michelyn8
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Post by michelyn8 on Aug 5, 2013 14:19:35 GMT -5
We saw World War Z in the theater and it was ok- weird and confusing but ok. DH heard the book was completely different and way better so he picked it up. Last night I asked him what he was reading. He said 'World War Z- I hope they make a movie of THIS book, not to be confused with that other, unrelated movie starring Brad Pitt". He did say that it's all written interview style and understands why that would be difficult to translate on screen. I loved the book and the way it was written. If they had followed that format, you'd have more of a documentary style movie, not an action one. I'll probably see the movie when it hits Redbox just because I do like zombie movies but I'm so glad I read the book first and know the moview won't have much more in common than the title.
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Cookies Galore
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Post by Cookies Galore on Aug 5, 2013 16:46:01 GMT -5
I hope someone eventually makes a legit World War Z movie. I loved the format of the book. So much that I bought "The Good War" by Studs Terkel, since that was Max Brooks' inspiration for WWZ. I still need to start it.
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weltschmerz
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Post by weltschmerz on Aug 10, 2013 18:11:58 GMT -5
I usually prefer the book to the movie for most things. Michael Crichton writes awesome books, but the movies are not as good simply because they can't include as much detail. That doesn't mean they are bad movies, by the way. Stephen King books are usually better, with the exception of a couple of his short stories that were made into movies: Trucks (movie was Maximum Overdrive), The Shawshank Redemption, and The Green Mile come to mind. I absolutely will NOT see any movie of his Dark Tower series if it is made into one or more movies. I HATED The Stand miniseries while I love, love, love the book. The original 3 Star Wars books were good and so were the movies. Dune and I Robot were fantastic books, but crappy movies. I think Galapagos would be a good movie if done right. The books are almost always better than the movies. However, the movie adaptations of King's The Langoliers and The Mist were fantastic.
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