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Paddington delighted critics in And in this outing, Paddington, an immigrant who fights discrimination with decency and marmalade, becomes a poignant symbol of acceptance. The first Thor movie, released in , was a decent but not particularly enthralling superhero film. Many critics dubbed the second one, which came out in , the worst of the many Marvel movies.
But the third Thor movie strips the superhero of all his courtly grandeur—as well as his long locks—and is all the better for it. The first two Wolverine movies are among the worst in the X-Men canon. But James Mangold salvaged the series when he decided to go raw and gritty with the R-rated Logan. The movie managed to return to the true roots of the franchise—how to embrace what makes you different even in the face of persecution—in a new political context Wolverine helps his vicious mini-me Laura literally run for the border.
The risk paid off, and Logan was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 90th Academy Awards, becoming the first live-action superhero film in that category. Logan was a fitting end for a troubled Wolverine trilogy—although its success has Jackman mulling a return to the franchise. Road Warrior upped the thrill of the original Mad Max But director George Miller truly outdid himself with his latest excursion into a post-apocalyptic world, Fury Road. But the movie is the best the series has to offer.
Updates in technology make for thrilling action sequences, and a surprising focus on feminist issues gave the film more meaning than the average summer popcorn flick. The movie won six Oscars and was even nominated for Best Picture and Best Director—a rarity for a summer popcorn flick. But for the sequel, the Russos took the Cap out of his comfort zone by pitting the poster boy for truth and justice against the government he once revered. Civil War and the Infinity War movies. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is the most emotionally gripping, and arguably most philosophical, of the many Apes movies—including the the original.
Director Matt Reeves builds a stunning and believable settlement for the apes with an educational system and distinct architecture to boot. Critics raved about how animators mastered the languid, hypnotizing movements of flight for the dragons and dancing for the humans. The movie also introduces an ice castle that doubles as a dragon sanctuary and puts the Frozen palace to shame. So why make a sequel?
Despite the skepticism, the follow-ups, Before Sunset and Before Midnight , work beautifully. And with each installment, the series matures. Linklater, Hawke and Delpy—who write the scripts together—manage to capture how as the couple ages, they encounter more real-world problems. The most recent installment, set 18 years after the original, is the saddest but also the most poignant.
Before Fast Five came out, the Fast and Furious movies were just a series of loosely connected tales about drag racers.
The most recent installment, set 18 years after the original, is the saddest but also the most poignant. Shuttle crashes and he spends a couple years playing chess with a Harvard educated cannibal in the jungle. Alfonso Cuaron took over the franchise from Christopher Columbus to spin a darker tale for adults. Links to stories discussed below: Aspen Words Literary Prize: If you have been rocking with us from the beginning, you'll remember our very first episode was about the books of one Eric Jerome Dickey.
Has any movie leveraged the emotional attachment of its audience to the franchise more effectively than Toy Story 3? Toy Story and Toy Story 2 were great, thoughtful movies about growing up. Fifteen years after the original film debuted, Andy is headed to college—just like all the boys and girls in the audience who grew up with Woody and Buzz. Talk about a guilt trip for any kid who abandoned their own toys in an attic before heading off to school.
Gotham feels legitimately grimy and chaotic, a perfect setting for a laughing lunatic. How could they possibly stay still in the face of so much action? I tried to start to read, too, and could not get through the names. I once read that someone read all "Arya" chapters first, then all "Catelyn", and so on It makes immersion much easier.
I will try that in the near future. As far as I remember, that's more of a re-reading thing. Otherwise you'll get ahead of yourself and events will be mentioned or you'll experience the fallout before you actually see them happen. And there's obviously a lot more that happens in the books or they happen differently , so I could see that being confusing as soon as the story picks up.
I love the series, but his writing style is awful and not enjoyable to read. I pushed through the first three books and then I gave up because of it. I don't think Dune '84 was great, or even very good, but I found a lot more enjoyment in the film. I think that they both are focusing on different things, The books are much more focused on living peacefully and having a groovy time, and the films are more action centred focused on the fight for peace rather then peace itself. Neither is better than the other just different. The movies were good, yes. The books were often quite boring, but still I did like the books better because they were more in depth, left some pieces for my fantasy to fill up, and really sucked me into the story.
I made it through the first book and that took two attempts. Banging on about forebears in the middle of a passage about a battle. The movies were superb. I loved The Hobbit book when I was younger. The movie was kinda Definitely didn't need to be a trilogy at least based on what the final product was. Watched the Lord of the Rings movies before reading the books. Try as I might, I couldn't get very far into the first book in that series.
