Re: Depends on who the scriptwriter is...

Posted by Fedora from ppp-48.col.cableone.net on August 09, 2001 at 20:58:15:

In Reply to: Depends on who the scriptwriter is... posted by WndJameR on August 09, 2001 at 20:18:02:

: Good examples of movies that follow fairly closely to the books are those wriiten by Alistair McLean, "Where Eagles Dare, Guns of Navorone, Force 10 from Naverone (Harrison Ford is in this one), Breakheart Pass, etc. That is because Alistair McLean wrote the screenplay as well as being the original author. And if you check out the first 3 Bond Films, they're really not all that far off from the original novels by Ian Fleming. As far as why other movies differ so much from the book, you can't make a Tom Clancy novel into a movie without cutting corners, or you're going to have a 14 hour movie. And, unfortunately, for others, it's because the masses have settled for FX, explosions, and gratuitous sex (not that there is necessarily anything WRONG with gratuitous sex), rather than plot and character development.

Yes, I do recall that the first 2 or 3 were closer to the books than the ones that followed. And I have always felt that the films were never as good as the books. Regards, Fedora

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: : Good examples of movies that follow fairly closely to the books are those wriiten by Alistair McLean, "Where Eagles Dare, Guns of Navorone, Force 10 from Naverone (Harrison Ford is in this one), Breakheart Pass, etc.  That is because Alistair McLean wrote the screenplay as well as being the original author.  And if you check out the first 3 Bond Films, they're really not all that far off from the original novels by Ian Fleming.  As far as why other movies differ so much from the book, you can't make a Tom Clancy novel into a movie without cutting corners, or you're going to have a 14 hour movie.  And, unfortunately, for others, it's because the masses have settled for FX, explosions, and gratuitous sex (not that there is necessarily anything WRONG with gratuitous sex), rather than plot and character development.

:    Yes, I do recall that the first 2 or 3 were closer to the books than the ones that followed. And I have always felt that the films were never as good as the books. Regards, Fedora

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