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Slightly off on a tangent, but I got into Star Wars first by hearing it on the radio, when BBC broadcast the NPR Playhouse adaptations in the 80's! Some of the original cast members took part and they awoke my imagination, much as a book can do, leading me to see the films and igniting my interest in science fiction!
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Can it be book to TV adaptation?
If so the 1995 BBC Pride and Prejudice was a monumental triumph. |
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To be fair to the OP, if it's replies to a thread you want, an ongoing conversation, more immediacy, then the movies board isn't the place as people post very sporadically there unfortunately (myself included).
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In what way? Personally I think Blade Runner is a good PKD themed film that stands on its own, but arguably a (deliberately) poor adaptation of the original novel.
The Final Cut Version is superb Roy Batty's Tears in Rain' soliloquy from the end of the film is better than anything in the book. In my opinion of course.
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Is it?
The Final Cut Version is superb Roy Batty's Tears in Rain' soliloquy from the end of the film is better than anything in the book. In my opinion of course. ![]() It's coming up to my annual re-watch. For some reason I love watching Blade Runner sometime around New Year's. We'll see how this gets on next year... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GDscTTE-P-k |
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I'm not saying the film is poor, it's excellent. But if the film were a traditional / direct adaptation of the novel it would be completely different. What the film does is take the spirit of the novel and creates its own narrative. So whilst a great film, not a great adaptation as such, more of an inspiration really.
It's coming up to my annual re-watch. For some reason I love watching Blade Runner sometime around New Year's. We'll see how this gets on next year... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GDscTTE-P-k ![]() I have not seen the trailer yet but will look at it later - I fear it will be a total and utter disaster. Hollywood should leave the classics alone. In any case Rutger Hauer (who never got the parts he deserved) totally blew Ford off the screen - he was the star of the film and he was responsible for one of the greatest moments in cinematic history as well.
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Gone With the Wind.
A magnificent film and it's hard to believe watching it today that it was made in 1939! It never seems to age. |
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I would agre with most that have been mentioned. I would add Atonement to the list
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Gone With the Wind.
A magnificent film and it's hard to believe watching it today that it was made in 1939! It never seems to age. *Enters nuclear blast proof bunker and firmly locks the door behind him. |
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Well to be fair anyone like yourself who watched it as a teenager would still really enjoy it today.*
*Enters nuclear blast proof bunker and firmly locks the door behind him. ![]() A belated Happy Christmas to you, Keyser. ![]() ![]()
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Really liked Atonement. Also, an old film now but my favourite book is 1984 by George Orwell, have read it countless times and I think the film with John Hurt really did the book justice.
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I would agree with most that have been mentioned. I would add Atonement to the list
Probably unfilmable, but Joe Wright should have a go at On Chesil Beach. |
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I really liked Shutter Island (book) as well as the movie, I thought it was a good equal right there. I also thought The Great Gatsby in 2013 was a very good take on the book (including everything within the novel).
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Cloud Atlas was a great attempt at a very convoluted idea.
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To Kill a Mockingbird, with Gregory Peck will take some beating, IMO of course.
Shakespeares are interesting. I personally thought Pacino's Merchant was magnificent. |
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dont think its been mentioned so far but i'd add "The Bone Collector"
book was pretty good but denzel washington did a great job as the lead role in the movie |
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That's true, I've seen more life in a morgue in there sometimes, like an afternoon showing of the best of German Comedy movies, tumbleweed everywhere.
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James Ellroy's L.A Confidential was a brilliant book. The movie was outstanding.
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I would add Atonement to the list
The Dunkirk scene is one of the best scenes of any movie I've seen, imo. |
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I think it's obvious Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings
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