2020 13:14:27 GMT
Battle Royale adapted from Battle Royale by Koushun Takami...most of the characters are portrayed close enough to not split hairs, tho the book goes into detail on all the students.
Salems Lot (79) adapted from Salems Lot by Stephen King.....the novel has been adapted twice at least, but that 79 version still remains effectively creepy.
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Post by wickedkittiesmom on Jun 12, 2020 16:59:52 GMT
Battle Royale adapted from Battle Royale by Koushun Takami...most of the characters are portrayed close enough to not split hairs, tho the book goes into detail on all the students. Salems Lot (79) adapted from Salems Lot by Stephen King.....the novel has been adapted twice at least, but that 79 version still remains effectively creepy. I agree with you, the 1979 version of Salem's Lot was the best.
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Post by bravomailer on Jun 12, 2020 17:53:39 GMT
The Hot Rock. A few minor changes but keeps the spirit and fun of the book. That film is a hidden gem, so to speak.
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Post by mrdanwest on Jun 12, 2020 19:47:17 GMT
Being There The Road The Remains of the Day
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Post by dirtypillows on Jun 21, 2020 23:37:01 GMT
"Carrie" and "Rebecca" and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Midnight Cowboy" and "The Last Picture Show" - wonderful books turned into wonderful movies...
I love the 1961 "The Innocents" with Deborah Kerr, but I did not care for "Turn of the Screw" and I very much preferred the movie version of "Jaws" to the book. The movie really had no boring parts, but the book's long midsection was mostly unmemorable. And the shark's demise in the book was completely unremarkable. It just sank and that was it.
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Post by dirtypillows on Jun 22, 2020 4:46:00 GMT
The Green Mile Dolores Claibourne Carrie The Body (Stand By Me) Midnight Express Have read more than King, but many films don't often do the novel justice, so they don't become favorites. Those listed are fine film adaptations of King's stories, even if Carrie and DC changed some things, and maybe for the best in some regards. GM and SBM are almost spot on. Midnight Express is very different in structure compared to the film, but the film is so good, that it doesn't really matter either. I agree about DC. Both book and movie were highly entertaining. Probably the movie takes the pip (!) for me because of the enormously likable Kathy Bates. I always liked it when you used that phrase and saw fit the chance to try it out. : ) I also read ME and saw the movie. Both versions were riveting, but Giorgio Mororder's pulsating, desperately sweaty score puts it over.
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Post by WullieFort on Jun 22, 2020 6:39:41 GMT
Being There The Road The Remains of the Day The Remains of the Day
Underrated classic with both Hopkins and Thompson at their very best. I have often considered watching this again, but the ending has me reaching for my tissues
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Post by WullieFort on Jun 22, 2020 9:47:22 GMT
The movies based on Dan Brown's 2 bestsellers, Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons-made decent movies
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