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Book to movie inconsistencies that are genuinely annoying and unneeded
Sox:
More adaptations have been made than I am able to locate using the internet. There's countless interpretations of the creature. The closests that I can recall to the depiction in the book are Robert Deniro, though that creature had a shaved head, and Luke Goss, minus the 8 foot tall thing.
Both are frequently called the most faithful adaptations, though I think the Marcus Nispel version is far closer. Aside from Frankenstein's relationships with his professors, it seemed almost like a page by page adaptation of the book, to the best of my recollection.
I haven't seen or heard anything about this movie yet, but this struck me:
Dazed:
IIRC the one with DeNiro is the Kenneth Branagh adaptation, and is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Dude should not be allowed to direct anything, ever.
Hat:
--- Quote from: rynne on 18 May 2009, 07:58 ---I Am Legend? The theatrical cut omits the entire theme to which the title refers.
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I was going to post this because its infuriating that they've obviously considered bringing in this theme when you look at the alternate ending but instead decided to have Will Smith blow some shit up because they can't be bothered. I didn't even care at first because I figured it would just be Will Smith wasting vampires for 90 minutes and it was a little better than that so I was pretty happy. Then I saw the alternate ending and I just raged out something fierce.
--- Quote from: Nodaisho on 18 May 2009, 20:13 ---Man, all of the I Am Legend adaptations change things.
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I know this is semantic wanking, but I don't think the "I Am Legend" movie really falls into the same category as the other movies loosely based off the book. I don't really believe book to movie adaptations should be as pure as possible, but it's not really valid to respond to the claim that the movie changed plot elements by referring to say the Omega Man and saying ALL the adaptations change things quite substantially, because the differences were enough to warrant a change of the movies name. Don't forget that Dawn of the Dead is as much of an adaptation of I Am Legend in the same sense that the Omega Man is, but is absolutely nothing like the book whatsoever and in fact is rarely considered an adaptation despite the fact that the inspiration came directly from it.
With I Am Legend, they took a not particularly popular book, kept the name and turned it into a movie. There are higher standards of adherence to the original plot in this case, I feel.
Although to be fair honestly the I Am Legend movie did a pretty good job for the most part I just wish they'd never bothered to release the alternate ending because it wasn't even that great an ending but just reminded me of how much better the movie could have been.
BeoPuppy:
--- Quote from: Dazed on 23 May 2009, 08:27 ---IIRC the one with DeNiro is the Kenneth Branagh adaptation, and is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Dude should not be allowed to direct anything, ever.
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Hey ... his Hamlet adaptation was brilliant.
But then, he had a pretty brilliant writer deliver the script.
Tom:
--- Quote from: MrSteevo on 22 May 2009, 08:05 ---So I ask, why? Why did they feel the need to slow him down?
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It's less confronting that way really.
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