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Post by LoveIsLouder... on Jun 4, 2012 0:08:55 GMT -5
Have you ever read a good book but then watched the movie and it let you down?
For me one that really let me down was the Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief movie the book was awesome but when i watched the movie it let me down, alot of it didn't stick to the book for example Annabeth's hair is BLONDE NOT Brown every PJO fan know's this (even though they have dyed it for Sea of Monsters) hopefully they do better one the second movie plus i reckon the actors were too old by the time they finish the last book Alex who is Annabeth will be in her 30's does anyone else agree?
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Post by codygotkilld on Jun 4, 2012 0:36:48 GMT -5
Have you ever read a good book but then watched the movie and it let you down? For me one that really let me down was the Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief movie the book was awesome but when i watched the movie it let me down, alot of it didn't stick to the book for example Annabeth's hair is BLONDE NOT Brown every PJO fan know's this (even though they have dyed it for Sea of Monsters) hopefully they do better one the second movie plus i reckon the actors were too old by the time they finish the last book Alex who is Annabeth will be in her 30's does anyone else agree? My thoughts exactly. I am a huge fan of the Percy Jackson series and was really disappointed with the LT movie. It was like they took the book and then decided to rip out the parts they thought would make a splash. Instead, they created a jumbled mess that I don't even consider a movie. I wish they actually remake the first movie with Rick Riordan overseeing the process. |
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Post by LoveIsLouder... on Jun 4, 2012 0:40:18 GMT -5
Have you ever read a good book but then watched the movie and it let you down? For me one that really let me down was the Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief movie the book was awesome but when i watched the movie it let me down, alot of it didn't stick to the book for example Annabeth's hair is BLONDE NOT Brown every PJO fan know's this (even though they have dyed it for Sea of Monsters) hopefully they do better one the second movie plus i reckon the actors were too old by the time they finish the last book Alex who is Annabeth will be in her 30's does anyone else agree? My thoughts exactly. I am a huge fan of the Percy Jackson series and was really disappointed with the LT movie. It was like they took the book and then decided to rip out the parts they thought would make a splash. Instead, they created a jumbled mess that I don't even consider a movie. I wish they actually remake the first movie with Rick Riordan overseeing the process. i agree and maybe have younger charecters |
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Post by rikustark on Jun 4, 2012 1:22:55 GMT -5
Lightning Thief for sure! Inkheart and Eragon are two others that were complete letdowns.
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Post by Serena R. Snape on Jun 4, 2012 3:27:29 GMT -5
Lightning Thief for me as well! And then there's also the Twilight movies - the only one I liked was New Moon, the others were all... wishywashy at best. Don't know how to explain it. I like Twilight but I'm not as obsessed with it as I am with Harry Potter.
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Post by Silvertongue on Jun 4, 2012 7:44:32 GMT -5
Lightning Thief for sure! Inkheart and Eragon are two others that were complete letdowns. Eragon has to be the most pathetic adaptation in existence. The problem is, it was made so that it wouldn't have to follow the series (probably because Christopher Paolini takes so damn long to write his books) and so it was only using the characters and a few of the situations in the book instead of following the story properly. |
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Post by Animikokala on Jun 4, 2012 7:46:21 GMT -5
Lightning Thief for me as well! And then there's also the Twilight movies - the only one I liked was New Moon, the others were all... wishywashy at best. Don't know how to explain it. I like Twilight but I'm not as obsessed with it as I am with Harry Potter. The problem with the Twilight movies is the fact that most of the information in the books comes from what Bella thinks; I can't see an easy way to portray that in the movie. A protagonist that takes almost no action and is kinda dragged along most of the time makes for a boring movie. |
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Post by shinethedown on Jun 4, 2012 20:39:53 GMT -5
Lightning thief for me, it was like they never even read the series, just got someone to give them the gist of it. And worked from there. I heard that Eragon was bad as well. But I only read the books recently and was warned to stay away from the movie.
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Post by Silvertongue on Jun 5, 2012 7:23:16 GMT -5
You should definitely stay away from the movie. It was made as if there was onyl the one book. They never planned to follow the series so the plot barely fits with the first book at all. They had some battle and it finished.
