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Iron Crowned posted:I saw all the Harry Potter movies once and I sure as hell don't remember Depp He appears at the end of Fantastic Beasts.
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Ah, I never cared enough about Harry Potter, and I was with other people for all but the last one, so yeah, I never saw that one.
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Sep 1, 2017 21:15
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Fantastic Beasts was way better than I was expecting it to be. I really liked how the main character would shift from awkward nerdy guy to badass safari professional whenever he was actually in his element.
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Sep 1, 2017 21:21
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The best thing Depp has done in the last decade was that fake documentary where he played Trump.
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Sep 1, 2017 21:41
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Electromax posted:The best thing Depp has done in the last decade was that fake documentary where he played Trump. Wow, you're not joking. I just looked over his IMDb and the last thing that he was good in (besides the Trump doc) was, what, Rango? Maybe Public Enemies? I'm shocked at how much garbage he's been able to fit into the last five years alone.
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Sep 1, 2017 21:51
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Electromax posted:The best thing Depp has done in the last decade was that fake documentary where he played Trump. His trump is awful. I dunno I think Depp is just completely poo poo these days.
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Sep 1, 2017 22:07
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Christopher Walken in a fat suit would be the best Trump. Or Klaus Kinski if he wasn't dead.
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Sep 1, 2017 23:07
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Casimir Radon posted:Christopher Walken in a fat suit would be the best Trump. Or Klaus Kinski if he wasn't dead. That's not fair, Donald Trump is only on record of wanting to gently caress his daughter, not actually doing it.
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Sep 1, 2017 23:10
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Skwirl posted:That's not fair, Donald Trump is only on record of wanting to gently caress his daughter, not actually doing it.
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Sep 1, 2017 23:12
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Sony has picked up distribution for The Crow reboot that constantly fails to get off the ground. Every time they cast a lead said lead eventually takes off because there's no forward progress on actually making a movie.
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Sep 1, 2017 23:14
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Snowman_McK posted:The book is fantastic, since it's really Ellroy dealing with his mother issues (his mother was murdered by his father, who then vanished) but it doesn't really translate to the screen, especially with a lead as passive as Josh Hartnett. I wouldn't have thought LA Confidential translated to the screen, either, but they did an amazing job with it. I can't think of another adaptation that changed so much from the original source and still produced something that loving great.
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Sep 1, 2017 23:33
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Phanatic posted:I can't think of another adaptation that changed so much from the original source and still produced something that loving great. Wizard of Oz?
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Sep 1, 2017 23:50
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Phanatic posted:I wouldn't have thought LA Confidential translated to the screen, either, but they did an amazing job with it. I can't think of another adaptation that changed so much from the original source and still produced something that loving great.
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Sep 2, 2017 00:15
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Phanatic posted:I wouldn't have thought LA Confidential translated to the screen, either, but they did an amazing job with it. I can't think of another adaptation that changed so much from the original source and still produced something that loving great. Jurassic Park is way, waaaay better than the source material, and the characters are drastically different between the two version, with some favorites from the film even dying in the novel.
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Sep 2, 2017 00:47
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Phanatic posted:I wouldn't have thought LA Confidential translated to the screen, either, but they did an amazing job with it. I can't think of another adaptation that changed so much from the original source and still produced something that loving great. The Shining.
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Under the Skin is vastly different from the book but I love them both.
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Most of the best movies based on books diverge pretty wildly from the source.
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Skwirl posted:Most of the best movies based on books diverge pretty wildly from the source. I've heard Jaws and The Godfather exceed their source material but never read or saw them. The Shining (as mentioned above) is debatable. Starship Troopers though. Just give me the power armor scenes. And it was a decent satire but not what I expected. The most faithful Starship Troopers adaptation is actually Blackhawk Down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQqPbg6pfwo
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Sep 2, 2017 04:24
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syscall girl posted:I've heard Jaws and The Godfather exceed their source material but never read or saw them. The Shining (as mentioned above) is debatable. there's actually a bunch of CGI Starship Troopers movies that have book accurate power armor, they're terrible movies though.
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Sep 2, 2017 04:31
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Skwirl posted:there's actually a bunch of CGI Starship Troopers movies that have book accurate power armor, they're terrible movies though. "Invasion" also has weird CGI boobs if you've wondered what that would look like.
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Sep 2, 2017 04:32
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Snowman_McK posted:"Invasion" also has weird CGI boobs if you've wondered what that would look like. I would guess Dizzy dies on the way up? And down? And up again and then down?
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Snowman_McK posted:"Invasion" also has weird CGI boobs if you've wondered what that would look like. Were angelina jolie's as Medusa cgi?
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got any sevens posted:Were angelina jolie's as Medusa cgi? Those were sort of...hinted at. They thought their work on 'Invasion' was good enough for a close up. It isn't. It's just weird. syscall girl posted:I would guess Dizzy dies on the way up? And down? A good post.
