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Movies that should've been better

Started by SDragon, May 11, 2007, 01:50:29 PM

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Ra-Tiel

#45
May 17, 2007, 03:24:47 PM
Quote from: TrollWhile I would love to see movies about Drizzt (The Dark Elf Trilogy in particular), I think Elminster in Hell would be horrible as a movie, probably because I hated the book. I read it when I was like 14 or 15 and thought it was awful. I don't think it would make a very good movie even from an unbiased perspective because it's pretty... uneventful.
I was just giving examples. There are probably countless good "Forgotten Realms" or "Eberron" or "Dragonlance" or "Greyhawk" novells out there that would have made wonderful movies. Well, at least better than this crap they finally came up with. x.

Hibou

#46
May 17, 2007, 03:36:43 PM
Quote from: Ra-Tiel
Quote from: TrollWhile I would love to see movies about Drizzt (The Dark Elf Trilogy in particular), I think Elminster in Hell would be horrible as a movie, probably because I hated the book. I read it when I was like 14 or 15 and thought it was awful. I don't think it would make a very good movie even from an unbiased perspective because it's pretty... uneventful.
I was just giving examples. There are probably countless good "Forgotten Realms" or "Eberron" or "Dragonlance" or "Greyhawk" novells out there that would have made wonderful movies. Well, at least better than this crap they finally came up with. x.

True. I honestly think a movie adaptation of one of the books predominantly about Artemis Entreri and Jarlaxle would be totally awesome to watch as a movie. Jarlaxle's badass. People would love to watch him on screen.
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#47
May 17, 2007, 03:45:49 PM
I don't think I would want to see Drizzt movies, or Elminster movies.  I think, if they make a FR movie, it should be about a new hero, who possibly meets up with standard FR NPCs along his journey.
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#48
May 17, 2007, 04:22:00 PM
Quote from: IshmaylI don't think I would want to see Drizzt movies, or Elminster movies.  I think, if they make a FR movie, it should be about a new hero, who possibly meets up with standard FR NPCs along his journey.

That'd be cool too, as long as the character was just a normal person who became a hero, instead of some "I am the son of a demon/born with Spellfire/am a vastly superior and more powerful race/am a godling/etc." type of gimmick. I don't know about you guys, but those backgrounds seem all-too-common/already strained in FR to me.

EDIT: Although... Jaerc did link me to a sample chapter from a new novel about two assassins of Mask and a person who happens to be the son of Mephistopheles that would be WICKED to see made into a movie.
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#49
May 17, 2007, 08:45:00 PM
Re:  Dungeons and Dragons -

http://www.agonybooth.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4941&whichpage=1

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#50
May 18, 2007, 06:52:21 PM
And oh, Stargate, you write an excellent post but I'm not going to give it the reply it deserves simply because that would drag this thread completely off-topic.  I simply note that in all your argumentation, you made my original point - that if it takes that much explanation to make me think the supercomputer wasn't dumb as a stump, the movie could have been better.
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SDragon

#51
May 18, 2007, 07:02:36 PM
Not having seen dungeons and dragons (note the lack of capitalization), I can't judge ow close to the movie that is, but it's still a great review, DeeL!
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Ra-Tiel

#52
May 19, 2007, 03:14:28 AM
@DeeL: Lol! "This movie doesn't deserve an ampersand!" :D :D :D

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#53
May 19, 2007, 04:07:36 PM
Quote from: Troll Jedi KnightEDIT: Although... Jaerc did link me to a sample chapter from a new novel about two assassins of Mask and a person who happens to be the son of Mephistopheles that would be WICKED to see made into a movie.


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#54
May 19, 2007, 05:05:41 PM
DeeL... I LOLed! You deserve an oscar. :P

Kindling

#55
May 23, 2007, 03:41:25 AM
All of them.
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DeeL

#56
May 23, 2007, 06:53:39 PM
New suggestion.  

Every single movie based on the life of Cleopatra.  

I mean come on.  Cleopatra's biography is inherently fascinating, but I have yet to see anything - especially including Liz Taylor's effort - that makes her seem like an  interesting person, let alone the intriguing Last Pharaoh that she was.

I think it has to do with Hollywood's insistence on putting 'lovely' women in the role.  It was pretty well established that Cleopatra wasn't a classical beauty - the accounts of that time clearly stated that it was in her movements and attentions that she gave a sensual impression.  Hollywood doesn't do well with 'beautiful in motion but not at rest.'

That's it for now.  I'm tired and punchy, so I kind of hope this was coherent.

Oh, and hey Kindling - not exactly a cinema buff, eh?
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