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Post by Marwana on Jun 5, 2012 8:05:22 GMT -5
Eragon is the worst adaption ever. They wanted to film Eldest in 2011 but it was impossible because the first one sucked. And they - of course - couldn't admit it!
I kinda liked Percy Jackson... while some things were different (like the entire story), it was a good movie (I have to admit that I read the books after I'd seen the film...)
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Post by shinethedown on Jun 5, 2012 10:13:15 GMT -5
If the Percy Jackson film wasn't based on a book it would have been a good movie.
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Post by biakit on Jun 5, 2012 12:07:10 GMT -5
The Lightning Thief definitely was the worst adaptation I can recall, I read Eragon and saw the movie, but I don't remember a lot of both to say something, I Am Number Four also disappointed me, but I don't remember why as I've only seen the movie once.
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Post by lrthunder on Jun 5, 2012 13:26:47 GMT -5
I think the Prisoner of Azkaban movie was the worst book-to-movie. It didn't flow that smoothly, although the Goblet of Fire movie seemed to do a better job (even though that book was longer).
All I know is that I'm glad they split Deathly Hallows into 2 movies.
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Post by Silvertongue on Jun 5, 2012 13:29:57 GMT -5
The split was definitely a good thing, even if just to drag out the life of the HP fandom for a little longer, made the end feel further away. I could have easily sat through a 6 hour film though, which is what me an my friends planned to do for ourselves at one point (refilm all of them with us acting but involving every single scene, no matter how long it makes the film). I think a lot of people would actually sit through films like that.
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Post by hollywollypolly on Jun 8, 2012 17:42:09 GMT -5
I nearly had a fit after Percy Jackson because it was such a let down and the Irony is it was directed by my favorite director Chris Columbus.  |
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Post by kumainpink on Jun 8, 2012 18:03:12 GMT -5
I personally loathe the Order of the Phoenix movie, along with Half Blood Prince. Then again, I loathe the Half Blood Prince book, too.
But I loved the Order of the Phoenix book. It was gripping, heart-wrenching and soul-crushing. My favorite part of the book, however, was the scene where Harry raged at Dumbledore. T^T
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Post by Spaz86 on Jun 9, 2012 10:53:43 GMT -5
Ugh Lightning thief was horrendous. I cringed through most if it. And while I like the twilight books, the movies suck. I thought Kristen stewart is a crap Bella. Edward in the first one made me laugh at how bad that movie was made. Nothing against Rob, but I just think he made a MUCH better Cedric then Edward.
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Post by sn0rkack on Jun 9, 2012 11:07:55 GMT -5
At least Sean Bean didn't die in Lightning Thief.
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Post by Spaz86 on Jun 9, 2012 11:16:15 GMT -5
At least Sean Bean didn't die in Lightning Thief. Yeah, that would have not worked at all... At least they lest the gods immortal. That was like the one thing that didn't bug me about that movie. I really liked the guy they got for Hades. The kids though looked WAY too old, they were supposed to be 12, not 16. |
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Post by eskimoRock on Jun 9, 2012 11:50:02 GMT -5
You're probably going to all hate me for this, but the third Potter movie annoys me because they basically ignore the source material for a large part of the movie. We don't really hear about the Marauder backstory at all, and it annoyed me because it was a pretty important part of the book.
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Post by eskimoRock on Jun 9, 2012 11:51:55 GMT -5
I hate it when a film completely ignores what is said in a book, so what films do you think actually stay true to the books?
The Hunger Games was pretty true to the books, because they only really cut a few things out, and everything was how I imagined it, except the Cornucopia because that just seemed a little weird. What do you think?
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Post by Dimcairien on Jun 9, 2012 12:28:42 GMT -5
I've seen part of, if not all of, the four Les Mis films and only one of them was worth the watch. That was the 1934 French version and it was roughly five hours. Personally, it was the only one to get the dynamics of all the characters correct. There were only a few minor scenes left out, and even then, the were referenced.
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Post by Dimcairien on Jun 9, 2012 12:31:44 GMT -5
All but one of the Les Mis movies are bad in my opinion. The only Les Mis movie that was in anyway decent is the 1934 movie. As for the others, here's my list.
