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dogknob

(2,431 posts)
20. Hey I read the whole thing...
Tue Mar 27, 2012, 07:22 PM
Mar 2012

...and read one of the sequels. The subject matter itself is fascinating. It's the remedial high-school-lit-class presentation that sucks.

Hannibal. hifiguy Mar 2012 #1
Not to mention the complete omission of Verger's sister n/t dogknob Mar 2012 #10
The Choir Boys. Not a great book so much as a great read. The movie was an exercise in mediocrity. ohiosmith Mar 2012 #2
Quite a few.... NRaleighLiberal Mar 2012 #3
I think it's impossible to do a good John Irving book adaptation LynneSin Mar 2012 #4
I loved Cider House rules movie - but just adored the book. NRaleighLiberal Mar 2012 #16
Cider House Rules is one of my favorite movies ever! Logical Mar 2012 #71
I, Robot n/t sarge43 Mar 2012 #5
They pretty much took the name and ran with that one. Neoma Mar 2012 #67
Owen Meany (which became Simon Birch) Taverner Mar 2012 #6
Girl with the Pearl Earing. They could have done that movie so much better. The Other Justice wanted Mar 2012 #7
The Sicilian (Mario Puzo) Cass Mar 2012 #8
DaVinci Code was ruined by being too faithful to the book. Bruce Wayne Mar 2012 #9
Dan Brown is such a mind-bogglingly shitty writer... dogknob Mar 2012 #12
I like his books. Bladian Mar 2012 #14
Hey I read the whole thing... dogknob Mar 2012 #20
Yes, I agree. And casted as Hanks and Tautou....yikes! NRaleighLiberal Mar 2012 #27
Dan Brown wants so bad to be Robert Ludlum...but isn't within a light year. NRaleighLiberal Mar 2012 #17
Agreed! Phentex Mar 2012 #26
Dan Brown is a character in Foucault's Pendulum. Not a compelling one. Chan790 Mar 2012 #28
Is Brown a cretin, a fool, a moron, or a lunatic? myrna minx Mar 2012 #50
Prince of Tides DFW Mar 2012 #11
Eragon, hands down. nt Bladian Mar 2012 #13
The Bible... Tom_Foolery Mar 2012 #15
I liked Jesus Christ Superstar though Dragonbreathp9d Mar 2012 #52
Good point! Tom_Foolery Mar 2012 #82
Ben Hur kicked ass... Blue_Tires Mar 2012 #62
Haha!!! Tom_Foolery Mar 2012 #83
I think that they are finally shooting Ludlum's Matarese Circle (my favorite of his) - casting NRaleighLiberal Mar 2012 #18
Bonfire of the Vanities KamaAina Mar 2012 #19
I thought that Buck Henry did a good job with an impossible book - "Catch 22" underpants Mar 2012 #21
Agreed. geardaddy Mar 2012 #37
Just about all of them, IMO pipi_k Mar 2012 #22
Lawrence Block has taken a beating in Hollywood. dogknob Mar 2012 #23
'The Magus' - on the Canon of the top 100 novels of the 20th century. banned from Kos Mar 2012 #24
Interview with the Vampire /eom IcyPeas Mar 2012 #25
Atlas Shrugged Orrex Mar 2012 #29
Every Heinlein book so far OriginalGeek Mar 2012 #30
Starship Troopers made you wonder... jmowreader Mar 2012 #31
Paul Verhoven has a time machine, and that movie was an allegory on the Iraq War Taverner Mar 2012 #66
I'd love to see a good Stranger or Time Enough for Love Dragonbreathp9d Mar 2012 #53
Lemony Snickett's "A Series of Unfortunate Events" PassingFair Mar 2012 #32
HBO's version of A Bright Shining Lie really sucked. taterguy Mar 2012 #33
Anything by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. mikeSchmuckabee Mar 2012 #34
Mother Night is a great book. geardaddy Mar 2012 #36
Mother Night is great. Canis Mala Mar 2012 #46
I didn't hate Slaughterhouse 5 (the film) mikeSchmuckabee Mar 2012 #78
I've read many Vonnegut books mikeSchmuckabee Mar 2012 #77
Breakfast of Champions geardaddy Mar 2012 #35
Agreed, but that was tough material for film n/t Spike89 Mar 2012 #41
Yeah, it was. geardaddy Mar 2012 #42
The Good German ceile Mar 2012 #38
Dune. arbusto_baboso Mar 2012 #39
Agreed. The Dino D/David Lynch version sucked. RZM Mar 2012 #43
I thought the SCIFI miniseries was great Dragonbreathp9d Mar 2012 #54
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues/The Postman Spike89 Mar 2012 #40
Most Stephen King movies, with the exception of the Frank Darabont ones RZM Mar 2012 #44
I second that.. Doctor Who Mar 2012 #47
Misery and The Green Mile are my exceptions Dragonbreathp9d Mar 2012 #55
I liked a few of them RZM Mar 2012 #57
Oh god the langoliers! Hahahahaha! Dragonbreathp9d Mar 2012 #58
I'm both anticipating and fearful that Ron Howard is making The Dark Tower. Chan790 Mar 2012 #65
Dreamcatcher movie was the worst King book/movie adaptation Broken_Hero Mar 2012 #79
Never saw it, but I've heard really bad things n/t RZM Mar 2012 #80
The Magic Christian n/t Tabasco_Dave Mar 2012 #45
'Contact' by Carl Sagan. Denninmi Mar 2012 #48
Agreed. n/t Bertha Venation Mar 2012 #49
A Princess Of Mars. Iggo Mar 2012 #51
The Half Blood Prince Dragonbreathp9d Mar 2012 #56
I thought the second part of Deathly Hallows was the worst XemaSab Mar 2012 #59
Jaws, The Godfather, Shawshank Redemption! Logical Mar 2012 #69
Haunting of Hill House remake XemaSab Mar 2012 #60
Bonfire of the Vanities lovemydog Mar 2012 #61
That CGI "Beowulf" from a few years back was a major WTF Blue_Tires Mar 2012 #63
I wanna know why they didn't do it in the orignal Anglo-Saxon geardaddy Mar 2012 #86
A Separate Peace-OK book Mendocino Mar 2012 #64
Watership Down Populist_Prole Mar 2012 #68
The film removed... dogknob Mar 2012 #70
Did you ever read Plague Dogs? alphafemale Mar 2012 #73
Yeah. That may have belonged on that "most depressing movies" thread dogknob Mar 2012 #89
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper tanyev Mar 2012 #72
How has this thread run three days with no mention of... Bruce Wayne Mar 2012 #74
Looking for Alibrandi RFKHumphreyObama Mar 2012 #75
An honourable mention should go to almost every Roald Dahl book adapted into a movie RFKHumphreyObama Mar 2012 #76
I liked Wes Anderson's version of "The Fantastic Mr. Fox" Burma Jones Mar 2012 #84
Oh, I LOVED Matilda. PassingFair Mar 2012 #85
1984 sakabatou Mar 2012 #81
ANY Terry Pratchett/Neil Gaiman/tom Robbins book cannot translate to film. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2012 #87
Clan of the Cave Bear Marrah_G Mar 2012 #88
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Codeine Mar 2012 #90
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