The Shining 4K UHD (1980)

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by eddievanhalen

The Shinning is the only reason I know of a so so novel turned into a great film.

Jaws

[professorwho]

Originally Posted by eddievanhalen

The Shinning is the only reason I know of a so so novel turned into a great film.

Blade Runner... and Die Hard. Those two.

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by eddievanhalen

The Shinning is the only reason I know of a so so novel turned into a great film.

The Godfather

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

The Godfather

inb4 Coppla turns it into a so so "recut".

[chas speed]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

The Godfather

The Godfather is a great book and the movies (1 and 2) are a faithful adaption. Part 3 shows you what happened when they didn't go by the book.

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by chas speed

Part 3 shows you what happened when they didn't go by the book.

Part 3 shows what happens when your passion project flops and you're strapped for cash (One from the Heart).

[notops]

Originally Posted by eddievanhalen

The Shinning is the only reason I know of a so so novel turned into a great film.

Quiet, boy! Do you want to get sued?

[chas speed]

I don't know how many people have had an alcoholic parent, but Jack's conversation with Danny on the bed was right out of my childhood. I have never really seen a scene like that in a movie before. It was creepy.

[professorwho]

Originally Posted by chas speed

The Godfather is a great book

When it's the mafia story-line, sure, but all the extraneous information on characters who aren't even that relevant to the plot is very distracting. Plus, it suffers from "no main character syndrome," whereas in the films, Michael is very clearly the main character, so it's better structured.

[chas speed]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

Part 3 shows what happens when your passion project flops and you're strapped for cash (One from the Heart).

That too.

[chas speed]

Originally Posted by professorwho

When it's the mafia story-line, sure, but all the extraneous information on characters who aren't even that relevant to the plot is very distracting. Plus, it suffers from "no main character syndrome," whereas in the films, Michael is very clearly the main character, so it's better structured.

I know what you mean, but it does give the book a ton of richly drawn characters that were very important to the movie. The only badly written character in the book is Fredo. Hats off to John Cazale for improving on the book.

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by chas speed

The Godfather is a great book

“If I’d known so many people were going to read it, I’d have written it better.” - Mario Puzo

[chas speed]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

“If I’d known so many people were going to read it, I’d have written it better.” - Mario Puzo

I think he did just fine. Every mob film over the past 40 years borrows from that book. It was a huge best seller before the movie was released and almost every scene in the first movie is in that book.

[Kyle15]

Originally Posted by notops

Never usually feel the need to respond, but was compelled this time since you presented your own opinions as facts. Come on now

Nah, you said you don't think horror can usually sustain a 2-hour runtime, I said that it can and The Shining is good proof of that. Anyone can say any x-genre or x-movie "usually can't do specific thing" and anybody can pull anything out of their hat to object to that. I was literally disagreeing with you and stated why. I don't have to state "now now this is an opinion" before every single sentence for you to know this. I mean what I say, and say what I mean, if it were fact you bet ur bumbum I'd say so. Now, you can either continue to talk about the movie and aesthetics or take jabs at my character instead.

[notops]

Originally Posted by Kyle15

Nah, you said you don't think horror can usually sustain a 2-hour runtime, I said that it can and The Shining is good proof of that. Anyone can say any x-genre or x-movie "usually can't do specific thing" and anybody can pull anything out of their hat to object to that. I was literally disagreeing with you and stated why. I don't have to state "now now this is an opinion" before every single sentence for you to know this. I mean what I say, and say what I mean, if it were fact you bet ur bumbum I'd say so. Now, you can either continue to talk about the movie and aesthetics or take jabs at my character instead.

Nah, once again you're just presenting your opinion as though it is some sort of fact and expecting to be taken seriously.

[Kyle15]

Originally Posted by notops

Nah, once again you're just presenting your opinion as though it is some sort of fact and expecting to be taken seriously.

Nope. Try again!

[notops]

Originally Posted by Kyle15

Nope. Try again!

It's weird that you care at all what I think, because the feeling is not mutual. Bye now

[Rusty100]

Originally Posted by notops

And yet I thought I was careful enough to preface that it was just a personal opinion. Hmmmmm

The whole point of a forum is exchange, a back and forth of different ideas. If you're posting something and don't want anyone elses take on it I don't get why you'd post anything at all. It's usually a given that a post is someone's opinion and that doesn't need to be stated. Just pretend there's an invisible little 'imo' at the start of every post.

[Kyle15]

Originally Posted by notops

It's weird that you care at all what I think, because the feeling is not mutual. Bye now

Yes you care so little you go to the trouble of not just responding more than once but strawmmanning on an internet forum over disagreeing with aesthetics. Not mutual indeed! Stay salty and happy collecting!

[bluescholar]

Originally Posted by chas speed

The Godfather is a great book and the movies (1 and 2) are a faithful adaption. Part 3 shows you what happened when they didn't go by the book.

I thought Part II was a largely original venture knocked out by Puzo and Coppola.