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 Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:50 pm
Benjamin Poindexter Oh and I will add The Princess Bride.... I don't care what anyone says,...that movie is light years better than the book. I have never read the book but i love that movie.
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:50 pm
Benjamin Poindexter Oh and I will add The Princess Bride.... I don't care what anyone says,...that movie is light years better than the book. I heart The Princess Bride. It's one of my favorite movies of all times. Never really liked the book.
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:51 pm
Another "adult" book I read as a "kid". Patriot Games by Tom Clancy. One of the best examples of a movie far surpassing a it's book.
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:52 pm
l-lellboy Guillermo? On Twilight?! gonk
DON'T DO IT, MAN, YOU'VE GOT SO MUCH TO LIIVE FOOOORR!! gonk crying
..wait, there are werewolves in these things, aren't there?
Del Toro werewolves.....
..... ninja Could be interesting.
Honestly there aren't that much werewolves in the story until the second book. It's mostly on the vampires.... Yes i have the books.. So sue me stare
I've also heard that if you see the movie you won't like it or understand it without reading the books. it can be confusing.
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:53 pm
I tried reading Twilight because what the hell - why not? I did not finish the first book.
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:53 pm
Nick Joseph Fury Heh, good stuff. I picked up Haunted last Friday, actually, and started re-reading. The 'Choke' movie and our conversation reminded me how much I loved it. Guillermo Del Toro? Ugh. I'd hate to see him taint his wonderful filmography with that drek. Inglorious Basterds looks great. Tarintino has been hit-and-miss lately, and Eli Roth's involvement had me a little concerned (s**t director, s**t actor.) but the trailer reaffirmed my belief that it's an awesome idea.
I paged through Choke at the store -I've seen the movie too recently to want to re-engage with the story so soon- but I found some very neat passages that absolutely necessitate a full reading once I've conquered these two. I could see writing a thesis on Palahniuk one day. That would be a lot of fun.
On the Twilight front, I have to disagree. I mean for one thing as much as I love the Hellboy franchise and Pan's Labrynth, I have also seen Blade 2. There is no further sullying of that mad b*****d to be done after that. I gave it some thought when I watched the movie, and Twilight is an extremely easy narrative to rework and turn into pure spun gold. I'm sure my particular vision of it would be too bloody and realist to get greenlit, but that isn't to say that no one could deliver a viable treatment that does justice to the potential there.
When was the last time there was a significant narrative about a teenage girl who fell in love with a vampire who tried not to be evil? Oh right. Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I'm sure the Barrymore version would not be my favourite thing ever, but I am near certain that she would provide a compromise that would still shelter the teenage audience from a shallow exploitative monstrosity.
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:54 pm
Natalia Romanova I tried reading Twilight because what the hell - why not? I did not finish the first book.
the second book she's all whinny to a point that makes you want to bash your head against the wall...
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:58 pm
I blame Laurell K Hamilton for Twilight. stare
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:00 pm
Technologist Tony Stark
On the Twilight front, I have to disagree. I mean for one thing as much as I love the Hellboy franchise and Pan's Labrynth, I have also seen Blade 2. There is no further sullying of that mad b*****d to be done after that. I gave it some thought when I watched the movie, and Twilight is an extremely easy narrative to rework and turn into pure spun gold. I'm sure my particular vision of it would be too bloody and realist to get greenlit, but that isn't to say that no one could deliver a viable treatment that does justice to the potential there.
When was the last time there was a significant narrative about a teenage girl who fell in love with a vampire who tried not to be evil? Oh right. Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I'm sure the Barrymore version would not be my favourite thing ever, but I am near certain that she would provide a compromise that would still shelter the teenage audience from a shallow exploitative monstrosity.
I still stand by what I said.. the second book was painstakingly long... though she definitely showed you how the character was feeling.
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:01 pm
Ms Rose Wilson Worth Natalia Romanova I tried reading Twilight because what the hell - why not? I did not finish the first book.
the second book she's all whinny to a point that makes you want to bash your head against the wall...
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:02 pm
Benjamin Poindexter I blame Laurell K Hamilton for Twilight. stare They are nothing similar i could tell about them. Only if you read to the end of the second book xp
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:05 pm
Ms Rose Wilson Worth Benjamin Poindexter I blame Laurell K Hamilton for Twilight. stare They are nothing similar i could tell about them. Only if you read to the end of the second book xp Lack of porno sex it the only difference I see. xp What I really mean is this new genre of supernatural romance.
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:05 pm
Benjamin Poindexter I don't ******** care who the director is.
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:06 pm
All supernatural romance should be old and musty and Gothic. mad
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:09 pm
Benjamin Poindexter Ms Rose Wilson Worth Benjamin Poindexter I blame Laurell K Hamilton for Twilight. stare They are nothing similar i could tell about them. Only if you read to the end of the second book xp Lack of porno sex it the only difference I see. xp What I really mean is this new genre of supernatural romance.
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