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Good or crap?
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The film clip I saw was dreadful.
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I thought it was good.
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if you never read the original Edgar Rice Burroughs books, the movie wasn't that bad. some of the script writing could have been alot better. if you go into it without expecting too much, you should enjoy it.
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uglydwarf posted:
if you never read the original Edgar Rice Burroughs books, the movie wasn't that bad. some of the script writing could have been alot better. if you go into it without expecting too much, you should enjoy it.
actually good advice for ANY movie...and something i consider a rule.
i saw Act of Valor and i broke that rule, i was heavily disappointed.
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A Princess of Mars is my favorite fantasy book. Read it when I was 10.
The little clip I saw was enough to ruin the movie for me.
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uglydwarf posted:
if you never read the original Edgar Rice Burroughs books, the movie wasn't that bad. some of the script writing could have been alot better. if you go into it without expecting too much, you should enjoy it.
Pretty much a brilliant rule for any adaptation of one art form to another.
My golden rule for movies, is to take them for what they are. If it's action movie, don't go in to expecting a heartfelt drama... If the trailers and synopsis tell you one thing, and it turns out to be another, then you should feel cheated, but going in to a movie knowing what it's supposed to be, then getting upset that it's being what advertised to be is just silly.
That said. I don't know if I'll watch John Carter any time soon. It may go on to my netflix list, though.
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Onslaught. posted:
uglydwarf posted:
if you never read the original Edgar Rice Burroughs books, the movie wasn't that bad. some of the script writing could have been alot better. if you go into it without expecting too much, you should enjoy it.
Pretty much a brilliant rule for any adaptation of one art form to another.
Agreed. Most book to movie adaptions I'm fine with because I understand you simply cannot keep every little thing the same when telling the story via two different mediums. The only time I get really annoyed is when they alter something that is a fundamental part of the original story or characters when there was really no reason to do so.
I haven't seen John Carter yet, and I don't expect it to follow the books much, so I'm thinking I'll enjoy it.
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Just got home from seeing it, 2 thumbs up.
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Gaevren posted:
Onslaught. posted:
uglydwarf posted:
if you never read the original Edgar Rice Burroughs books, the movie wasn't that bad. some of the script writing could have been alot better. if you go into it without expecting too much, you should enjoy it.
Pretty much a brilliant rule for any adaptation of one art form to another.
Agreed. Most book to movie adaptions I'm fine with because I understand you simply cannot keep every little thing the same when telling the story via two different mediums. The only time I get really annoyed is when they alter something that is a fundamental part of the original story or characters when there was really no reason to do so.
I haven't seen John Carter yet, and I don't expect it to follow the books much, so I'm thinking I'll enjoy it.
yeah that's what ruined the lord of the rings movies for me. i was fine with the changes up until they changed faromir for no reason.
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Caoilin posted:
yeah that's what ruined the lord of the rings movies for me. i was fine with the changes up until they changed faromir for no reason.
100000% agree 
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DunesVladHarkonnen posted:
Caoilin posted:
yeah that's what ruined the lord of the rings movies for me. i was fine with the changes up until they changed faromir for no reason.
100000% agree
Yep that was seriously the one thing that bugged the crap out of me in regards to those movies. Everything else was phenomenal.
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Didn't get to go. Brother showed up to work on my mom's roof, so we are going Monday. 
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From the trailer I thought it was a Wolverine sequel.
I'm currently reading the Mars trilogy from Burroughs so I'll probably hate the movie.
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I had no idea it was based on those books until the other day. I downloaded them to the kindle but haven't started them yet.
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I'm not expecting a fantastic movie, but want to see it anyway.
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pkhere posted:
Didn't get to go. Brother showed up to work on my mom's roof, so we are going Monday.
I SO read that wrong the first time around. 
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Caoilin posted:
yeah that's what ruined the lord of the rings movies for me.
No. The movies were exactly like the books: the first one was great, the second one lost me, and I couldn't force myself to give a isht by the time the third was done.
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haha the books got better over time, for the most part.
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Didn't read the book. Thought the movie was pretty cool.
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