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- PrometheusZero, on 11/15/2009, -0/+24Someone needs to adapt this children's book to the big screen:
http://www.collegeclassifieds.com/blog/?p=11
I can't see how it wouldn't surpass Dark Knight, really. - Dagreenman, on 11/15/2009, -8/+31Where The Wild Things Are was a fantastic film and the best adaptation you could ever get from a 9 sentence children book. I do not know what the hell people expected, but I loved it to bits.
Why the hell is Brothers Grimm on there? And when the hell did they make a Stuart Little 3? - ReadTheArticle, on 11/15/2009, -2/+18They did not just diss the Hobbit!
- unfromcool, on 11/15/2009, -1/+17I did not know The Iron Giant was based on a book. I learned something today! How fun!
And that's not sarcasm, I'm actually happy I learned something! - tigerthekid, on 11/15/2009, -2/+18How about The Golden Compass? I love His Dark Materials and Hollywood raped the on-screen adaption. They even cut out the book's real ending even though it was shown in the previews.
- Droppo, on 11/15/2009, -1/+11I think they're getting their Tolkien movie adaptions mixed up. The weird rotoscoping was in Ralph Bakshi's version of "The Lord of the Rings". If there was any in the Rankin and Bass version of "The Hobbit", I don't remember it. It's been years since I watched either one, so I could be wrong.
- R3publican, on 11/15/2009, -1/+9That's a touching story.
- Addlepated, on 11/15/2009, -1/+9Don't forget the hatchet job they did on The Dark is Rising.
- PhoebusAl, on 11/15/2009, -3/+11Whatever happened to films with substance? All I've seen lately are overdrawn adaptations of classic stories, weird meaningless concepts (seriously, The Box? A whole movie based on the question "would you kill someone for a million dollars?" That's an SNL sketch at most), and not to mention the doomsday destruction porn to feed our unexplained fetish for armageddon.
Sorry to rant, it just drives me nuts that you see few movies anymore that actually leave an impact. I guess being thought provoking is either too expensive, or just unpopular. - pe5t1lence, on 11/15/2009, -1/+8The Hobbit is amazing, it was the greatest adventure.
- jezsik, on 11/15/2009, -0/+6Awesome Lyra, though.
- SirBruce, on 11/15/2009, -0/+5Where there's a whip *whipcrack* there's a way!
- anaclagon, on 11/15/2009, -0/+5For the most part the movie was dead on, till the end of course. One book that got seriously ass raped in the movies was Eragon.
- mimigins, on 11/15/2009, -1/+6Wow. That's a deep book.
- pixelfox, on 11/15/2009, -1/+5I thought A Series of Unfortunate Events had its good parts (although in hindsight, what I remember best was the kickass animation and Thomas Newman score for the ending credits, so maybe scratch that...)
- Darthmaul4114, on 11/15/2009, -0/+4Agreed, probably one of my favorite book series, but the movie was absolutely dreadful.
- fajitamelt, on 11/15/2009, -1/+5Where The Wild Things Are is so much better appreciated if you knew what it was going to be like beforehand (dark, melancholic, a film about being a kid rather than a film for children) by reading up on it a lot and visiting their blog weloveyouso.com. I don't think a lot of people were aware of those aspects of the film at first, and were then slightly confused/disappointed when they finally saw the movie.
- Syric, on 11/15/2009, -6/+10Where the Wild Things Are was underwhelming? Word of mouth is painting a completely different story for me.
- guitarcd, on 11/15/2009, -1/+5You're right, It was Bashki's "Lord of the Rings" that did the rotoscoping of (poor) live action. And also the *really* awful showtunes were in Rankin and Bass's "Return of the King". "The Hobbit" wasn't perfect, but it was head and shoulders above the other two that came around that time period.
- R3publican, on 11/15/2009, -0/+4Oh no you dih uhnt!!
- anaclagon, on 11/15/2009, -0/+4Bashki version of Lord of Rings was awesome and I'm still waiting for the sequel. Strider was so much more awesome in this version, Boromir too.
- fishergirl106, on 11/15/2009, -0/+3Best line I've ever read:
"Connie started smoking drugs and drinking, and Connie's sisters also started smoking drugs and drinking; so when Latawnya, the naughty horse, saw Connie smoking drugs and drinking, Latawnya started smoking drugs and drinking too".
That would make for some fine dialogue! - anaclagon, on 11/15/2009, -0/+3Return of the King
- 5celery, on 11/15/2009, -0/+3Polar Express has nightmarish animation.
- Stormwern, on 11/15/2009, -0/+3Love that version too, was too young when I first saw it to be bothered by rotoscoping and such.
- R3publican, on 11/15/2009, -0/+3I could have sworn the box was an old 30 min Twilight Zone episode.
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found it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button,_Button_%28The ... - pilot3033, on 11/15/2009, -2/+4Considering the book was written in 1963, I think the group it was originally intended for is much older now (i know full well that as a children's book, it's meant for all children throughout the years, i'm just being snide).
