I'm sorry MAF, but I had to do it. WE had to do it.

[The Fake Shemp]

I bought tickets to see I Am Legend on IMAX for that The Dark Knight footage with The Joker.  I'm sorry. :'(

[MrAngryFace]

[demi]

will says:
hey ask MAF if i am legend is worth seeing for $12
thomas says:
why?
will says:
because i trust his opinion

[MrAngryFace]

supposedly its an ok movie, but if youve read the book you'll probably be kinda sad about what they did with the source material.

[Gay Boy]

supposedly its an ok movie, but if youve read the book you'll probably be kinda sad about what they did with the source material.

I can think of tons of movies that butchered the novel they were based off of and still were very entertaining.

[Human Snorenado]

supposedly its an ok movie, but if youve read the book you'll probably be kinda sad about what they did with the source material.

I can think of tons of movies that butchered the novel they were based off of and still were very entertaining.

Like CHILDREN OF MEN.

[Solo]

Bingo. Besides, MAF loves Underworld. In what kind of world should you listen to someone who loves Underworld and hated CoM?

Even worse, he loved the UW sequel!

[bud]

underworld, lol.

[Solo]

I can fap to Kate Beckinsale without needing to buy 2 UW movies on Blu-ray!

[MrAngryFace]

I am legend is a rape of the book, if Solo cant appreciate that, that's fuck sad.

[Van Cruncheon]

what, exactly, is wrong with the underworld movies -- particularly the sequel -- given what they are, which are two fantasy action movies that play it straight?

[Eel O'Brian]

I bought both the Underworld movies during that Amazon BOGO sale, having never seen either.  I hope there's titties

JAWS is an example of a film that's vastly different from the source material, and vastly superior (the novel is kinda shitty - unlike his father, Peter Benchley wasn't a very good writer)

In Peter Benchley's JAWS novel (swiped from Wikipedia because I am too lazy to type it all out, but surprisingly for Wikipedia it's all correct):

The most significant change from the novel is the removal of an affair between Ellen and Matt Hooper. In the novel, Brody is a native of Amity; his wife, Ellen, was previously a member of the wealthy New York summer holiday set before she married him. Ellen's despair with her life in Amity leads to a short sexual encounter between her and Hooper. In the film, Brody moved to Amity Island from New York with his family to take up the position of the chief of police, and the relationship between Ellen and Hooper is removed.

There are several other differences:

Brody and his wife have three sons: Billy, Martin Jr. and Sean. In the movie, there are only two Brody children, Mike and Sean.
 
Hooper tries to kill the shark with a bangstick, but during the dive he is eaten. He survives in the film. In the original script Hooper would have also died in the film, but this was changed during production.

The mayor keeps the beaches open partly because of his Mafia ties.

The shark kills a boy and a senior citizen in one afternoon, but in the movie only the boy, Alex Kintner, is killed.

All events in the final reel of the film aboard the boat occur in one unbroken trip at sea, while in the novel the men safely return to Amity's harbor several times.

Quint's monologue about the USS Indianapolis is absent from the novel and the original screenplay.

The shark dies from being stabbed with a harpoon by Quint, and the novel ends with the shark approaching Brody as the boat sinks, but Brody has no weapon and the shark dies from the stab wounds. For the film, something with more visual impact was deemed necessary. Benchley disliked the change and claimed that the airtank explosion was unbelievable. In the MythBusters JAWS Special, which aired during Discovery Channel's Shark Week, the Mythbusters confirmed Benchley's theory as the scene was deemed "busted," due to the fact that in reality, the airtank would just fly around like a rocket after being punctured, though they failed to mention that this would still kill the shark as the tank would have flown back and punctured its gills, stomach, and heart.

Quint's foot becomes tangled in the barrel ropes and he is pulled underwater by the shark, drowning. In the film, he is eaten by the shark.

[The Fake Shemp]

Yeah, when I was younger, Jaws was a turning point for me.  It was the first film I loved and appreciated for being film.  I remember watching it and immediately rewinding it, and watching it all over again.  I was mesmerized.

I wanted to be a marine biologist at that point, so it really hit a chord for me.  I was studying marine life in all its forms and was a sucker for a decent movie, so this was like the Holy Grail in terms of entertainment.  I remember anxiously trying to get a hold of the Peter Benchley novel.

And I read it.

And it sucked.

It's pretty much about how Ellen Brody is a dirty whore; at times it reads like a bad Danielle Steele novel.

[Eel O'Brian]

On the other hand, the novelization of Jaws 2 by Hank Searls (which is based on an early draft of the screenplay) is much better than the finished film.  It retains some elements, but provides a semi-logical reason for another series of shark attacks:  There was a mini-mob war going on in a subplot involving the Mayor, and the Mafia were traveling to Amityville to dispose of bodies in the waters.

[Eel O'Brian]

double post

[CajoleJuice]

I doubt I'd enjoy McCarthy's No Country for Old Men as much as the Coen Brothers' film, judging by Blood Meridian.

[MrAngryFace]

Underworld rox

[Mandark]

I was studying marine life in all its forms and was a sucker for a decent movie, so this was like the Holy Grail in terms of entertainment.  I remember anxiously trying to get a hold of the Peter Benchley novel.

And I read it.

And it sucked.

It's pretty much about how Ellen Brody is a dirty whore; at times it reads like a bad Danielle Steele novel.

A lot of Hitchcock's stuff is like that.  The short story adapted for Rear Window is insanely cheesy.  The Godfather is meant to be another case like that.  The book isn't nearly as well-regarded as the movie.

I'd make an Underworld book/movie joke here, but I haven't read or seen either one.

[MrAngryFace]

youre missin out on awesome!

[Mandark]

That's what you said about The Notebook, and I have the fake quotes to prove it.

[MrAngryFace]

noo!

[Solo]

I am legend is a rape of the book, if Solo cant appreciate that, that's fuck sad.

I haven't read the book OR seen the movie, nor do I ever see myself doing either.

[Bloodwake]

Yeah, when I was younger, Jaws was a turning point for me.  It was the first film I loved and appreciated for being film.  I remember watching it and immediately rewinding it, and watching it all over again.  I was mesmerized.

I wanted to be a marine biologist at that point, so it really hit a chord for me.  I was studying marine life in all its forms and was a sucker for a decent movie, so this was like the Holy Grail in terms of entertainment.  I remember anxiously trying to get a hold of the Peter Benchley novel.

And I read it.

And it sucked.

It's pretty much about how Ellen Brody is a dirty whore; at times it reads like a bad Danielle Steele novel.

Proof. Just because a movie butchers the book doesn't make it bad. God, the Potter movies are frighteningly close, and most people who complain about them are like OMG (insert director here) RAPED THE FUCKING BOOK.

Books are books, and movies are movies. Adaptations aren't perfect retellings of the book. Shut the fuck up internet if this bothers you. Realize this.

A perfect retelling of any book would probably be a 24 hour movie, and it would be the worst abortion ever.