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syscall girl posted:I've heard Jaws and The Godfather exceed their source material but never read or saw them. The Shining (as mentioned above) is debatable. Others: - Fritz Lang's Die Nibelungen - Barry Lyndon - Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes 
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Sep 2, 2017 10:28
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syscall girl posted:I've heard Jaws and The Godfather exceed their source material but never read or saw them. you uh have never seen jaws or the godfather? bizarre place for you to post. (but yeah they are both way better than the books. in jaws the book hooper fucks brody's wife and she tells him a fantasy she has of a black handyman having sex with her. and the shark actually does die from drowning due to the barrels they harpoon to it. also there's a whole mafia subplot with the mayor which does better explain why he wants to keep the beach open despite the shark attacks. the godfather book is just pulp and there's a subplot about a character's vagina being too large so she finds true love with another character with a very large member.) Groovelord Neato fucked around with this message at 13:24 on Sep 2, 2017 |
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Jaws is one of the worst books I have ever read. Also its not just a sex fantasy, its a rape fantasy.
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the opening scene is actually well done but yeah the rest is pretty garbo. i thought it was a rape fantasy i just wasn't 100 percent sure as i read it 20 years ago.
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Sep 2, 2017 13:54
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BravestOfTheLamps posted:Others: Don't know why anyone hasn't include Fight Club in this list. Palahnuik even says this on the DVD commentary, the screenwriter picked up on elements like the whole soap-to-Holocaust connection that slipped by him.
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Young Freud posted:Don't know why anyone hasn't include Fight Club in this list. Palahnuik even says this on the DVD commentary, the screenwriter picked up on elements like the whole soap-to-Holocaust connection that slipped by him. The biggest improvement from the source material is that Project Mayhem actively kills people in the book, which detracts from the whole "Robin Hood" aspect, and in turn muddies some of the themes of the story. Also, not for nothing, the ending twist plays much better on screen than on the page, because there are way more ways to play with the reveal on a visual level, which Fincher does admirably.
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Groovelord Neato posted:you uh have never seen jaws or the godfather? bizarre place for you to post. I lied a little I very recently saw Jaws (with the rifftrax) and saw a bit of godfather when i walked in on someone else watching it. I know the thing where they hide the gun in the bathroom through cultural osmosis but the bit I saw was the guy getting killed with piano wire in the car. That was so brutal that at the time I was just turned off to the whole thing. And I know I saw the bits with Brando at the beginning too.
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Godfather and Godfather Part II are still two of the best movies ever made, but I still with Paul WS Anderson could be made to try to make this version of the story for real: http://www.somethingawful.com/awful-movie-database/the-godfather/
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Groovelord Neato posted:the godfather book is just pulp and there's a subplot about a character's vagina being too large so she finds true love with another character with a very large member /in extremely mumbly Brando voice You come to me on this day, with your giant pussy...
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syscall girl posted:I lied a little I very recently saw Jaws (with the rifftrax) the gently caress is wrong with you.
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Fart City posted:The biggest improvement from the source material is that Project Mayhem actively kills people in the book, which detracts from the whole "Robin Hood" aspect, and in turn muddies some of the themes of the story. Also, not for nothing, the ending twist plays much better on screen than on the page, because there are way more ways to play with the reveal on a visual level, which Fincher does admirably. I forgot that "Jack" kills his manager with a homemade Claymore mine made from a CRT monitor, a handful of screws, and gasoline (BTW, if you where wondering what was going on when Project Mayhem vandalizes the computer store, that's a reference to this bit). Yeah, that back half is handled very well despite going away from the adaptation and ending differently. I like the reveal of the police detectives alone with Jack are Project Mayhem members way better than it is in the book.
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Groovelord Neato posted:the gently caress is wrong with you. I don't care for a dumbass movie about a killer shark? In fact I don't care for shark disparagement. They are the true victims.
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Sep 2, 2017 21:23
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Fart City posted:The biggest improvement from the source material is that Project Mayhem actively kills people in the book, which detracts from the whole "Robin Hood" aspect, and in turn muddies some of the themes of the story. Also, not for nothing, the ending twist plays much better on screen than on the page, because there are way more ways to play with the reveal on a visual level, which Fincher does admirably. The back of my paperback flat out says Tyler is a fake person
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Sep 2, 2017 21:35
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Davros1 posted:The back of my paperback flat out says Tyler is a fake person That's amazing.
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syscall girl posted:I don't care for a dumbass movie about a killer shark? Yeah but why haven't you seen Jaws?
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syscall girl posted:I don't care for a dumbass movie about a killer shark? you're posting in a movie subforum and have never seen one of the best movies ever made.
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