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Post by EnriqueH on Apr 18, 2009 18:50:44 GMT -5
IIIII dunno.
Yeah, sure, why not. I guess.
Might as well give it a shot. I *loved* Fight Club. Seven was a good movie. Zodiac was solid/good, but I wouldn't buy the DVD or anything.
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Post by EvilSupes on Apr 18, 2009 20:41:17 GMT -5
All I know is, there is a lot of bumming going on in this thread again concerning CAM!  Just joking. The man knows his stuff.  |
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Post by eccentricbeing on Apr 20, 2009 18:51:26 GMT -5
As for adaptations, it really depends on the book and how it is written and what the story is. I don't think it is wrong to jettison contents of a book in favour of a cinematic direction, but I think if you're going to adapt a book then it must have certain elements that make it worthy of its title. I may have said this in the past, but the best adaptation...in which I read the book and watched the movie....is A Clockwork Orange. Even if I haven't seen or heard of the movie, what came out of the movie is pretty much what I visualized in the book. The mood in the book translated perfectly onto the screen. Very rare that happens. Not even Lord of the Rings did that for me. |
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Post by crazy_asian_man on Apr 20, 2009 19:16:54 GMT -5
It IS extremely rare, I agree. I think one of the few things that I admire the Academy Awards for, is best writing for adapting material for other sources for the big screen. If it was that easy for books (or comics or stageplays for that matter. I won't touch screen adaptations of videogames to bigscreen yet- I don't think there's been a 'Dark Knight' yet for that genre to warrant it yet), it wouldn't deserve special recognition, methinks. |
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Post by MerM on Apr 20, 2009 19:31:22 GMT -5
It IS extremely rare, I agree. I think one of the few things that I admire the Academy Awards for, is best writing for adapting material for other sources for the big screen. If it was that easy for books (or comics or stageplays for that matter. I won't touch screen adaptations of videogames to bigscreen yet- I don't think there's been a 'Dark Knight' yet for that genre to warrant it yet), it wouldn't deserve special recognition, methinks. If someone gave Earthbound to Terry Gilliam, we certainly would. |
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Post by crazy_asian_man on Apr 20, 2009 19:43:52 GMT -5
I haven't read Earthbound, but after seeing Watchmen, I'm REALLLY bummed that Gilliam didn't get the backing to see that project through. That would have been amazing... (though I'm- to a lesser degree- curious what Paul Greengrass would have done, as well)
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Post by MerM on Apr 20, 2009 20:17:19 GMT -5
Earthbound's actually a videogame... and it would be a slice of awesome if Gilliam adapted it.
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Post by crazy_asian_man on Apr 21, 2009 1:11:30 GMT -5
Interesting....I'm not really a videogame person, but you've got me intrigued- will have to check it out!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2009 14:22:50 GMT -5
Gilliam should've done Watchmen.
That would've been EPIC. Would've been right. Or as right as could be, anyway.
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Post by dehbum on Apr 24, 2009 6:36:38 GMT -5
No, that's not what I meant, I'm talking about auteurs who have distinctive styles. Dick has no distinctive style, that's why he can direct any story and you wouldn't know it was him. He's more a craftsman, like David Lean was. This guy did the "Omen" and then made "Superman", different genres, films that have no relationship in any area that shouts "Dick Donner" -- he is a slave to the material. I think Superman is best served by a Dick Donner-type director. Clint Eastwood |
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Post by crazy_asian_man on Apr 24, 2009 10:32:54 GMT -5
Personally, I'd love it if Michael Mann (the one who did 'Heat' , 'Thief', and 'Last of the Mohicans' that is- not the blah 'Miami Vice' movie...) would tackle a Superman sequel. When he wants, his dramatic and action scenes are top notch. Chris Nolan mentioned that "Heat" was his model for "The Dark Knight". If anyone sees these two back to back, the influence seems really clear.
Though- in the past, Mann has said he'd never do a superhero flick...but that was way before Singer and Nolan tackled one. To me, Singer's SR has a lot of what Mann might of done, had he been given a Superman assignment. (though I know some would find that a reason to turn off).
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2009 13:01:35 GMT -5
Michael Mann's a great choice. That'd be one realistic Superman movie.
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Post by EnriqueH on Apr 25, 2009 21:07:18 GMT -5
Mann would be exciting. As much as I like David Fincher, I'd be more excited about Michael Mann...even though I don't see how his style would blend with Superman. Although now that I think about it, Mann IS very good about using blue in his movies.
He's had his great ones, such as Thief and Heat. But he's done a couple that SHOULD have been great that weren't, like Ali and Miami Vice.
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Post by stargazer01 on Apr 26, 2009 21:33:07 GMT -5
You know, I got the impression that Michael Mann was a fan of SR; if I remember well, he put together a movie clip montage of the best of 2006 for the Oscars ceremony in 2007. Anyone remember that one? He showed the 'listening in space' scene. A very iconic scene, if you ask me.
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