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rocketpig on 16 September 2010
slowmo said:
rocketpig said:
slowmo said:

The list seems alright, not a huge amoun stand out as being definately undeserving.  I might have gone for some more contemparary titles like Minority Report, Artificial Intelligence and i-Robot but it depends on the metric the author used.  Don't take too much from my opinion though as I quite liked the Cube movies.


Anyone who has actually read the brilliance that is I, Robot would never nominate that travesty of a film for anything, ever.

I've never read a book that was surpassed by a film conversion, ever.  Film can never paint the images we do in our imagination.  You're entitled to think the film is garbage if you like though, personally I thought it was quite an intelligent film that asked a lot of interesting questions. 

I'm all for respecting the great sci fi authors of the past but fans of books need to realise that in modern soceity many younger individuals aren't interoduced to books like they were in the past.  If I-Robot encouraged 0.1% of people who watched the movie to pickup the book then that alone is a huge plus for it imo.

Finally I would highlight I stated my list, not yours or any particular critics list.  I could name 10 movies I consider absolute pap that the critics love.

Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas was almost on par with the novel, as was 2001 (could be argued that in some ways, it surpasses the book).

Hannibal the movie was actually loads better than the novel.

My problem with I, Robot is that it barely resembled the novel outside of the name on the cover. It wasn't quite as bad as I Am Legend but they're both atrocities that used a popular novel's name to weave a vastly different story that is inferior in every regard  to the novel.




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rocketpig on 16 September 2010
SosusOCR said:

Oddly enough I dont see Serenity or 12 Monkey's... therefor this list is shit!

And where was  A Trip to the Moon? Its the most important Sci Fi movie.


Serenity doesn't deserve to be on the list. It was a hack job to both introduce audiences to the story and try to close up Firefly in 2 hours. It wasn't terrible but it's far from great as a standalone movie.




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amp316 on 16 September 2010

Oh... and the Matrix sucks.  Between the lack of acting, bad story, and cartoonish special effects I never saw the big deal about that movie.

I just thought that I'd throw that out there.



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TukTuk on 16 September 2010
slowmo said:
rocketpig said:
slowmo said:

The list seems alright, not a huge amoun stand out as being definately undeserving.  I might have gone for some more contemparary titles like Minority Report, Artificial Intelligence and i-Robot but it depends on the metric the author used.  Don't take too much from my opinion though as I quite liked the Cube movies.


Anyone who has actually read the brilliance that is I, Robot would never nominate that travesty of a film for anything, ever.

I've never read a book that was surpassed by a film conversion, ever.  Film can never paint the images we do in our imagination.  You're entitled to think the film is garbage if you like though, personally I thought it was quite an intelligent film that asked a lot of interesting questions. 

I'm all for respecting the great sci fi authors of the past but fans of books need to realise that in modern soceity many younger individuals aren't interoduced to books like they were in the past.  If I-Robot encouraged 0.1% of people who watched the movie to pickup the book then that alone is a huge plus for it imo.

Finally I would highlight I stated my list, not yours or any particular critics list.  I could name 10 movies I consider absolute pap that the critics love.


The Lord of the Rings Trilogy?

The movies are loads better than the books



sapphi_snake on 16 September 2010
rocketpig said:

Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas was almost on par with the novel, as was 2001 (could be argued that in some ways, it surpasses the book).

Hannibal the movie was actually loads better than the novel.

My problem with I, Robot is that it barely resembled the novel outside of the name on the cover. It wasn't quite as bad as I Am Legend but they're both atrocities that used a popular novel's name to weave a vastly different story that is inferior in every regard  to the novel.

I take it the book wasn't very good at all then.



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rocketpig on 16 September 2010
sapphi_snake said:
rocketpig said:

Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas was almost on par with the novel, as was 2001 (could be argued that in some ways, it surpasses the book).

Hannibal the movie was actually loads better than the novel.

My problem with I, Robot is that it barely resembled the novel outside of the name on the cover. It wasn't quite as bad as I Am Legend but they're both atrocities that used a popular novel's name to weave a vastly different story that is inferior in every regard  to the novel.

I take it the book wasn't very good at all then.

