SockPuppet said:
Which is exactly why I don't think books should be filmed: they are not comparable media.
That is ridiculous. A screenplay and a movie are different "media" too. I'm not even sure what point you're trying to make with this statement. Is anyone saying that they're the same form of media?
A bad movie based on a book does nothing to change the book or the original work any more than the millions of terrible movie novelizations.
Indeed it doesn't change the book. What it does do - as I said above, though not in these words - is take precedence. People see the film first, then find the book and put it down because it's not the same as the film which was made from it.
But those same people might not have liked the book anyway.
SockPuppet said:
Which is exactly why I don't think books should be filmed: they are not comparable media.
That is ridiculous. A screenplay and a movie are different "media" too. I'm not even sure what point you're trying to make with this statement. Is anyone saying that they're the same form of media?
A bad movie based on a book does nothing to change the book or the original work any more than the millions of terrible movie novelizations.
Indeed it doesn't change the book. What it does do - as I said above, though not in these words - is take precedence. People see the film first, then find the book and put it down because it's not the same as the film which was made from it.
But those same people might not have liked the book anyway.
I have no faith in Zach Snyder at all. I'm normally very open-minded when it comes to movies, but Snyder hasn't proven to me (not that he has to, who am I?) that he can direct something of this magnitude. Dawn of the Dead was good but unnecessary and seriously pales in comparison to the original. 300 was just awful. Way too much slow-motion and bullshit alpha-male posturing.
That said, I hope he proves me wrong. I would love nothing more than this movie to turn out great.
malkav11
Saint Paul, MN
July 2003
JAN 09, 2008 09:19 AM