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21 May 14
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It is often said that the film is not as good as the book, and I'd normally be of this opinion myself, but having just read The Bourne Ultimatum by Robert Ludlum a glaring exception to the rule has been found.
I don't even consider the film to be that exceptional but the book is absolutely dire. It's akin to one of those stream of consciousness novels; poorly written and so far fetched as to be ludicrous. It has more bullets per page than commas.
I don't even consider the film to be that exceptional but the book is absolutely dire. It's akin to one of those stream of consciousness novels; poorly written and so far fetched as to be ludicrous. It has more bullets per page than commas.
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The Godfather & Jaws are the 2 most striking examples
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Shawshank 10 STAR NAP.
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'Das Boot' was a novel by Buchheim, who had quite a life, but the film is immense
But the winner must be Pierre Boule, who wrote two (unbelievably) very contrasting works. See if you can guess? Le Pont de la Rivière Kwai and La Planète des Singes Both went on to become legendary films |
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* Pierre Boulle
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Planet Of The Apes is easy but will have to google the River Kwai one.
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Agreed, Das Boot is a great film, from the other side's perspective.
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agree,planet of the apes
2001 space odyssey |
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Life of Brian.
The Bible was bollocks. |
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Midnight Express
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Mystic River, To Kill A Mocking Bird, Forest Gump, Devil Wears Prada, Godfather, Psycho, No Country For Old Men, Breakfast At Tiffanys....
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Not everyone's cup of tea, but film far better than book.
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 Patra |
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The Muppet's Christmas Carol has to be up there too.
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tobermory
22 May 14 00:09 Joined: 01 Mar 08 | Topic/replies: 36,458 | Blogger: tobermory's blog The Godfather & Jaws are the 2 most striking examples Absolute nonsense re; The Godfather. There were many underlying factors in the book not shown in the film. e.g. Luca Brasi, the only man Don Corleone feared, why? |
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The Picture of Dorian Gray. The 1945 film's great - looks the same as it did on release, but the 1890 book hasn’t aged at all well.
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Have to agree 'The Godfather' is a stunning novel
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... and 'To Kill A Mockingbird' - a better film than a book!?
What? |
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"and 'To Kill A Mockingbird' - a better film than a book!?"
tis wrong indeed to say 'better'. But then its hard to condense classics into time restraint of a movie. Still think that was a job well done & a great movie, which I enjoyed more than the book. Same as with The Godfather.... so much gets dropped, or a movie becomes cluttered. |
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Lost money after reading Jaws.
In the book, one of them dies. Scheider and Dreyfuss paddling off together at the end cost me a tenner betting with mates that they both don't survive. |