How many of them did you read?91_Aggie said:
All the Star Wars after the original 3
Almost every Stephen King novel (Shawshank was a short story)
But The Dark Tower was a bad movie but also had HORRIBLE source material... I can't understand how anyone likes these "novels" they are horrible.
O.G. said:
Stephen King talks about this in his book, On Writing. He full well acknowledges that some of the movies that were made from his books were bad, while others were amazing. (The Shining/Shawshank/Stand By Me:Good)
(Maximum Overdrive/Silver Bullet: Not so much)
It can come down to how good the production company is but even good directors are capable of laying an egg once in a while.
He may have, but the point is, some were well done, others not so much.TXAG 05 said:O.G. said:
Stephen King talks about this in his book, On Writing. He full well acknowledges that some of the movies that were made from his books were bad, while others were amazing. (The Shining/Shawshank/Stand By Me:Good)
(Maximum Overdrive/Silver Bullet: Not so much)
It can come down to how good the production company is but even good directors are capable of laying an egg once in a while.
I thought he always hated Kubricks Shining?
Emotional Support Cobra said:
Ready Player One
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World War Z
Emotional Support Cobra said:
Ready Player One
Guess I'm weird - I really liked that movie!bagger05 said:
I'm sure we've done this before, but the news about Pope Francis gave me the itch to re-read Angels & Demons. Which ranks high on my list of pretty good book, pretty awful movie.
What stands out to you as a movie where they took some good source material and made a totally awful movie out of it?
Perhaps it was a decent movie, but for me, I had read the book and it simply didn't measure up.Captain Winky said:
I love the Congo movie. Probably because I saw it when I was younger, but the movie is awesome in my opinion.
I actually thought the movie was better than the book. I put Ready Player One on the list of overrated books.Madmarttigan said:Emotional Support Cobra said:
Ready Player One
Wait wut?
I thought the movie was fine?
I usually don't mind too much removal of established reality in books compared to the movie. But this was a movie about pop culture revolving around playing video games and tech.....and the challenges in the movie are pretty laughable compared to the books. I just can't put aside how blatantly obvious it is that movie either never consulted with or just ignored anyone in the gaming world as the challenges they came up with wouldn't have lasted a week for professional gamers to have figured them out, let alone a year, and definitely not 5 years. I get not wanting to focus on the problem solving in the movie, but damn.Lathspell said:I actually thought the movie was better than the book. I put Ready Player One on the list of overrated books.Madmarttigan said:Emotional Support Cobra said:
Ready Player One
Wait wut?
I thought the movie was fine?
Ill add a 4th Crichton book to the thread.Lucky Jack Aubrey said:
Timeline is the worst Michael Crichton movie adaptation ever! And it was actually a great book.
That and Starship TroopersSoTxAg said:
Battlefield Earth.
I've read it, good book, but never saw the movie.Lucky Jack Aubrey said:
Timeline is the worst Michael Crichton movie adaptation ever! And it was actually a great book.
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That and Starship Troopers
Lathspell said:I actually thought the movie was better than the book. I put Ready Player One on the list of overrated books.Madmarttigan said:Emotional Support Cobra said:
Ready Player One
Wait wut?
I thought the movie was fine?
