A movie just as good as the book - Page 3

GusGus · 11-13-2007, 03:48 PM

Practical Magic - the characters in the book were not likable at all. Love the movie.

BarTopDancer · 11-13-2007, 03:52 PM

I'll go on a limb and say most Tom Clancy "Jack Ryan" books-turned-movies are as good as, if not better than the books. I love the Jack Ryan books and have read all but one. The books are incredibly technical and the movies bring it to life in a way a layman can understand. All, except for Sum of All Fears were excellent movies. Sum of All Fears tore the time line to shreds and drove me nuts.

Gn2Dlnd · 11-13-2007, 05:17 PM

Speaking of mommy issues, I've never read Postcards From the Edge, and I love the movie. Who's read it?

Gemini Cricket · 11-13-2007, 05:21 PM

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Speaking of mommy issues, I've never read Postcards From the Edge, and I love the movie. Who's read it?

Postcards is one of those films that I always meant to see but never did.
I'll have to rent that one...

Gn2Dlnd · 11-13-2007, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Postcards is one of those films that I always meant to see but never did.
I'll have to rent that one...

Maybe we can have a mommy view - er, movie view.

Gemini Cricket · 11-13-2007, 05:34 PM

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Maybe we can have a mommy view - er, movie view.

We could watch:

Sybil
Postcards
Ordinary People - (The Mary Tyler Moore character is my mom, btw.)
Mommie Dearest
Prince of Tides

The possibilities are endless...

Ponine · 11-13-2007, 05:43 PM

IMO...

The Original Farenheit 451

James and the Giant Peach

Pit and the Pendulum

Kevy Baby · 11-13-2007, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

The possibilities are endless...

Serial Mom. I heart Beverly Sutphin.

Snowflake · 11-13-2007, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

We could watch:

Sybil
Postcards
Ordinary People - (The Mary Tyler Moore character is my mom, btw.)
Mommie Dearest
Prince of Tides

The possibilities are endless...

Carrie
Mildred Pierce (for the self-sacrificing mothers, besides, it's Joan)

innerSpaceman · 11-13-2007, 05:26 PM

Oooh, good ones, everyone. I agree with just about all ... except that Juraissic Park sucked in comparison to the novel (imho).

Um, what's left? Gonna have to get obscure now. But Perfume is as good a movie, if not better than the novel on which its based.

Heheh, 2001 is a better movie than book. But the movie isn't based on the book. And the book is not an adaptation of the film or its screenplay.

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GusGus DrunkenSeamstress Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Is it hot in here? Posts: 311	Practical Magic - the characters in the book were not likable at all. Love the movie. __________________ . . . . "Mythology is psychology misread as biography." - Joseph Campbell
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BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	I'll go on a limb and say most Tom Clancy "Jack Ryan" books-turned-movies are as good as, if not better than the books. I love the Jack Ryan books and have read all but one. The books are incredibly technical and the movies bring it to life in a way a layman can understand. All, except for Sum of All Fears were excellent movies. Sum of All Fears tore the time line to shreds and drove me nuts. __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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Gn2Dlnd Parmmadore Jim Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Casita del Queso Posts: 3,810	Speaking of mommy issues, I've never read Postcards From the Edge, and I love the movie. Who's read it? __________________ Does anyone still wear a hat?
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Ponine Virgin Ears Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,075	IMO... The Original Farenheit 451 James and the Giant Peach Pit and the Pendulum __________________ There's something strange, There's something wrong. I see a change - It's like when love dies.
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Oooh, good ones, everyone. I agree with just about all ... except that Juraissic Park sucked in comparison to the novel (imho). Um, what's left? Gonna have to get obscure now. But Perfume is as good a movie, if not better than the novel on which its based. Heheh, 2001 is a better movie than book. But the movie isn't based on the book. And the book is not an adaptation of the film or its screenplay.
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