Now, the the 1978 movie had some good points, mainly to do with actors. The actors playing Valjean and Javert were perfect, but that was the only thing I liked about the movie. Well, they also included a really minor scene in the graveyard which is how Valjean is able to get into the convent, but many other main scenes and even characters were left out.
The 1935 movie I only watched a few minutes of, partly because the actor playing Javert did not act like his character in the book whatsoever.
As for the 1998 movie, it was decent, at least the part I watched, but the movie went too far when it implied romance between Valjean and Fantine (he's old enough to be her father!) and Valjean was also too angry of a character, even after his redemption.
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Post by Point Given on Jun 9, 2012 12:38:09 GMT -5
Merged topics since they're similar.
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Post by IceBlueRose on Jun 9, 2012 15:11:58 GMT -5
I don't really care for Order of the Phoenix - well, the movie that is. I love the book. But with the movie, my biggest peeve was the way they dealt with Molly accusing Sirius of seeing Harry as James. It's never confirmed in the books that he does but in the movie, I always just get so mad that the last thing Sirius says to Harry is "Nice one, James!" instead of encouraging him to get out of there the way he does in the book. The idea that that is the last thing that Harry hears from is godfather always just makes me so sad for him. (Though I do admit, Sirius punching Lucius in the face and telling him to get away from his godson is always a sight to see. *grins*)
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Post by blackroses77 on Jun 9, 2012 18:06:53 GMT -5
The only thing that saved The Half Blood Prince is the actors, they where phenomenal the script however was horrible. They completely butchered the book and what was with that scene of the burrow burning. I would much rather of seen what really happened in that chapter with Rufus Scrimgauer on screen and not what they made up. I think it put the character of Harry in a bad light like it was his fault the burrow burned because he recklessly ran after bellatrix causing several experienced order members to run after him leaving the burrow to be defended by just Molly and the twins. If Harry hadn't left the burrow might have been saved, so yeah I think that scene makes Harry look really bad and you can see that Arthur isn't to happy with him either. At least to me it looks like Arthur blames him. Also I think each movie should have been at least three (I would have gladly sat through five hours for each movie)hours long. Independance Day and Titanic proved that people will gladly sit through long movies, even kids.
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Post by G. Novella on Jun 9, 2012 22:03:38 GMT -5
To be honest, I wasn't that fond of Deathly Hallows either. Oh I loved the special effects, and most of the scenes. But there were certain parts that irked me. Like Hermione hugging Harry while he goes off to die, but Ron just looking awkward. I mean, I think Ron and Hermione would have fought a lot more. Then I disliked the awkward hints at Harry/Hermione made throughout the entire two movies. I mean, I get it, whatever. I just hate the ship. Plus, the scene where Voldemort hugged Draco was so ugh! He's not a hugging type of guy. He'd have made a snarky comment. Then Snape seeing Lily's dead body, heart-wrenching as it was, I would have preferred the book version of his pain. Little things irked me about it.
Overall, my favorite portrayal of the movies was either PS, or COS. Then they grew up and the movies became more awkward and pairing hinted and scenes were chopped away that I loved.
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Post by Marwana on Jun 14, 2012 14:08:23 GMT -5
There are some things which can't be put in films (otherwise the LotR films would have taken days instead of hours).
I agree on some of the aspects of the Harry Potter film to books, but the films have their own funny parts and contrary to what some people say the films are rather good (no offense meant...). Besides: Rowling helped with the film adaption.
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Post by Silvertongue on Jun 14, 2012 14:30:01 GMT -5
I love some of the things that were added to the films. I loved how Harry acted with the Felix Felicis. Makes me laugh every time I see it. And I think their acting after 2nd year was brilliant (though Rupert's expressions were ALWAYS brilliant, especially with the Acromantulas).
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Post by dracosfairmaiden on Jun 14, 2012 15:44:23 GMT -5
OOP was kind of a let down for me. Too many scenes had Umbridge. But what really did it for me was that the movie didn't show enough of Harry's angst. The movie made it seem like he was ok with everyone talking bad about him when in the books he was angry. It was also kind of dark.
Did anybody see the Last Airbender? I wanted to see it but then I saw the reviews. Everyone said it was awful and that the cartoon was better. I wouldn't know because I never saw it.
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