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« Reply #15 on: January 22, 2018, 03:49:14 PM »

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Yeah-well-I gotta admit-I like MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE too.
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« Reply #16 on: January 22, 2018, 05:36:56 PM »

FRANKENSTEIN (1931)

Nothing like the book. The Monster is very articulate, kills Frankenstein's son, and is pursued all the way to the Artic.
Even Dr. Frankenstein's name is changed from Victor to Henry! There is no hunchbacked Fritz, no fancy electrical contrivances, and Victor even begins to create a mate for him.
Still-It's a fantastic film-and I can watch it over and over. The book-ugh. It's a chore.

One of the Frankenstein remakes made in the '90s that I saw had a lot of those elements.  I do remember the monster being tracked into the Arctic.
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« Reply #17 on: January 22, 2018, 05:41:20 PM »

I really like the original Salem's Lot mini series/TV movie.  I'm not an avid reader, but some day I need to read that and some of Stephen King's other popular books.
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« Reply #18 on: January 22, 2018, 06:13:13 PM »

Starship Troopers.
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« Reply #19 on: January 23, 2018, 08:55:34 AM »

The Wizard of Oz.
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« Reply #20 on: January 23, 2018, 12:59:13 PM »

Eragon. Unless both of them sucking counts.
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« Reply #21 on: January 23, 2018, 02:29:54 PM »

PUBLIC ENEMIES - The movie with Johnny Depp focused on John Dillinger. The book covered a variety of 1930s criminals including Dillinger, Bonnie & Clyde, Baby Face Nelson, Alvin Karpis, the Barkers, and others. It also contained a lot of information about the rise of the FBI. One of the best non-fiction books I ever read. Obviously, a movie couldn't have covered all that material. Maybe it would have been better as a mini-series than a theatrical release.

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« Reply #22 on: January 24, 2018, 11:27:43 PM »

PLANET OF THE APES (1968) is NOTHING like Pierre Boulle's book! Nor is any APES film!
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« Reply #23 on: January 25, 2018, 09:53:27 AM »

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« Reply #24 on: January 25, 2018, 02:15:46 PM »

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Or most Bond movies for that matter (especially the ones after Connery left the series). MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN - There was no secret island with a customized funhouse in the book! THE SPY WHO LOVED ME - The book took place at a motel! OCTOp***y - Was a short story that did NOT include a character named Octop***y! Sheesh!
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« Reply #25 on: January 25, 2018, 02:28:56 PM »

PLANET OF THE APES (1968) is NOTHING like Pierre Boulle's book! Nor is any APES film!
That is SO true.  

I will say THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION is a much better film than the novella it's based on: Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption,  a story that includes little of the great details in the film.  

DRACULA (1931) is nothing like BRAM STOKER's novel. 
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« Reply #26 on: January 25, 2018, 02:45:27 PM »

the other day I picked up the blu ray release of PSYCHO 2

In the bonus interviews + features, much is made of the fact that Robert Bloch's novel called 'Psycho 2' ( published shortly before the movie) is nothing at all like Psycho 2 the movie. From what I gather the book was a satire on slasher movies/hollywood in general. The film is not and apparently has a completely different story to the book- I did like the film though.
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« Reply #27 on: January 25, 2018, 04:25:15 PM »

the other day I picked up the blu ray release of PSYCHO 2

In the bonus interviews + features, much is made of the fact that Robert Bloch's novel called 'Psycho 2' ( published shortly before the movie) is nothing at all like Psycho 2 the movie. From what I gather the book was a satire on slasher movies/hollywood in general. The film is not and apparently has a completely different story to the book- I did like the film though.

Now that you mention PSYCHO-Bloch's first book is also not like the movie.
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« Reply #28 on: January 25, 2018, 05:13:07 PM »

haha, I was wondering about that while I was typing that post, but I've not read it though.


I read JAWS when I was about 18 and seem to remember large sections of it have nothing to do with the shark, and being more focused on chief brody's wife having an affair with whatahisname  (Dreyfus' character)...I guess the film wouldn't really have worked as a kitchen sink drama, lol
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« Reply #29 on: January 25, 2018, 05:14:17 PM »

haha, I was wondering about that while I was typing that post, but I've not read it though.


I read JAWS when I was about 18 and seem to remember large sections of it have nothing to do with the shark, and being more focused on chief brody's wife having an affair with whatahisname  (Dreyfus' character)...I guess the film wouldn't have worked as a kitchen sink drama.

I thought the book ending of Jaws was just terrible. The shark dies from a loss of blood?!?
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