Anybody see Taken yet ? I wanted to see it this weekend. :D
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Wow thanks for the tip. That's now a must see.
Xenia Onatop/Jean Grey: Check.
Darkman/Qui Gon Jin: Check
Hot chick from lost: Check.
Lack of Will Smith: Check plus.
This movie gets a passing grade from me.
Harry potter leads kids into the occult? People probably think this because unlike the heroes of most fantasy productions the heroes are children who live in our world and learn to cast spells. As a somewhat religious person myself I have no problem with it. Most of the people who hop on these sorts of bandwagons are ignorant idiots who'll just as soon hop on any bandwagon that pulls up. Then again these people can't help that they're idiots and a lot of powerful people have a lot of money invested in making them believe the world is eroding under their feet. Some people just have sticks up their asses, and not the kind you use to play Quidditch. Taking the time to read the books would allay any fears, and letting kids read them should only lead to an appreciation of reading.
Books VS Movies: Well a movie's a lot quicker, but if we're talking about the movie version of a book then books all the way. I hate what hollywood does to good books. Watch the theatrical release ending to bladerunner and you'll see what I'm talking about. Sure, eventually that mistake was rectified, but the majority never are. I also read Jurassic park before it was ever a movie, The lawyer, Genaro was one of my favorite characters, in the book he's just a man trying to get back to his family who kills a pack of raptors in their den with a lead pipe, marches miles on a broken leg evading carnivorous pursuers, saves comely young virgins from the altars of snake-cults and blows a Tyrannosaurus Rex off the top of Nakatomi tower. Did I mention this Tyrannosaurus was flying an f-14 and gloating in your least favorite foreign accent? Yeah. Flash forward to the movie and he's just a cowardly, slimy comic foil for anybody who was sick to hell of the OJ Simpson trial.
I suppose as an author having your book made into a movie would be something of a mixed blessing. On the one had you can't beat the exposure a movie can lend your work, on the other a poorly handled adaptation might not be something you generally want people to see. Then you might run into a scenario where people love the movie based on your book but the story was so badly truncated or altered that you despise it for it's success.
So what am I trying to say? Hell if I know. Maybe if you're not much of a reader, go ahead and go see the movie, nothing's wrong with that. But you know, you might like the book if you tried it and movie adaptations aren't any kind of substitute. Usually they're more like a primer. It's also amazing how dumb screen writers usually think you are. Also nice work getting to the bottom of this post.
Also Mickey Roarke was nominated last night for an academy award for his performance in the wrestler. I been saying he'll take it. It's all coming together.
