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[Jordan90]

Lights, Camera…ugh!​

You just heard that your beloved book is being turned into a movie. How do you feel about that? My usual reaction is something between outrage and mortal terror. Oh please ohpleaseohpleaseohplease don’t let them fuck it up. But there have been only a few instances that I can recall in which I felt the movie held a candle to the book.
Cartoonist Tom Gauld captured a few ways that literary works are “enhanced” when turned into a movie. (You can find more of his work in his book, You’re Just Jealous of My Jetpack. )
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My question to you is, what movie do you feel really mangled the book upon which it was based, AND (this is a two-parter), were there any movies that you felt were well done or did a service to the original work? TV shows count, too.

I weirdly don't mind if a movie mangles a beloved book of mine. I'm quite secure in the fact that I'll always have the book! It's not as if the movie takes anything away from the book, and if they do manage to translate the book well, then I have more to love! So the risk/reward ration is radically skewed towards making movies of books I love....the downside, of course, is that Hollywood exec's might blame the book itself for a poor movie adaptation and not try a better adaption in the future.

The movie of Ender's Game managed to make a superlative book rather ho-hum, but I was okay with that simply because what makes Ender's Game so incredible is essentially unfilmable, namely Ender's responses to the symbols in the Mind Game. Otherwise it's just a battle action movie.

The Dune adaptations were perfect. They were a perfect translation of the greatest science fiction novel into the greatest science fiction movies of all time. The Harry Potter movies were actually better than the books, if we disregard the odious Christopher Columbus movies. JK Rowling needed an editor to help her cut scenes and characters and tighten the plot, but she got so big, so fast that her books got bloated. I love them, but they're bloated. The movies trim all that bloating. The Lord of the Rings trilogy was an amazing adaptation.

It really comes down to whether the director is able to understand what the author is doing in the book and what makes the book work so well, and is then able to translate into the medium of film to capture the same *effect*.

 

[SweetDee33]

Lovely to read that someone thinks exactly the same way as I do on “Shadow of the wind”. Really a great book

Oh man that is an all-time favorite for me

 

[Mrtenant]

To Be or Not To Be…
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…petty, that is the question. When you are upset with someone, how do you handle it? Do you talk with them directly and try to worth through it? Do you wait for them to come to you? Do you do everything in your power to make them uncomfortable? Do you involve your friends? Do you stay quiet? How does it differ for you online vs in person, or does it? What are the benefits of both ways of handling things? Have you been on the receiving end of online harassment? What do you do when that happens?

Depends who and what circumstance. Setting proper boundaries and expectations makes it all work. Not everything has to be chaos. I have a chaotic streak a mile wide, but, I am intensely loyal to my people.

Ideally- I believe we are are friends with the intention of remaining friends. I am direct. Hey- what the fuck was that all about. How can we fix that?

There is at least one friendship though where we are at an unhappy impasse with an issue and neither of us want to push that any further. All other aspects are okay, but the issue does color how we are with each other. Wishing it was better, have tried numerous times over the years to make the issue better, and failed and yet somehow remain friends. Just not as friendly as we once were or could be.

Does it always happen that way? No. Which is why I said ideally. Humans are messy. Sometimes we fuck up and a thing takes more fixing than it ought. No matter what though, in my mind and heart, I hold onto that premise- I believe we are friends with the intention of remaining friends.

With coworkers, I am direct but maybe more formally diplomatic. I have to believe that neither of us want a thing to turn into an HR thing. That would suck.

With acquaintances, it depends on the circumstance. Most things, I don’t care. I rarely see this person. Fuck it. Some things though, could ramp up to getting ugly. I mean, you crash my car, take the last beer, hit on my wife- Ima give you some shit about it. Maybe we can be friends.

Strangers- just dont fuck with me or harass me. It won't be pretty. Otherwise, we're good. We can be friends.

Online- same sorta thing. Depends on who it is and the circumstance. Online friends are just that. Friends.

I have been on the receiving end of online harassment. It's an easy fix. Log out. Do something else.

Overall, I try to believe we are friends of some level. Lovers are friends. So are husbands and wives. Offspring also. Family are friends. Weird how my friends of choice can be better friends than family. My sister's are a pain in the ass. But, I am direct. They count on that and I hold up my end and deliver. You dont get to fuck with my household just cuz you are family.

Sometimes even enemies. One of my most valued employees is annoyingly contrary. But I find some value in that some how. I count on it. I don't always want an echo chamber. I like a good challenge. Which is why I sometimes mix it up on the Politics forum. Bunch of assholes over there. But, a good fight is refreshing. Fuck those guys. I like them. Bastards.

 

[Apisto42]

Depends who and what circumstance. Setting proper boundaries and expectations makes it all work. Not everything has to be chaos. I have a chaotic streak a mile wide, but, I am intensely loyal to my people.

Ideally- I believe we are are friends with the intention of remaining friends. I am direct. Hey- what the fuck was that all about. How can we fix that?

There is at least one friendship though where we are at an unhappy impasse with an issue and neither of us want to push that any further. All other aspects are okay, but the issue does color how we are with each other. Wishing it was better, have tried numerous times over the years to make the issue better, and failed and yet somehow remain friends. Just not as friendly as we once were or could be.

Does it always happen that way? No. Which is why I said ideally. Humans are messy. Sometimes we fuck up and a thing takes more fixing than it ought. No matter what though, in my mind and heart, I hold onto that premise- I believe we are friends with the intention of remaining friends.

With coworkers, I am direct but maybe more formally diplomatic. I have to believe that neither of us want a thing to turn into an HR thing. That would suck.

With acquaintances, it depends on the circumstance. Most things, I don’t care. I rarely see this person. Fuck it. Some things though, could ramp up to getting ugly. I mean, you crash my car, take the last beer, hit on my wife- Ima give you some shit about it. Maybe we can be friends.

Strangers- just dont fuck with me or harass me. It won't be pretty. Otherwise, we're good. We can be friends.

Online- same sorta thing. Depends on who it is and the circumstance. Online friends are just that. Friends.

I have been on the receiving end of online harassment. It's an easy fix. Log out. Do something else.

Overall, I try to believe we are friends of some level. Lovers are friends. So are husbands and wives. Offspring also. Family are friends. Weird how my friends of choice can be better friends than family. My sister's are a pain in the ass. But, I am direct. They count on that and I hold up my end and deliver. You dont get to fuck with my household just cuz you are family.

Sometimes even enemies. One of my most valued employees is annoyingly contrary. But I find some value in that some how. I count on it. I don't always want an echo chamber. I like a good challenge. Which is why I sometimes mix it up on the Politics forum. Bunch of assholes over there. But, a good fight is refreshing. Fuck those guys. I like them. Bastards.

Leave off the bit about the politics board and this sums up my viewpoint exactly.

I’d rather punch nails through my nuts than engage in there.