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penguinfaery) wrote2009-01-12 07:44 pm
penguinfaery) wrote2009-01-12 07:44 pm
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So it always seems weird to me that like....movies are picked apart for their mistakes from canon, and then they hit some level of "good" that no longer becomes an issue.
For example, I'm watching the old The Shining...and like...it's nothing like the book. Same basic plot, yeah, but the character are TOTALLY different in looks, personality...(Well, sans Danny, not much you can do with "Psychic 6 year old"), and all of the little details have been off thus far.
I haven't seen enough yet to decided if I like it as a MOVIE (Tho I'm having the issue I expected....how can you become emotionally involved in Jack's descent into madness if he's a nutty asshole the whole time? The whole heartbreak in the book is that you LIKE Jack, and you feel like Jack and Wendy are trying SO hard and just got caught in a situation WAY over their heads. Jack Nicholson is just an asshole...)
For example, I'm watching the old The Shining...and like...it's nothing like the book. Same basic plot, yeah, but the character are TOTALLY different in looks, personality...(Well, sans Danny, not much you can do with "Psychic 6 year old"), and all of the little details have been off thus far.
I haven't seen enough yet to decided if I like it as a MOVIE (Tho I'm having the issue I expected....how can you become emotionally involved in Jack's descent into madness if he's a nutty asshole the whole time? The whole heartbreak in the book is that you LIKE Jack, and you feel like Jack and Wendy are trying SO hard and just got caught in a situation WAY over their heads. Jack Nicholson is just an asshole...)
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