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Now, Psycho, that was a bad book that Hitchcock transformed into a fantastic movie. (Could someone please fix the title of this thread? It's making me crazy to keep seeing "verses" for "versus.") |
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I appreciate that SyFy tried with the Dune miniseries. At least it wasn't put out by The Asylum (the studio responsible for Sharknado and so much other SyFy dreck). But the mini doesn't hold a candle to the film. |
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I had the Movie on Laser disc and it did only fair to the book? (I read the serial version in Analog). I got the DVD of the mini-series and I agree, a bit better. |
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Otherwise, there is no way the miniseries bests the film. Casting, production design, acting, directing? Come on, the movie version of Dune does it all better. Plus, David Lynch realized that if you're going to make a movie about a desert world, you probably ought to film in the desert. I don't hate the miniseries. But better than the film? I don't think so. I do hold out hope for Denis Villeneuve's take on Dune. |
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Now there is some Netflix and Amazon original movies that would do well on the big screen, but budget again decides - Amazon and Netflix can afford more, they can even afford to get red numbers occasionally. |
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I'm hoping for Jodorowsky's version of Dune to be made. Just flipping through the already existing storyboards would make a decent movie.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodorowsky%27s_Dune I usually like David Lynch's work, but I didn't like his Dune. I'm sure Villeneuve could make a great Dune. |
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Movies vs Books discussion always reminds me of the movie "Lost Horizon" (the 1937 version not the 1973 one). When asked about it, the book's author James Hilton, said the movie was better. And it was, it made a lot more sense plot-wise in many ways compared to the book.
The only other movie I've seen that springs to mind is The African Queen - I didn't enjoy the book at all but thought the movie was excellent (but not terribly true to the book). I was impressed by the whizzbangery in the Harry Potter movies, but sad that they left important points out (IMO). But, big books, limited time movies. And a lot of people did enjoy them. Now, with Tolkien, I loved the Hobbit book but was frankly bored by repetition the LofR and haven't seen any of the LotR movies for that reason (although I'm a big fan of Otago where they were filmed). |
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How about some mystery opinions?
How do the movie versions of Raymond Chandler's novel Farewell, My Lovely stack up? (The 1945 version Murder, My Sweet and/or the 1975 version Farewell, My Lovely) |
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Even unmade, his Dune changed Hollywood. |
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I was a big fan of Lynch's Dune. Didn't follow the book too closely after Arrakis but I loved the costumes and set design.
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A movie that was based on a book that was much much much better than the book is "What Dreams May Come?" I was actually disappointed when I finished the book after seeing the movie.
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