It wasn't. Lector and Clarice ran off to live happily ever after together. I nearly burned the book right there as it betrayed the spirit of both characters completely. Ridley Scott's decision to have Hannibal sacrifice his hand to escape once again was a far, far, FAR better choice for an ending. It was more true to what the characters had been doing up to that point. It was obvious that they were fascinated with one another (possibly even to the point of love) but on the other hand, they could not coexist and something had to give.




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rocketpig on 16 September 2010
TukTuk said:
slowmo said:
rocketpig said:
slowmo said:

The list seems alright, not a huge amoun stand out as being definately undeserving.  I might have gone for some more contemparary titles like Minority Report, Artificial Intelligence and i-Robot but it depends on the metric the author used.  Don't take too much from my opinion though as I quite liked the Cube movies.


Anyone who has actually read the brilliance that is I, Robot would never nominate that travesty of a film for anything, ever.

I've never read a book that was surpassed by a film conversion, ever.  Film can never paint the images we do in our imagination.  You're entitled to think the film is garbage if you like though, personally I thought it was quite an intelligent film that asked a lot of interesting questions. 

I'm all for respecting the great sci fi authors of the past but fans of books need to realise that in modern soceity many younger individuals aren't interoduced to books like they were in the past.  If I-Robot encouraged 0.1% of people who watched the movie to pickup the book then that alone is a huge plus for it imo.

Finally I would highlight I stated my list, not yours or any particular critics list.  I could name 10 movies I consider absolute pap that the critics love.


The Lord of the Rings Trilogy?

The movies are loads better than the books

Um, no. The movies are fantastic but the books are even better.




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sapphi_snake on 16 September 2010
rocketpig said:
sapphi_snake said:
rocketpig said:

Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas was almost on par with the novel, as was 2001 (could be argued that in some ways, it surpasses the book).

Hannibal the movie was actually loads better than the novel.

My problem with I, Robot is that it barely resembled the novel outside of the name on the cover. It wasn't quite as bad as I Am Legend but they're both atrocities that used a popular novel's name to weave a vastly different story that is inferior in every regard  to the novel.

I take it the book wasn't very good at all then.

It wasn't. Lector and Clarice ran off to live happily ever after together. I nearly burned the book right there as it betrayed the spirit of both characters completely. Ridley Scott's decision to have Hannibal sacrifice his hand to escape once again was a far, far, FAR better choice for an ending. It was more true to what the characters had been doing up to that point. It was obvious that they were fascinated with one another (possibly even to the point of love) but on the other hand, they could not coexist and something had to give.

Oh my. Now this is an unexpected Disney-like turn of events. The author must've been high or something when he wrote it.



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sapphi_snake on 16 September 2010
rocketpig said:
TukTuk said:
slowmo said:
rocketpig said:
slowmo said:

The list seems alright, not a huge amoun stand out as being definately undeserving.  I might have gone for some more contemparary titles like Minority Report, Artificial Intelligence and i-Robot but it depends on the metric the author used.  Don't take too much from my opinion though as I quite liked the Cube movies.


Anyone who has actually read the brilliance that is I, Robot would never nominate that travesty of a film for anything, ever.

I've never read a book that was surpassed by a film conversion, ever.  Film can never paint the images we do in our imagination.  You're entitled to think the film is garbage if you like though, personally I thought it was quite an intelligent film that asked a lot of interesting questions. 

I'm all for respecting the great sci fi authors of the past but fans of books need to realise that in modern soceity many younger individuals aren't interoduced to books like they were in the past.  If I-Robot encouraged 0.1% of people who watched the movie to pickup the book then that alone is a huge plus for it imo.

Finally I would highlight I stated my list, not yours or any particular critics list.  I could name 10 movies I consider absolute pap that the critics love.


The Lord of the Rings Trilogy?

The movies are loads better than the books

Um, no. The movies are fantastic but the books are even better.

Having read both the books, and seen the movies, I must say that they were equally good, though in retrospect neither were as amazing as they first seemed when I initially read/watched them.I personally found Pan's Labyrinth more impressive than both the LotR books and movies.



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Slimebeast on 16 September 2010
sapphi_snake said:
rocketpig said:
TukTuk said:

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy?

The movies are loads better than the books

Um, no. The movies are fantastic but the books are even better.

Having read both the books, and seen the movies, I must say that they were equally good, though in retrospect neither were as amazing as they first seemed when I initially read/watched them.I personally found Pan's Labyrinth more impressive than both the LotR books and movies.

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