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Post by Hit Girl on Jan 14, 2016 11:57:25 GMT -5
I still can't believe somebody said "Listen, I know the book has Muldoon with a Rocket Launcher vs Dinosaurs, but that just doesn't make for a good movie" Sounds like a great finale for Jurassic Park 5
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Jan 14, 2016 13:59:04 GMT -5
The Lord of the Rings not showing the scouring of the shire.
It was a great way to show how the Hobbits have grown and matured throughout their journey; returning as heroes strong enough to lead the rest of The Shire against the remnants of Saruman's forces and his hired thugs.
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Post by Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie on Jan 14, 2016 15:15:21 GMT -5
I'd love a Jurassic Park miniseries set in the 80's read both JP and TLW and right after them i said they'd make great 6 part mini series World War Z skipping over most of World War Z. to be honest, pitt's character the UN guy is only mentioned ONCE in it's entirety!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2016 15:32:51 GMT -5
The death bed scene of Genco in The Godfather, although at least there is footage of that. Screw that, we needed more about Sonny and his giant dong. Seriously though, I would've liked to see Fabrizio's death in the movie.
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Post by ERON on Jan 14, 2016 20:17:33 GMT -5
In the novel of Dr. No, James Bond fights a giant squid.
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Post by ICBM on Jan 14, 2016 20:38:25 GMT -5
The LOTR movies were long enough without adding Tom Bombadil who really does not add anything to the overall story. Hell I always thought it kinda went against the narrative that Bombadil could resist the ring. In general, I think most of the omissions from the book cut out a lot of the extraneous stuff that Tolkien put in. I understand your point, but Tolien kind of made him the first of anything in Middle Earth and stated pretty clearly he was above such trifles. That said if he is above such trifles why in hells name does he give a steamy pile of Orc dung what happens to Hobbits who lean against the wrong tree? You know what man, now that I think about it you are right. It's completely against everything in the entire LOTR mythos.
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Post by BRV on Jan 14, 2016 20:53:27 GMT -5
I'll put mine in the spoiler tag, but it's about "Gone Girl". {Spoiler}{Spoiler}In the "Gone Girl" novel, Nick's mother is a hugely important character. Her cancer is the reason Nick and Amy move from New York back to Missouri and Amy's disdain for the way Nick acts around his mother and her own personal fear of becoming like Nick's mother is partially what drives her to fake her own death. Additionally, Nick's father is a major character and one of Nick's biggest personal fears is becoming his father - loathsome, angry, confused, frustrated - and one of the primary reasons why Nick decides to stick with Amy at the end of the novel and raise their child together because he doesn't want to become the father that he had.
In the "Gone Girl" film adaptation, Nick's father is in one scene - when Nick picks him up at the police station - and his mother is only seen in a brief clip of her welcoming him in Missouri.
EDIT - Oh, and Desi's mother, another very important character to the novel's final few chapters, is not in the movie adaptation at all.
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Post by Jeff Mangum PI on Jan 14, 2016 20:56:47 GMT -5
Still mad to this day that Zack Snyder took the giant squid monster out from the ending of Watchmen. Having the world's nations blame Dr. Manhattan doesn't even make sense since the world knows he's American, ergo they all believe that it's America fault that their walking H-bomb got loose. The squid makes sense in the comic since no one knows where the hell it came from, so the world decides to unite against the "alien menace". Ozymandias' whole plan is to create world peace and pinning the blame of everything on Doc doesn't do that at all.
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Post by BorneAgain on Jan 14, 2016 21:05:55 GMT -5
Hell I always thought it kinda went against the narrative that Bombadil could resist the ring. In general, I think most of the omissions from the book cut out a lot of the extraneous stuff that Tolkien put in. I understand your point, but Tolien kind of made him the first of anything in Middle Earth and stated pretty clearly he was above such trifles. That said if he is above such trifles why in hells name does he give a steamy pile of Orc dung what happens to Hobbits who lean against the wrong tree? You know what man, now that I think about it you are right. It's completely against everything in the entire LOTR mythos. Bombadil's role would have been entirely worth if at the end of Return of the King, there's a scene of him watching the Elves, Bilbo, Frodo, and Gandalf sail off into Valinor before he slowly turns to look at the rest of Middle Earth. As he gazes at a world without the wisdom of the Elves, the power of Sauron, or the magic of the Istari, a horrific smirk begins to show on his face while Old Man Willow and various Barrow-wights join alongside him. As he clasps hands with an evil smiling Goldberry, a low guttural chuckle comes from his lips along with one small utterance before the film cuts to black: Dark door is standing wide; dead hand is broken. Night under night is flown, and the gate... is open.
