----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Berman" <AkodoBob at sbcglobal.net> > On Sunday, December 15, 2002, at 11:48 PM, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > > > Do you really *want* it to happen? Movies made from good books are > > essentially always pale reflections of the original *at best* -- often > > they're abominations. Original movies, or movies from shorter > > originals, are much more interesting. > > > I'm not sure if some of the books I'll name count as "good Books" but > I've found a few. > > "The Running Man" (admittedly almost a completely different plot-line > after conversion) > "Dune" (it's old, it's long, but it has Patrick Stewart, Sting, and a > host of excellent actors) I thought the movie was amazing: very stylish, great casting. However, I hadn't read the books at that time. IIRC people who *had* read the books thought that the movie was an abomination. "Where the hell did the sound weapons come from?" > "Fellowship of the Rings" (call it what you will, but I can't say that > it is a pale reflection of the novel) *Sigh* It ran out of money too early in the production, but again, very stylish. It's been slagged recently, unfairly, IMNSHO. -Scott