Films I watched this week

[Antony Moxey]

GetCarter said:

droopsnoot said:

arfursleep said:

The Wolf of Wall Street

Interesting story and decent performances on the whole but I found the film making itself lacking somewhat. There were obvious over-dubs and some odd editing which looked liked Scorsese was hiding continuity errors but in some cases it made & compounded them. These flaws served to take me out of the movie and look at it rather than watch it.

meh.

I read the book first, and was hoping the film would be as good. I don't know why, I can't remember the last time a film was as good as the book, but it was just a bit of a let-down.

Never is a film as good as a good book. It's impossible.

In your opinion. If you don't like reading you could argue no book is as good as a film.

[CR6ZZ]

TheChampers said:

GetCarter said:

Never is a film as good as a good book. It's impossible.

Generally speaking I would agree, but can think of a few where my conclusion was otherwise. This could be a new thread "films better than the book".

Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix and Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince.

The Shawshank Redemption

(Kill me) Fahrenheit 451

Betty Blue

Ten Things I Hate About You (ok, an Elizabethan play rather than a book).

I've not read the book, but a I have heard people say on numerous occasions that "Deliverance" was far better as a film.

Any film version of anything by Dickens.

Not read it, but I have heard many people say that the film "Deliverance" is better than the book.

Edited by CR6ZZ on Thursday 8th September 05:34

[CR6ZZ]

TheChampers said:

GetCarter said:

Never is a film as good as a good book. It's impossible.

Generally speaking I would agree, but can think of a few where my conclusion was otherwise. This could be a new thread "films better than the book".

Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix and Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince.

The Shawshank Redemption

(Kill me) Fahrenheit 451

Betty Blue

Ten Things I Hate About You (ok, an Elizabethan play rather than a book).

I've not read the book, but a I have heard people say on numerous occasions that "Deliverance" was far better as a film.

Any film version of anything by Dickens.

Not read it, but I have heard many people say that the film "Deliverance" is better than the book.

Edited by CR6ZZ on Thursday 8th September 05:35

[Veeayt]

GetCarter said:

Never is a film as good as a good book. It's impossible.

Try Shawshank Redemption book for a difference

[easytiger123]

TCEvo said:

Black Mass

Life and crimes of Boston gangster Whitey Bulger, played by J Depp.

Components all there for a decent movie (subject, setting, period, cast, old US cars etc) but I found it boring.

Spot on. Quite how they made such a dull film out of an interesting story, with a decent cast is beyond me.

Watched 'Green Room' the other day. Entertaining and very gory. 7/10

[Halb]

Never knew Deliverance was a book...damn, need to watch that film now....chilling.

Shawshank was a novella.


Watership Down is an amazing book and film.

Oliver Twist...don't fancy rereading and last time was school, but Lean's version is masterful.

[Halmyre]

TheChampers said:

Generally speaking I would agree, but can think of a few where my conclusion was otherwise. This could be a new thread "films better than the book".

Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix and Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince.

The Shawshank Redemption

(Kill me) Fahrenheit 451

Betty Blue

Ten Things I Hate About You (ok, an Elizabethan play rather than a book).

Any film version of anything by Dickens.

The Bourne Identity (made it through the book and vowed never to read another Ludlum novel)
Three Days of the Condor
The Shining

[Civpilot]

TheChampers said:

GetCarter said:

Never is a film as good as a good book. It's impossible.

Generally speaking I would agree, but can think of a few where my conclusion was otherwise. This could be a new thread "films better than the book".

Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix and Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince.

The Shawshank Redemption

(Kill me) Fahrenheit 451

Betty Blue

Ten Things I Hate About You (ok, an Elizabethan play rather than a book).

Any film version of anything by Dickens.

I would agree, movies rarely get close to the books they are based on but whilst I enjoyed reading 'The Martian' but I was completely entertained by the movie of the same name with Matt Damon. Wouldn't really read the book again any time soon, but have watched the movie more than once.

I also love "Watchmen". To see the novel so perfectly realised on screen was a joy (and yeah, I am one of those who love that movie. In fact I haven't fully re-read the graphic novel since the movie came out)

[Captain Benzo]

based on comments last week, i finally got round to watching Tremors for the first time in 15+ years.

SOLID fkING GOLD

why did i leave it so long??

need to dig out Labyrinth and The Princess Bride for more reminiscence.

also need to check out super troopers

[TCEvo]

GetCarter said:

droopsnoot said:

arfursleep said:

The Wolf of Wall Street

Interesting story and decent performances on the whole but I found the film making itself lacking somewhat. There were obvious over-dubs and some odd editing which looked liked Scorsese was hiding continuity errors but in some cases it made & compounded them. These flaws served to take me out of the movie and look at it rather than watch it.

meh.

I read the book first, and was hoping the film would be as good. I don't know why, I can't remember the last time a film was as good as the book, but it was just a bit of a let-down.

Never is a film as good as a good book. It's impossible.

Generally I'd agree but can't re WOWS. I finished the book a week or so ago & found it a tedious ego trip.

The film on the other hand was much more entertaining IMO, although Margot Robbie probably had quite a lot to do with that.

Edited by TCEvo on Thursday 8th September 10:29

[Halb]

I loved The Watchmen film.

[Halmyre]

I've already mentioned films that IMO are better than the books (Bourne Identity, Three Days of the Condor). Never tread either, but I believe Jaws and The Godfather are supposedly better on the screen than they are in print.

Equally as good - The Lord of the Rings is one of my favourite books, so much so I threw it in the bin to stop me from reading it yet again (I'll no doubt get around to it again, some time). I would say that the films are definitely on a par with the book(s), a few character niggles (Boromir, Denethor) and a couple of plot deviations (Aragorn's dead! No he's not!) aside.

Books better than the film? I'm not widely read, so I haven't read, for example, Bonfire of the Vanities, but then I've never seen the film either, which is supposedly a load of crap. In fact, I'm struggling to think of any book I've read where the filmed version has made me think 'why did they bother?'.

[Bullett]

V for vendetta is a better film in my opinion. Likewise Watchmen neither made much sense as a comic so the streamlined version in the movie was more understandable.

[counterofbeans]

Halmyre said:

Books better than the film? I'm not widely read, so I haven't read, for example, Bonfire of the Vanities, but then I've never seen the film either, which is supposedly a load of crap. In fact, I'm struggling to think of any book I've read where the filmed version has made me think 'why did they bother?'.

I've read Bonfire (several times) which is a modern classic. The film is beyond dire.

Few others off the top of my head-

The Kite Runner
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Atonement

[Halb]

Jaws, I would agree with that, it is superior to the short story. Spielberg made two big smart changes.


Lord of the Rings is a joke, it's st compared to the books, unless one wants a no-brain MTV sparkly version. Peter Jackson did a real number on plot, character and common sense there, misunderstanding a lot.

[toasty]

Halb said:

I loved The Watchmen film.

-1 I hated it.

[Halb]

toasty said:

-1 I hated it.

Because?

[Bullett]

Another who loved Watchman.

[Alex]

I love Watchmen the novel and I thought the film was as good as it could have been. Love both. My only minor complaint is that Ozymandias was not quite right. All the other characters were perfect.

[Quickmoose]

The Visit
Not a fan of the hand held/lost footage style of scary film really...but I have liked M. Knight Shalayamananan's stuff on the whole, (Unbreakable being in my top 5) and the trailer set this up quite well.
2 kids go stay with grandparents for a week.... it doesn't go well.

Apart from another decent MKS 'reveal' this was dull as fk....
Quite well acted I guess...just not a lot going on... 4.6/10