Movies most faithful to their source material

[Porkchop Express]

Originally Posted by mikejet

I've heard 300 leaves some very important characters out.

Sin City would be my only example. The comic was used as storyboards.

300 didn't leave anything out. Alot of characters were added, since the original graphic novel was very short and lacked a lot of dialogue.

[koontz1973]

Originally Posted by Mouse

Eh, I wouldn't exactly agree with that... The books are MUCH better than the movies. For the first two or three movies it's fairly close but once you get to The Goblet of Fire and Order of the Pheonix you can really notice what they left out. I'm praying they do a better job with The Half-blood Prince and not too worried about the Deathly Hollows since it's being broken into two parts.

Half blood is going to be shredded to pieces. The book is even longer than DH.

The only example I can come up with Star Trek 2. Follows the episode very closely.

The one film that I wished followed the source book is Starship Troopers. I hoped that the sequels would go back to the book but I doubt it now.

[Grand Bob]

Originally Posted by Mouse

I read "The Hobbit" and am nearly finished with "Fellowship of the Ring" book and am I wrong or didn't Frodo live in the Shire for 50 years AFTER Bilbo left? Making Frodo about 58 years old when he starts his quest to destroy the ring? Not right after Bilbo's party. I think I remember that correctly...

I am one of the weird people who read LotR every year (just getting ready to start again next week). When the Fellowship of the Ring begins, Frodo will be 33 and Bilbo will be 111 at "The Long-Expected Party". Bilbo disappears at the party and Frodo leaves the Shire 17 years later at age 50 to begin the journey to destroy the ring.

[scweb13]

Originally Posted by mikejet

Sin City would be my only example. The comic was used as storyboards.

They added clothes for Nancy's (Jessica Alba) dancing scene.

[mikejet]

Originally Posted by scweb13

They added clothes for Nancy's (Jessica Alba) dancing scene.

Yeah, they didn't have a big enough budget for that.

[P@t_Mtl]

Originally Posted by scweb13

They added clothes for Nancy's (Jessica Alba) dancing scene.

Well Jessica Alba is not known for her nude scenes, she doesn't like doing them. Maybe they could have get Jessica Biel instead??

[scweb13]

Originally Posted by mikejet

Yeah, they didn't have a big enough budget for that.

According to Alba, it was up to Robert Rodriguez

[mikejet]

Originally Posted by scweb13

According to Alba, it was up to Robert Rodriguez

Wow....I don't know what to say about that...

[statikcat]

Originally Posted by scweb13

According to Alba, it was up to Robert Rodriguez

It sounds like he decided not to because he could tell she really did not want to .. but wanted the role. He probably did not want to feel like he was pressuring her.

[PH3AR]

Originally Posted by mikejet

I've heard 300 leaves some very important characters out.

Sin City would be my only example. The comic was used as storyboards.

+1

[andyman1970]

The Hills Have Eyes (2006) is pretty faithful to the 1977 version except that the mutated freaks in 2006 were inbred freaks in 1977.

RZ's Halloween is an insult the Carpenters 1978 original.

LOTR trilogy is pretty faithful to the books as was The DaVinci Code.

While Stanley Kubrick's version of the Shining took some liberties with Stephen Kings book those liberties improved to overall story. There are just some things in the book that would not have translated well in the film version. Just watch the made for TV version and you'll see what I mean.

[JamesKurtovich]

Originally Posted by Mouse

Eh, I wouldn't exactly agree with that... The books are MUCH better than the movies. For the first two or three movies it's fairly close but once you get to The Goblet of Fire and Order of the Pheonix you can really notice what they left out. I'm praying they do a better job with The Half-blood Prince and not too worried about the Deathly Hollows since it's being broken into two parts.

They even left Peeves out.