Great books butchered by Hollywood

[OIO]

Actually, DUNE is one DAMN hard novel set  to turn into a movie. Read the novels and you'll see why. Its just too overwhelming and everything..EVERYTHING has to be told in order for the whole thing to make sense.

They shouldve started with the easier book sets written by Frank Herbert's much-less talented son. His writing style is bland and very mainstream.. its like reading a book based on a movie.

[Otto]

Saber, you are so right.  I read that book when I was seventeen and loved it.  

  The last movie the director did was 'Showgirls'!!!   He was clueless about the book and it showed.  Where were the Power Suits..????

  I have the Avalon Hill game as well.  I wish they'd make a PC version.

[midnight Target]

Originally posted by TPIguy
Dune

Amen brother...

[midnight Target]

I thought "Jaws" was a very good adaptation. Some changes, but overall at least as entertaining as the book.

[Mini D]

Gotta go with battlefield earth.  Not only was it a gross departure from the book, it was a horrible movie to boot.

MiniD

[Raubvogel]

Starship Troopers was beyond horrible. I absolutely loved that book growing up. Movie was only good for one thing...made me read the book again to get the awful image of that movie out of my head.

I watched about 10 minutes of Battlefield Earth and that was enough to make me realize that I shouldn't watch anymore of it.

[Pei]

Johnny Mnemonic

[JB73]

well:

"The Sphere" was a good book movie so-so

"congo" was ok book... movie was suckier than suck

[Curval]

Originally posted by midnight Target
I thought "Jaws" was a very good adaptation. Some changes, but overall at least as entertaining as the book.

Agreed, but they should have left in the adulterous affair that went on between the cop's wife and the shark dude.  I always liked the part in the book where she removes her panties in the restaurant and worries that if she got into an accident on the drive to the rendevous that people would notice.  It's that kind of stuff that makes books more real to me....or maybe it is because I'm a perv.

[Hortlund]

Originally posted by Curval
It's that kind of stuff that makes books more real to me....or maybe it is because I'm a perv.

hehe
I think your avatar answers that one actually...

[udet]

Originally posted by Sabre
I'll start: Robert Heinlen's "Starship Troopers"  Probably the biggest cinematic disappointment of my life.  I loved that book, man!  I even have the Starship Troopers tabletop war game.

Actually, the book was way too militaristic for my taste. I agree the movie doesn't really make sense in certain aspects (attacking the bugs on foot with rifles instead of in flying suits with a large array of weapons), or the bugs not having spaceships like in the book-how the hell did they send that asteroid all the way to Earth with plasma jets?!?!?!? Still, the movie is a great cinematic experience and it's easier to swallow than the book.IThe book was actually quite controversial when it appeared.

[udet]

for the worst movie adaptation I nominate "The Postman" what a waste of a good license. Kostner sucks ass.

[OIO]

Actually, there's a 1980's ANIME version of STARSHIP TROOPERS.

Doesnt follow the book much, but they get the tech the "gorillas" used right on.

And its much more of a movie with much better "acting" than in the hollywood version.

Anime uber alles!!!

[Fridaddy]

Battlefield Earth- read the book three times, been told not to see the movie it was so bad.


A comment on Starhip Troopers. The director was quoted as saying the suits were not used because ov the overwelming cost to make. Also CGI was tried and dumped because it diddnt look real.

[AKS\/\/ulfe]

There was a CGI series done on Fox a while back during the weekday mornings called "Starship Troopers"... based solely on the movie near as I can tell, but they had battlesuits for planetary fights, and even robots for fighting the bugs. Also had a couple different aliens than the normal boring bellybutton bugs.
-SW