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Post by jmodlinc on Aug 11, 2011 4:44:27 GMT -5
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misterd
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Post by misterd on Aug 11, 2011 21:19:55 GMT -5
It sounds to me like they are simply taking what is in the book a passive framework and shifting it to a more active one. Changing it from a person being told about events to one who is experiencing them first hand SHOULD add to its cinematic impact. There's no way that they use everything in the book, but as long as they use this to hit the biggest set pieces, I'm fine with it (in theory, I withhold judgement about execution).
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Post by Peekysdad on Aug 11, 2011 23:21:54 GMT -5
I always thought it was too episodic to be adapted into a screenplay faithfully. There is no character throughline. I'd much rather see it as a miniseries.
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misterd
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Post by misterd on Aug 17, 2011 19:55:54 GMT -5
I always thought it was too episodic to be adapted into a screenplay faithfully. There is no character throughline. I'd much rather see it as a miniseries. I think it could be done as a documentary, but there's no way that would get the budget it deserves. People need to accept that books need to be changed when they are adapted. Frankenstein, for example, is not told as a series of diary entries. |
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Post by francoamerican on Aug 17, 2011 19:58:24 GMT -5
I always thought it was too episodic to be adapted into a screenplay faithfully. There is no character throughline. I'd much rather see it as a miniseries. I think it could be done as a documentary, but there's no way that would get the budget it deserves. People need to accept that books need to be changed when they are adapted. Frankenstein, for example, is not told as a series of diary entries. Dracula was also partly done in journal form and most adaptions you'd never know. |
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Revolting Revenant
You mean the movie lied!?!?!?
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Post by bigmac on Aug 17, 2011 22:25:48 GMT -5
Not surprised by this announcement. The book is great, but I couldn't see it work as a movie. Too many stories and characters, and you'd get a heavy reliance of flashback scenes (not a problem, but studios worry too much about confusing a modern audience).
I expected massive changes, and shifting it to a person documenting the events as they happen seem the most practical way to do it. If they manage to keep the tone and mood of the novel intact, i think we'll have a winner.
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Post by Captain Midnight on Aug 20, 2011 12:23:24 GMT -5
There was an article in the Nation Lampoon about 20 years ago detailing the making of a movie based on the hottest selling book of the time, Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History of Time" Once the hollywood execs got the rights, the created an action adventure movie with a muscle bound adventurer named Hawking who saves the world. None of them had read the book.
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