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MacDuffy from Enies Lobby Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#257026: May 1st 2014 at 3:50:44 AM

i feel asleep

@tats: did i not tell you

were you not god damn told

Boxen whatever he can Since: Jan, 2013
whatever he can
#257027: May 1st 2014 at 3:53:14 AM

what did i say yesterday

dead devotion
WackyPancake from My computer. Since: May, 2011
#257030: May 1st 2014 at 4:35:49 AM

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

also yeah bob hoskins died and it's sad because people dying always sucks

even if the mario movie was godawful

"I like girls, but now, it's about justice."
Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#257031: May 1st 2014 at 4:55:38 AM

the mario movie was amazing screw you

WackyPancake from My computer. Since: May, 2011
#257032: May 1st 2014 at 4:56:53 AM

the mario movie made want to throw myself in a wood chipper

i know what mario looks like and that isn't mario

"I like girls, but now, it's about justice."
Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#257033: May 1st 2014 at 4:57:50 AM

bowser was pretty accurate tho

WackyPancake from My computer. Since: May, 2011
#257034: May 1st 2014 at 5:00:34 AM

yeah totally

now seriously i mean "mario" as in the franchise

why bother making an adaptation if you're just gonna make everything up

edited 1st May '14 5:00:46 AM by WackyPancake

"I like girls, but now, it's about justice."
Trip Since: Mar, 2012
WackyPancake from My computer. Since: May, 2011
#257036: May 1st 2014 at 5:06:26 AM

but still

i mean if what those guys created was actually good i would cut them some sack but sadly it's not the case

"I like girls, but now, it's about justice."
RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
MAYONNAISE
#257037: May 1st 2014 at 5:12:35 AM

It's the sad sad thing about adaptations.

They'll always change something.

Like Griffin's entire personality, remove the entire "First Day of Invisibility" part and the lead-up to his discovery, ADD IN A FUCKING LOVE INTEREST who if they were just a girlfriend I'd be fine with but Flora was a fiance of Griffin (Seriously, the fuck? Griffin would barely make time for a girlfriend, I doubt they'd be far enough for a fucking marriage), Kill off Kemp (I liked this), Change how Griffin died (Admittedly being brained by a sailor is pretty shitty, and I quite liked how the movie ended), and finally they left out Thomas Marvel. (Starting to think that Kemp just absorbed him...)

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WackyPancake from My computer. Since: May, 2011
#257038: May 1st 2014 at 5:15:18 AM

still not as bad as the mario movie

“The worst thing I ever did? Super Mario Brothers. It was a fuckin' nightmare. The whole experience was a nightmare. It had a husband-and-wife team directing, whose arrogance had been mistaken for talent. After so many weeks their own agent told them to get off the set! Fuckin' nightmare. Fuckin' idiots.”

- bob hoskins about the mario movie

"I like girls, but now, it's about justice."
Trip Since: Mar, 2012
RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
MAYONNAISE
#257040: May 1st 2014 at 5:23:43 AM

Yeah.

But I was just giving an example of an otherwise good movie- being a terrible adaptation.

It really... Didn't work for me as something inspired by the book.

Because it didn't focus enough on Griffin, and they changed him far too much.

His entire backstory was basically re-written so they could get away with duplicating the success of the Frankenstein movie's love triangle.

And to leave out really important parts of the book (I.E. Thomas Marvel) just doesn't sit well.

Hell- they even change how successful Griffin was to begin with.

Book: He's a loner working out of a London apartment completely on his own.

Movie: He is an actual scientific assistant to a (as the film says) good scientist. Who just allows him to do a side-project on his own. I guess it makes it more tragic as it shows that if Griffin wasn't so mad about making the invisibility potion- he would've had a pretty decent job but- still.

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WackyPancake from My computer. Since: May, 2011
#257041: May 1st 2014 at 5:26:18 AM

oh yeah that

there are many films that are awesome movies on their own but terrible adaptations

like about every film in the Disney Animated Canon

edited 1st May '14 5:26:36 AM by WackyPancake

"I like girls, but now, it's about justice."
RegularDefender MAYONNAISE from Blighty Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Singularity
MAYONNAISE
#257042: May 1st 2014 at 5:32:06 AM

Indeed.

But given that The Invisible Man ranks at the top of my favorite novels (Who knew?), it really eggs me that there isn't a proper adaptation for it yet.

Hollow Man (The one with Kevin Bacon) was close to the tone, I reckon. Despite it being changed to a modern-day thing, and that Sebastian Caine (Not Griffin... But then they didn't have the rights to The Invisible Man apparently) was legitimately funded by the government and it was an entire science team who knew what they were working on.

Though putting them in an underground facility where they were easily trapped was a very smart move.

Though- it wasn't a direct adaptation, which I appreciate. It wasn't saying "Based on H.G.Well's Novel The Invisible Man" like The 1933 film did at the start... Before chucking around 2/3rds of the book out the window and changing a whole load of details. Though I appreciate that they gave Griffin the highest on-screen killcount out of all the Universal monsters. Because he de-railed a train. That was fucking awesome.

edited 1st May '14 5:32:23 AM by RegularDefender

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SR3NORMANDY Problem Child from N/A - In constant flux Since: Jul, 2012
GameSpazzer The Beta Male from Against! The! Wall! Since: Jun, 2010
The Beta Male
#257044: May 1st 2014 at 5:45:36 AM

It was good except for Jum Carrey.

Jim Carrey was what killed that movie. Everything else was perfect.

MY SOUL IS DARK BUT MY HAIR IS COLORFUL — Brahian Pokémon Alchemist
SR3NORMANDY Problem Child from N/A - In constant flux Since: Jul, 2012
Problem Child
#257045: May 1st 2014 at 5:46:34 AM

Whoa, what?

I can think of few others who could have pulled off what the role demanded.

What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?
MacDuffy from Enies Lobby Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#257046: May 1st 2014 at 5:46:59 AM

you eat a dick carrey was the shit in that movie

edited 1st May '14 5:47:30 AM by MacDuffy

GameSpazzer The Beta Male from Against! The! Wall! Since: Jun, 2010
The Beta Male
#257047: May 1st 2014 at 5:50:00 AM

The problem was, you could tell where he was on-script, and where he was ad-libbing. The latter seriously took away from it.

Jim Carrey is like Robin Williams. They're incredibly talented actors, but the director needs to keep a tight leash on them if they want to see said talent on the screen.

MY SOUL IS DARK BUT MY HAIR IS COLORFUL — Brahian Pokémon Alchemist
SR3NORMANDY Problem Child from N/A - In constant flux Since: Jul, 2012
Problem Child
#257048: May 1st 2014 at 5:51:45 AM

Fair point. But he did a hell of a lot better than anyone else would have.

What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?
MacDuffy from Enies Lobby Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#257049: May 1st 2014 at 5:53:52 AM

carrey's ad-libbing was some of the best bits in that movie

ChrissieMcNapkins bruhonetta from the traphouse Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
bruhonetta
#257050: May 1st 2014 at 5:54:47 AM

a series of unfortunate events

good adaption

kinda ehhh execution

I live in a constant state of fear and misery.

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