Favorite Book into Film, Not Yet Done?
POSTED BY: Indigo
UPDATED: Tuesday, September 4, 2007 17:39
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Originally posted by Lindale:
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine is an amazing book that was made into a travesty of a movie (mostly through huge, ridiculously unnecessary changes to the characters and plot). I choose to denial myself into believing it hasn't actually been made into a film, allowing me to add it to this list.
I, too, really like that book, and I refused to see the film - glad to see I was justified. The difficulty in it, though, is that so much of the best parts of the love story take place in letters - not the easiest things to convert into film.
Ender's Game - definitely, though I'm sure I would complain about the end result if it were ever done.
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Originally posted by TheUnblinkingKiller:
The "His Dark Materials" Trilogy by Phillip Pullman
You know, I keep hearing rumors about this actually being made, and I think there's a page on IMBD. The problem with this is that the rumor is that they've cut out all of the clerical stuff from the story to make it "more accessible". :disappointed" In that case, I don't know how good the movie would be, if at all.
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Originally posted by TheUnblinkingKiller:
The "His Dark Materials" Trilogy by Phillip Pullman
The problem with this is that the rumor is that they've cut out all of the clerical stuff from the story to make it "more accessible".
"Clerical Stuff" Like what? The Alethiometer? THAT'S certainly not an integral part of the story... Sheesh Hollywood...
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Originally posted by TheUnblinkingKiller:
"Clerical Stuff" Like what? The Alethiometer? THAT'S certainly not an integral part of the story... Sheesh Hollywood...
Haha yep..well, I'm fairly certain they'll have an alethiometer if only because it'll look cool, but the serious stuff like the deadly struggle for heaven and the evil clerics and the angels and the Angel declaring that he's God..all of that is supposed to go out the window.
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They'll prolly take out that part with the angel killing that guy as well...
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Originally posted by airylli:
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Heh yeah, when you get a chance, definitely give it a look. It's like a cross between the Disney and the book..very funny. I really like some stuff on that site...I'm looking forward to when it's completely renovated.
Will do :)
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Hmm. Was Keaton Beetlejuice? Haha anyway, yeah, I now definitely need to rewatch those. I love Michelle Pfeiffer. And twisted and bizarre = of the good.
Yep Keaton was in Beetlejuice. A great character.
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Damn...actually being shot in France would be absolutely amazing. I think, as producers, we should demand that. :P Of course permission to shoot inside of the cathedral itself might be a little bit difficult and possibly sacreligious..damn.
I'm sure if we grease the right palms we could gain permission :) however could be cheaper to replicate certain key areas on a soundstage. Exteriors however would benefit from the real deal.
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Oh, to be an important and influential person. Sigh. Maybe I'll reread the book and adapt it..although I'm trying to read it in the French now and it's..kinda hard.
Oh that'd be great. My best friend is french and she's always telling me how much better some of my favourite films would be if I could read/understand French. I know a little but nothing like enough to enjoy a book.
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Oh, definitely too nice. But I think it'd be interesting to see Sean pull off a mean mean character. Phoebus was eeeevil. Although he seemed more of just a self-centered coward to me, wherease Fleur really did seem evil to me. I think Liam Neeson would actually do a really good bad/tortured guy as Frollo..although keeping Notre-Dame a non-big-star production would probably be a better idea.
I like the idea of Liam Neeson playing a tortured Frollo, but yes a big named star would change the element of it.
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Argonauts! This sounds like a load of fun..I'll definitely have to check those out as well. What else is summer for, eh? Hee, "delicately dressed".
Oh it is. It's a typical rainy sunday afternoon kinda film. Perfect.
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Oh man, I know. I was on a loooong flight to Korea when I was finishing up the book for the first time and I've never cried during a book and I've maybe teared up in a Buffy episode or a movie very few times..but that third act really killed me. Soul destroying indeed.
I was very close to sobbing. I think the guy next to me was a little bit afraid. Hee.
He,he... Maybe he took note and decided to go read it for himself.
It's a cracking book. I love the classics. I tend to prefer those to more modern books, although there have been a few that I have enjoyed none have had quite the impact that this one has made on me.
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Ooh, this is a good topic!
I'm gonna have to agree with you, Rocketjock - the Anita Blake books by Laurell K. Hamilton are totally full of potential. I'm gonna have to say I think Kevin Sorbo is a bit old to be Richard, but I love the thought of Ron Perlman as Edward. That cast of characters would be gold if they got it right . . .
Also, I'd love to see a well done version of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere. I was taken with it and was surprised when I was.
The books I'd want to see, but I know would get butchered to death, are the Keltaid series by Patricia Kenneally Morrison. Brilliantly written, especially if you're a King Arthur fan. I'd hate to see it end up like the made for TV Mists of Avalon - it just wasn't what it could have been.
Hmm . . . Then there is the Exiles series by Melanie Rawn, and the Stephanie Plum books by Janet Evanovich. Evidently, one of the big studios has the rights to her first book, but so far, nothing . . .
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Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
I'm sure if we grease the right palms we could gain permission :) however could be cheaper to replicate certain key areas on a soundstage. Exteriors however would benefit from the real deal.
Yeah, I agree with you that some sets need to be build on a soundstage...the deep insides of the cathedral (like Frollo's room), for example, probably need to be built sets. But a great shot of the rose windows would also be gorgeous. Ooh, and all the statues of the kings and all that good alchemy stuff.
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Oh that'd be great. My best friend is french and she's always telling me how much better some of my favourite films would be if I could read/understand French. I know a little but nothing like enough to enjoy a book.
Yeah, it's a bit difficult, but I know some Spanish so it's a lot easier than I thought it'd be. I still can't conjugate a verb to save my life, but in context I can easily figure it out. I just want to get a feel for it in the original language.
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I like the idea of Liam Neeson playing a tortured Frollo, but yes a big named star would change the element of it.
I agree...brilliant newcomers are always fun. Although I do love Liam Neeson.
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Oh it is. It's a typical rainy sunday afternoon kinda film. Perfect.
Hooray!
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He,he... Maybe he took note and decided to go read it for himself.
It's a cracking book. I love the classics. I tend to prefer those to more modern books, although there have been a few that I have enjoyed none have had quite the impact that this one has made on me.
Hahaha hopefully. His life would be better for it. I prefer classics as well..as much as I love Hemingway and some modern stuff (Harry Potter!), going way back to Greek mythology and through the Romantic period just gets to me a lot more.
Cheers!
Airylli
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Well, I can think of one book that I wish they HADN'T made into a book.....War of the Worlds!
Another big paycheck for Tommy Boy and Big Steve!
Why can't anyone make a movie that actually follows the book or makes sense? 
Remember what LOUIS VUITTON said: "It's in the bag!"
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