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Post by the2ndevil on Jan 14, 2016 21:10:51 GMT -5
They pretty much edited Ares out of The Lightning Thief, which wouldn't have been so bad if he wasn't THE MAIN VILLAIN IN THE BOOK!! Never mind that, they cut everything that foreshadowed the Titans.
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Post by ICBM on Jan 14, 2016 21:14:47 GMT -5
I understand your point, but Tolien kind of made him the first of anything in Middle Earth and stated pretty clearly he was above such trifles. That said if he is above such trifles why in hells name does he give a steamy pile of Orc dung what happens to Hobbits who lean against the wrong tree? You know what man, now that I think about it you are right. It's completely against everything in the entire LOTR mythos. Bombadil's role would have been entirely worth if at the end of Return of the King, there's a scene of him watching the Elves, Bilbo, Frodo, and Gandalf sail off into Valinor before he slowly turns to look at the rest of Middle Earth. As he gazes at a world without the wisdom of the Elves, the power of Sauron, or the magic of the Istari, a horrific smirk begins to show on his face while Old Man Willow and various Barrow-wights join alongside him. As he clasps hands with an evil smiling Goldberry, a low guttural chuckle comes from his lips along with one small utterance before the film cuts to black: Dark door is standing wide; dead hand is broken. Night under night is flown, and the gate... is open. Holy shit that's good dude! Did you come up with that? Please do a fan fic
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Post by BorneAgain on Jan 14, 2016 21:18:55 GMT -5
Bombadil's role would have been entirely worth if at the end of Return of the King, there's a scene of him watching the Elves, Bilbo, Frodo, and Gandalf sail off into Valinor before he slowly turns to look at the rest of Middle Earth. As he gazes at a world without the wisdom of the Elves, the power of Sauron, or the magic of the Istari, a horrific smirk begins to show on his face while Old Man Willow and various Barrow-wights join alongside him. As he clasps hands with an evil smiling Goldberry, a low guttural chuckle comes from his lips along with one small utterance before the film cuts to black: Dark door is standing wide; dead hand is broken. Night under night is flown, and the gate... is open. Holy shit that's good dude! Did you come up with that? Please do a fan fic Inspired by this old LOTR theory from a few years back: Oldest and Fatherless: The Terrible Secret of Tom BombadilIts likely something that could be disproven by those with deep knowledge of Tolkien lore, but still interesting nonetheless.
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Post by jagilki on Jan 14, 2016 21:22:40 GMT -5
The Room left so much out from the novel. The car chase scene, Johnny getting hit on at work by a young Anna Nicole Smith. Mark and Denny breaking into a radio station to sell their Demo Tape. Lisa being cloned by the CIA to try and infiltrate Johnnys work. And so much more.
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Post by ICBM on Jan 14, 2016 21:35:23 GMT -5
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Post by kidglov3s on Jan 15, 2016 1:20:01 GMT -5
Mockingjay pt 2 is rendered moot by the removal of {Spoiler}Katniss killing an innocent lady in cold blood. It's like... what's the point if you're not gonna keep the most important character moment of your main character?
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Post by ICBM on Jan 15, 2016 7:06:55 GMT -5
Mockingjay pt 2 is rendered moot by the removal of {Spoiler}{Spoiler}Katniss killing an innocent lady in cold blood. It's like... what's the point if you're not gonna keep the most important character moment of your main character? God Damn it! I shouldn't have clicked the tag. They really did that? Lame AF. That is the payoff for the entire prose pertaining to Katniss in two and three fourths novels and the six plus hours of film to that point. WTH?!
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Post by kidglov3s on Jan 15, 2016 7:11:20 GMT -5
Mockingjay pt 2 is rendered moot by the removal of {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}Katniss killing an innocent lady in cold blood. It's like... what's the point if you're not gonna keep the most important character moment of your main character? God Damn it! I shouldn't have clicked the tag. They really did that? Lame AF. That is the payoff for the entire prose pertaining to Katniss in two and three fourths novels and the six plus hours of film to that point. WTH?! Not that Hunger Games is 1/10th the level of The Godfather films but it's essentially Paramount/Evans/FFC deciding {Spoiler}{Spoiler}Ehhh how 'bout we don't have Michael wack Fredo.
I don't think that was in the book but in terms of the narrative, yknow.
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Post by ICBM on Jan 15, 2016 7:30:12 GMT -5
Didn't read the godfather so I don't quite understand the analogy
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Post by kidglov3s on Jan 15, 2016 7:40:05 GMT -5
Didn't read the godfather so I don't quite understand the analogy Well in the movies, specifically the second movie which I think a lot was not based on the book, that's the most remarkable character moment for Michael, the protagonist (well shared protagonist for GF2, protagonist of trilogy and first movie).
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Post by bob on Jan 15, 2016 8:22:21 GMT -5
Live and Let Die----the whole damn thing
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