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The movie is based on the novel of the same name.
From an interview with the author Seth Grahame-Smith (2010):
When you got the idea for this book, were you thinking, “I sure do love Abe Lincoln, but I wish his story had more vampires?” Or was it, “I’m sick and tired of all these vampire novels without any historical context?”
To be ...
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The vintage, collectors edition Mickey Mouse watch was a gift from Langdon's parents on his 10th Birthday. As per the book, Langdon has not owned any other watch after that.
Quoting directly from the book:
Although its juvenile dial often drew odd looks, Langdon had never owned any other watch; Disney animations had been his first introduction to the ...
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It looks like Frodo is being shoe-horned into The Hobbit to keep audiences happy (general audiences, mind you, not LotR fans who are not pleased with this news).
According to a report from AICN:
What’s Frodo doing in The Hobbit? I don’t want to spoil too much, but I can say that Frodo is part of the connecting tissue between The Hobbit and Fellowship of ...
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For starters, it might help to think about some of the differences that we experience when viewing a single movie made from a single book:
Appearance/attractiveness of characters. Especially for those characters to whom we're attracted, the change of blond hair to brown, or dark skin to light can be jarring. This is always going to happen because film ...
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I'm going to have a go at answering all of your questions.
Firstly, I believe you have every adaptation listed above, with the exception of the trashy cash-in flick I am Omega, and perhaps, at a stretch, Romero's classic zombie films.
As far as I am aware, nobody has attempted an ending that echoes Matheson's original (and cerebral) conclusion to his ...
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As mentioned by @DForck42, Peeves is not a central character in Harry Potter movies. On top of that, in the story Peeves is shown to be doing a lot of destruction (think flying objects, utensils). The film makers would not have wanted to spend precious dollars on doing SFX for a character who has no effect on the story and is very hard to recreate faithfully ...
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I found a very interesting article based on the differences between movie and the novel. I'll quote some of them, that should answer your question:
Robert Zemeckis, director of Forrest Gump, chooses not to include several adventures that are present in the book and to change the character’s personality.
This significant changes play an important ...
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One critic's opinion is that Kurosawa was indeed influenced by censorship, both Japanese and American, during World War II, but that was not the only reason that he produced a lot of foreign adaptations:
Perhaps the most significant factor in his stylistic development as a director was WWII. At the time that Kurosawa was developing his own distinctive ...
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From what I recall Peeves had almost no influence on the main story arc of the series, so he was rather easy to cut out of the story. Also I believe he shows up less frequently as the series continues, so he's not missed as much in the later parts.
Nearly Headless Nick (NHN), although not tied very close to the story, is tied in a few key parts of Harry's ...
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Quoted from Wikipedia:
Fincher considered the novel too infatuated with Tyler Durden and changed the ending to move away from him: "I wanted people to love Tyler, but I also wanted them to be OK with his vanquishing."
Something I learned about Fight Club during an interview with Chuck Palanihuk is that he considers Fight Club a coming-of-age story; ...
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Off the wiki it says:
Unlike the book, where they are devious, plan extensively, and speak at great length; the movie shows them as silent attackers in one scene only. This is due to multiple factors. The length of the movie was one, finding gorgeous Japanese identical twins who spoke English was another; The Saitos couldn't speak English.
To ...
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Kurosawa began his career during the Showa war and during that time he, like all other Japanese filmmakers, was confined to making "policy pictures" that supported the militarist agenda. This necessitated a large amount of censorship. But there was no Shakespeare there and nor were there any films that would later be hailed as "masterpieces" or the likes.
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From IGN - TV-Book Differences:
Point of View:
Since the plot in the novel is told from the viewpoints of the principal cast of characters, the show fleshes out certain key scenes that are either absent from the book, implied, or talked about in other chapters.
Character Names:
Certain characters have undergone a name change ...
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As I remember it from the book's ending, Hannibal kept Clarice more-or-less continually drugged and they live happily ever after.
The difference is covered in AboutFilm's note on the ending, in 12 paragraphs and a synopsis of the book's ending. An extract:
Admittedly, I haven't read it, but the
novel's ending sounds just awful to me.
And yet, it ...
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Joseph was going for the role of Rufio. Dante eventually took the role around the age of 16. This will put Joseph at 7 or 8.
Based on the role Rufio has to play in Hook, leadership of the Lost Boys, it's a fair call. He just was too young. Dante played Rufio well especially in the fight scenes.
Seeing that the casting for Jurassic Park would have happened ...
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This kind of questions come here over and over when we talk about adaptations (books to movies, games to movies, comics to games, etc.) and it's really simple to answer:
1) Because movies aren't the same as books (the same could be used in terms of comics, games, manga, anime, etc. etc.).
Really, keep in mind that maybe the book could be a really ...
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It's my understanding that Morbius, the scientist in Forbidden Planet who is alone save for his daughter, is a reflection of Prospero, the anti-hero of Shakespeare's play who is likewise living alone on an island with his daughter. Both Morbius and Prospero seek to control the elements, and thus the world around them, through 'magic' - in Morbius' case, an ...
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Count Dracula A TV movie made by BBC in 1977 is one of the adaptations which can be called more faithful adaptation of the book. Wikipedia says - "1977 saw a solid BBC version titled Count Dracula. It was made for television and starred Louis Jourdan as the Count and Frank Finlay as Van Helsing. It was directed by Philip Saville. This version is one of the ...
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AirieFenix has given a really good answer above, but I would also add that first-person movies very rarely work satisfactorily.
A great example would be Lynch's Dune, which sought to pile on as much exposition as possible through the use of copious inner monologues in the form of voice overs. Personally I don't have a problem with the film, but many ...
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There is an excellent paper written on the topic.
This document can be located at the following reference:
"Comparison of Shakespeare's Tempest and Forbidden Planet." 123HelpMe.com. 21 Feb 2012
<http://www.123HelpMe.com/view.asp?id=17255>.
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as a child kurosawa read alot. he was a particular fan of russian literature and shakespere. while his early films were not adaptations of shakespere there was defininatly a lot of influence there ie. the manner in which he constructed his characters. in kurosawa there has always been a strong western influence, matter of fact one of his favroite directors ...
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I would not call two adaptions of Shakespeare (Throne of Blood and Ran) many. And he made Ran partly because "Hidetora is me".
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