Looks like the consensus so far: I love James Ellroy, but that film is just superb. It pares down the unnecessary parts of the plot, it has stellar performances from pretty much the entire cast, and aesthetically it realises Ellroy's vision of seamy 40's LA perfectly. Where eagles dare - fantastic book but I found myself enjoying the shootouts from the film more thsn the sneaky-peaky parts of the book. This is a very weird thing.
But Sherlock kinda because there are so many versions that one movie is gonna be better than a book. I would say American Psycho.
I absolutely adore the book but the film is just a tad more enjoyable for me and I prefer the more ambiguous message the film gives across. I thought the book was incredible but I also love the movie. The suits in the book were awesome and it gave me a new perspective on civic duty. That book seriously reads like facist propaganda at some points. I could deal without the chapter on how to hit your children properly too.
I'll never understand why Heinlein is so beloved. He never stopped turning all his works into propaganda, he just switched which views he was propagandizing. I started out Stranger In A Strange land loving it and wondering if it was where Douglas Adams found his style of humor-I finished it cheering for the angry mob murdering the main character trust me, spoilers don't matter.
The book throws away whatever semblance of plot it has halfway through. The story was told in a very interesting way in the musical, but was very formal and to-the-point in the book, which almost changed the tone of the overall story. I think the book was better still, but I will say that the movie was an almost exact copy which made them almost equal.
I read the Dexter series as I watched the show and it always screwed me up because I would forget which people died in which. I liked them both in their own way. I thought novel Dexter was closer to a sociopath than TV Dexter. Yeah I think it was the dark passenger thing that got irritating in the books, but I agree there were some bits in the series I thought were kinda unnecessary too. I believe it was written in either the s or s. It was, in a way, responsible for the birth of the whole idea of vampires.
The book had all the stories, but the movie has a nice overarching story of a man trying to reconnect with his father. The movie is infinitely better than the book, if for no other reason that it's possible to sleep through the movie. The book will wait for you to wake up again. Don't get me wrong, I love Michael Crichton's work, just not that one. The book is boring as hell, and the movie isn't any better.
Planet of the Apes. The little I know about the original, it has a very different story. One which, may not have necessarily been bad, but the film with its take and its ending written by Rod Serling tops it. I watched the movie because it was on Netflix and I was curious how they translated the dumpster fire of a book into a movie, and while still pretty bad, improved on the book in a lot of ways.
And then I found out the movie came out like 2 years before the book, so I guess the book is an adaptation. Most of the 80's Twilight Zone is crap, but there's this one episode Button, Button that was awesome - just a perfect little story with a perfect ending. It's based on a Richard Matheson short story, and I heard that Matheson hated the change they made to his ending for the show.
I love Matheson, so I read the story. Sorry Matheson, you're still great and all, but your ending was kinda meh and the show completely fixed it. It was the ending that story always needed. The Godfather, unless you're just into subplots about giant dicks and vaginas you could drive a flatbed truck through.
I despise Heinlein regardless of which political phase his works were in, but the movie of Starship Troopers was surprisingly enjoyable. How to Train Your Dragon. I've read half the series now. It's okay, but there's a lot going on and it's been hard to keep up with. The movie is just fantastic though. Not a movie, but TV: TV show is complex and dramatic. The books are such a tragic fanfic level shitshow it's amazing they give credit in the show's into.
Ass-licking camwhores of Beverly Hills 7. It all comes down to perfect casting of course. Hire the right actors to service the story. I liked the book and didn't care much for the movie. I thought the ending was a letdown. I watched it again in subsequent years with a fresh perspective and decided I liked the movie better.
The ending was certainly different but it actually makes more sense if you really think about it. Plus the chase scenes were very suspenseful. Initially the book, titled "I am Legend" by Richard Matheson, was released in and is based around the theme that the main character, Robert Neville, while trying to find a cure for this disease, became effectively the boogyman for the infected population.
Also they're much more like vampires than zombies in the book. It was first made into a film in and titled "The Last Man on Earth" in which Matheson wrote the screenplay, then made into another movie in titled Omega Man which Matheson had no part in, and finally in made into the version we most often think of today staring Will Smith. I think this is a super cool story, especially considering its influence on our media today. It's the original source for zombie apocalypse' stories and a really compelling one on its own, as it became sort of the antithesis of what it inspired thematically.
The book reads like an average fanfic, the movie did a much better job of conveying the imagery. It even removes one of the more unnecessary story arcs, and in my opinion paces the plot better. While both have near continuous stream of references, the movie was far more enjoyable as the references can be flashed on screen instead of explained to the reader.
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