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There are obviously a LOT out there; the one that really disappointed me was World War Z. I really enjoyed the different perspective from people all over the globe as opposed to the loose interpretation in the movie. It could have been so much better but I guess action trumps drama at the box office. “Remember to get vaccinated or a vaccinated person might get sick from a virus they got vaccinated against because you’re not vaccinated.” - author unknown | ||
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World War Z would make a killer HBO anthology type series. Take Care, Shoot Safe, Chris | |||
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Almost all of them could have done better. I think they can almost never totally represent a book very well in two hours. The best one I remember doing that was "The Right Stuff". And if memory serves, it was nearly three hours long. I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. -Ecclesiastes 9:11 ...But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by Him shall glory, but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. - Psalm 63:11 [excerpted] | |||
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My top three: Rising Sun Ender's Game World War Z "I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak!" - Calvin, "Calvin & Hobbes" | |||
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That's the first one that came to mind.  Great book. Amazing audiobook. Crappy movie. So much wasted potential. So since that one's taken, I'll say the Hobbit trilogy films. After the outstanding goodness that was the LotR trilogy, I was disappointed when they milked 3 poor-to-middling films out of the one book. I would have preferred one well-made film that stuck to the books. | |||
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^^^^ Bilbos character was absolutely opposite in the Hobbit movies. The white orc? Where the hell did they pull that crap out of? Legolas? I could go on... And the WWZ audiobook is fantastic- one you never get tired of. “Remember to get vaccinated or a vaccinated person might get sick from a virus they got vaccinated against because you’re not vaccinated.” - author unknown | |||
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The Blue Max and Starship Troopers. "Cedat Fortuna Peritis" | |||
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You mean other than The Sum of All Fears? _______________________________________________________ despite them | |||
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This. -- I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. JALLEN 10/18/18 https://sigforum.com/eve/forum...610094844#7610094844 | |||
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I was impressed how well PJ did Lord of the Rings. That was an amazing adaptation job. The Hobbit movies SUCKED. They tried to make another 'epic saga,' and I was just tired of all the BS by the time they were done.
I actually enjoyed the Blue Max movie more than the book. It takes all kinds, I guess. The Hunt For Red October was also a good adaptation, but every other Tom Clancy movie (in the Jack Ryan series, at least) was bad (though Patriot Games less than the others). Oh, the last two Harry Potter movies were soooo bad. Each movie up to that point had deviated from the books in small or large ways, so by the time they got to the end, they were too far from the source material to really bring it back (if they even tried, that is). Fear God and Dread Nought Admiral of the Fleet Sir Jacky Fisher | |||
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I wish they'd made a Man-eaters of Tsavo movie instead of that crap that was Ghost and the Darkness. _____________________________________________________ Sliced bread, the greatest thing since the 1911. | |||
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The Martian and that Mitch Rapp movie | |||
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Any movie based on a Tom Clancy book. My daughter can deflate your daughter's soccer ball. | |||
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Beat me to it. | |||
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Dune. Any of them. ________________________________________ -- Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past me I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. -- | |||
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I can think of only one film adaption of a book that followed the book, as opposed to even being faithful, Watership Down. But I do like Max Brooks take on the movie vs his book. But maybe being part of a show business legacy prepared him for how Hollywood treats adaptations. Link to original video: https://youtu.be/WXFdO3DwRLY "When in danger or in doubt, run in circles scream and shout" R.I.P. R.A.H. Ooga Chakka Hooga Hooga Ooga Chakka Hooga Hooga NRA Basic Rifle Instructor Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED Adult/Child/Infant Instructor Red Cross Wilderness First Aid Instructor | |||
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I thought Red October was pretty good for the 135 minutes allocated but agree on the others. I'm sorry if I hurt you feelings when I called you stupid - I thought you already knew - Unknown ................................... When you have no future, you live in the past. " Sycamore Row" by John Grisham | |||
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