Close Adaptations

Lunar_Wolf · 01-05-2009, 07:56 PM

What films do you think have remained pretty close to there source material when adapted to the big screen? This can be books, comics, TV shows etc

TNC9852002 · 01-05-2009, 08:02 PM

Well, to follow up:

-TNC

ross2287 · 01-05-2009, 08:13 PM

Batman & Robin was a near-perfect adaptation of the old 60s television show.

Spoiler!!! Click to Read!:

Symbiote666 · 01-05-2009, 08:21 PM

By close, do you mean as close as they could, or simply close?

I would consider the LOTR trilogy to be the closest anyone could get to the source and still deliver a top quality trilogy, but they made a fair few diversions from the source.

The Shredder · 01-05-2009, 08:21 PM

No Country for Old Men, and American Psycho were very close to their sources from what I remember. Though with the latter, the violence is more implied, rather than having scenes with graphic gore. Which was ok.

Sawyer · 01-05-2009, 09:12 PM

I thought David Fincher did a damn fine job of adapting Fight Club to film.

Eggyman · 01-06-2009, 01:02 PM

My kinda thread!

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I thought David Fincher did a damn fine job of adapting Fight Club to film.

AbSOlutely

Also... Misery, American Psycho, Secret Window, The Mist, Sin City, No Country For Old Men, and I'll think of more later.

WeaponXProject · 01-06-2009, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Eggyman

My kinda thread!

AbSOlutely

Also... Misery, American Psycho, Secret Window, The Mist, Sin City, No Country For Old Men, and I'll think of more later.

I expected more from the Mist, especially with the director...it was worth one viewing.

Eggyman · 01-06-2009, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by WeaponXProject

I expected more from the Mist, especially with the director...it was worth one viewing.

Yeah, it was OK. It was very faithful though, for the most part.

Also, it is worthy of a second viewing if you buy the special edition DVD, which allows you to watch the film in black and white, giving the film more of a B-movie vibe.

WeaponXProject · 01-06-2009, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Eggyman

Yeah, it was OK. It was very faithful though, for the most part.

Also, it is worthy of a second viewing if you buy the special edition DVD, which allows you to watch the film in black and white, giving the film more of a B-movie vibe.

That's cool and strange at the same time.

A good adaption that wasn't close enough to the book is Bram Stoker's Dracula. I like it, I loved it even, but I would like to see a reimagining that is longer and less Keanu.

MoPlaYa · 01-06-2009, 07:05 AM

Sin City
300
The first TMNT movie
LOTR

Majik1387 · 01-06-2009, 07:08 AM

Brady Bunch

Carmine Falcone · 01-06-2009, 09:58 AM

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest are both exceptionally well adapted. I like the movies of both those books better though, but then again I like movies better than books anyway so there's no contest really

Cinemaman · 01-06-2009, 12:24 PM

I always hated some people thinking, if the adaptation is simply 100% original source on screen, it's a great film. A good adaptation can't be measured by its point of similarities to the source, because it just doesn't make sense.

But to answer the question of the thread, I would consider Sin City and No Country For Old Men.

As for the best adaptations, my examples are The Godfather, There Will Be Blood, Adaptation, The Prestige and Fight Club.

WeaponXProject · 01-06-2009, 12:46 PM

American Psycho, Choke, Fight Club, 300, LOTR, Clockwork Orange, and 2001: A Space Odyssey was very close except that the added beginning with early mankind. Though Clarke helped him with the opening add in and Clarke loved it.

TNC9852002 · 01-05-2009, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Symbiote666

By close, do you mean as close as they could, or simply close?

I would consider the LOTR trilogy to be the closest anyone could get to the source and still deliver a top quality trilogy, but they made a fair few diversions from the source.

Yeah, this topic is a little weird. I mean, other than movies with a linear and short story being adapted page-for-page, it's a little difficult in determining or choosing films that remained close and if they were as close as they could get...and also a good movie.

-TNC

01-05-2009, 07:56 PM	#1
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Symbiote666 Side-Kick Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 548	Re: Close Adaptations By close, do you mean as close as they could, or simply close? I would consider the LOTR trilogy to be the closest anyone could get to the source and still deliver a top quality trilogy, but they made a fair few diversions from the source. __________________

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The Shredder Sharp Dressed Man Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Viacom offices Posts: 7,720	Re: Close Adaptations No Country for Old Men, and American Psycho were very close to their sources from what I remember. Though with the latter, the violence is more implied, rather than having scenes with graphic gore. Which was ok. __________________ "Option A: You talk, we listen, no pain. Option B: You don't talk, I remove your thumbs with my pliers, it will hurt. Option C: I like to vary the details a bit, but the punchline is ... you die."

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01-06-2009, 09:58 AM	#13
Carmine Falcone So it goes. Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Holland/Belgium Posts: 19,576	Re: Close Adaptations Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest are both exceptionally well adapted. I like the movies of both those books better though, but then again I like movies better than books anyway so there's no contest really __________________ Come back to nothing special, such as waiting rooms and ticket lines, silver bullet suicides, and messianic ocean tides, and racial roller-coaster rides and other forms of boredom advertised as poetry.

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Cinemaman Side-Kick Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Hype! Posts: 14,568	Re: Close Adaptations I always hated some people thinking, if the adaptation is simply 100% original source on screen, it's a great film. A good adaptation can't be measured by its point of similarities to the source, because it just doesn't make sense. But to answer the question of the thread, I would consider Sin City and No Country For Old Men. As for the best adaptations, my examples are The Godfather, There Will Be Blood, Adaptation, The Prestige and Fight Club. __________________ Hunter Rider is the Best Avvy-Maker... Ever!

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