Some News on Fahrenheit 451

Ranger · Post by **Ranger** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 4:56 pm

Nope no link at all between moore and bradbury, but it should be noted that farenhite 9/11 was the first and only movie moore made where he had proof, and hardcore documentation of everything. But back to the movie, I don't think there's any such thing as a good cinematic version of a book. There's just so much our imaginations can do that a movie screen can't. THe only case I can think of where the movie was better than the book was "Logans Run" just because the book was so damned confusing.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 5:08 pm

The Name of the Rose movie is nearly as good as Umberto Eco's book. Only example I can think of though.

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 5:20 pm

Haven't read the book, but the movie was awesome.

Aneurysm · Post by **Aneurysm** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 6:05 pm

Excelent movie, didnt read the book either.Funny thing I first watched it when I was like 12 years old during a catholic education class.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 6:24 pm

Awesome religion classes

I never signed for any, since it's not mandatory here : I kept hearing my friends saying it was boring as fuck.

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 6:53 pm

Wow.

When I first "saw" it, I was so young that I almost crapped my pants when those fat retard monks trumbled in and that one hot gipsy momma screwed the shit out of that one young monk dude.

It traumatized me for years before I managed to gather enough courage to rewatch it, for real that time.

atoga · Post by **atoga** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 9:15 pm

Fat retard monks? Hot gypsy momma? Explain?

Ranger wrote:But back to the movie, I don't think there's any such thing as a good cinematic version of a book. There's just so much our imaginations can do that a movie screen can't.

That's a little city, I can rattle off quite a few books where there's a fairly clear-cut argument that the movie is superior - Clockwork Orange anyone? Movies can be a lot more evocative, and they can still leave a lot to the mind. It's a different format, that's all. The difference really boils down to who the director is. It's practically impossible for some technically-minded idiot like Peter Jackson or James Cameron to adapt a book to a movie so that the movie is better, while more intuitive and interpretive directors like KUBRICK and Cronenberg produce much more interesting results.

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 4:19 pm

Uh, shit. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091605/ - Name of the Rose (1986).
Check it out yourself.

I'm not even sure if we were talking about the same thing in the first place.
Do YOU mean this: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337688/ ?

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 4:48 pm

Eww, that new one with an immortal master criminal sounds like shit.