That said, the ad and PR campaign around the film was never focused on the age group the book is, it was aimed squarely at 18-35 demo - young adults who would fondly remember both the book, and the crazy, rationalless, emotional roller coaster of childhood. The film was even more directly aimed at pop culture hipsters who love that sort of semi-deep self-recolection, Spike Jonze, a pre-***** MTV darling, surrealism and dark, dirty colors, all of it for that crowd. Hell, I just saw the original book on sale next to a coffee table "production photos and bios" book on sale in an Urban Outfitters.
With all that in mind, was the movie stellar? No, but nowhere close to a FAIL. It was enjoyable and made for interesting discussion among my 21-30 aged peers. - Hero0fTime, on 11/15/2009, -0/+2Or this one, "LATAWNYA, the Naughty Horse, Learns to Say “NO” to Drugs"
http://pixiestixkidspix.wordpress.com/awesome-reso ... - zambuka, on 11/15/2009, -0/+2Thank you, I've been trying to remember the name of that short.
- kjm16, on 11/15/2009, -1/+2Critics are cynical *****.
- Thorpe, on 11/15/2009, -0/+1I do admire Thomas Newman's works. Particularly American Beauty and Pay It Forward.
- pilgrim3970, on 11/19/2009, -0/+1exactly my point. Almost leads me to believe that was done on purpose. I know a lot of parents who said they wouldn't have taken thier kids had they know what it was going to be like.
- Darthmaul4114, on 11/15/2009, -0/+1if you even consider that horrid mo-crap as animation
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sclarky/4092647213/ - Strenoth, on 11/15/2009, -0/+1plus it seems rather similiar to another story out there, which I was thinking was the monkey's paw, but appearently not after reading the entry.
- TheHungerArtist, on 11/15/2009, -0/+1I don't know how weird the concept of the box is...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrKnhOJ-R80
made in 2006 - pilgrim3970, on 11/19/2009, -0/+1"That said, the ad and PR campaign around the film was never focused on the age group the book is, it was aimed squarely at 18-35 demo - young adults who would fondly remember both the book, and the crazy, rationalless, emotional roller coaster of childhood. "
I disagree. IMHO there was more left out of the campaign than was said. I don't think they really directed the PR towards any particular group, therefore giving the impression that it more or less was faithful to the book (as much as movie makers can be since they usually can't resist embellishing the stories they adapt). I read the book as a child and have read it to my children. Though the movie had some artistic merit (though it was about 25 minutes too long) it failed miserably in being something that I could share with my kids at the age they are reading the book. - Yomoska, on 11/15/2009, -0/+1I liked Prince Caspian, I thought the first one tried too much to become like the Harry Potter movies but instead it became really corny. The sequel was much more mature but I have to admit it is very different from the book.
- MrSkills, on 11/15/2009, -0/+1The Golden Compass wasn't just a bad adaptation, it was a truly horrible film. It sullied my memories of the wonderful book, and friends who saw it now refuse to read it. I can't seem to persuade them of how much better the book is.
- anaclagon, on 11/15/2009, -0/+1That's a 404 link.
- Dagreenman, on 11/15/2009, -1/+2At least the look and feel of it was faithful enought to the books, but yeah, throwing the wedding to the end of the movie after the events of Book 3 was ***** stupid.
- Robbothehood, on 11/15/2009, -0/+1They combined the first three books and mixed up some of the events, but it was all still in there. Since when was story continuity a big deal in A Series of Unfortunate Events? Why does the author of the article think Uncle Olaf was supposed to come off as anything other than an ass? He's the damn villian.
- OrangeTide, on 11/15/2009, -0/+1the film version of Prince Caspian was all action and no substance.
- OrangeTide, on 11/15/2009, -0/+1Brothers Grimm is on there because it was probably the worse film adaptation of a book ever made.
- MrSkills, on 11/15/2009, -1/+1Real word of mouth or Internet word of mouth? If it's the internet, I'd be wary. The internet said that Transformers was good.
- vaderson, on 11/17/2009, -0/+0The Golden Compass really didn't do it for me. The Philip Pullman books are incredible, but Hollywood missed another great opportunity.
Haven't seen Where The Wild Things Are as it's not yet out in the UK, but I read it countless times as a child. I'm still not sure if I want to see it, even with Spike Jonze directing. - ZeroCubed, on 11/15/2009, -3/+3Uh, they dissed the Hobbit adaptation, not the book. Book was great. Adaptation, not so much.
- arethuza, on 11/15/2009, -0/+0I didn't think it was that bad although I agree that missing out the real ending from the book was a terrible mistake. However, the BCC Radio 4 adaptation is excellent:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/hisdarkmaterials/ ... - redxii, on 11/15/2009, -1/+1It was a book before it was a movie? Whoa.
- DivideByO, on 11/15/2009, -2/+1Would you like some cheese with your whine?
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