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Just watched part of Count of Monte Cristo DVD last nite. It sort of resembled the book, but not closely. WTF? Before that, I watched the Lord of the Rings, with its several pointless plot changes (they didn't make the story any better, so why the changes?).I know there is such a thing as "artistic license", but come on now. If you're going to film a classic work of literature, such as the Count of Monte Cristo, stick to the story. That's a big reason that many of us go to see these films.
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based on books that I've read or plan to read. I seldom have seen a book-based movie that has satisfied me. Many are so far from the plot of the book that they irritate me to the point of walking out. I wish I could "lighten-up" and just enjoy these movies, but I just can seem to. Some older movies like "Grapes of Wrath" and "Gone With the Wind" come close to doing the book justice. Anybody else have some favorites?I've come to realize that books and movies are two different mediums and each has its good and bad aspects. A movie cannot easily get *inside* someones head unless it's a narrative, which doesn't seem to be all that common anymore. "The Lost Weekend", which is partly narrative, is a notable exception, but the ending was changed to a happy one. On the other hand a book has a hard time with *special effects* unless you've got a very creative imagination.
I don't really know who to place the blame on; the producers, directors, screenwriters, or in the case of contemporary book-based movies, the authors of the books. I can't understand why an author allows him(her)self to be bastardized by the movie industry.
Just my $.02
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I think the worst case that I have seen where the producers of a film changed everything from a great book is: "The Color of Money". I read the book by Walter Tevis and the only two things that the film has in common with the book are the TITLE and the name of the character Fast Eddie Felson, and that's it !!! The entire story line and other characters from the book were missing.
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