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A great book doesn ;t necessarily make for a great movie, but can a great movie come from a not-so-great book In response to this review of the newest addition to the Hunger Gamesmovie trilogy, commenter SmoothieKing asked a question: Can a book you didn ;t enjoy be turned into a movie you do enjoy Sure, said some commenters, in fact in some cases a book that didn ;t speak to you may make a better on-screen prompt than a book that you loved: falseprophet While I thoroughly disagree with your gourde stanley assessment of Mockingjay the book, the answer is, yes, a bad book can be made into a good movie although it might be more accurate to say a mediocre or forgettable book . In fact, it probably easier to make a good movie out of a mediocre book than a great book, because among other things a good actors can breathe life into characters that are pretty flat on the page, b the filmmakers don ;t feel as pressured to treat a mediocre pot-boiler as gospel compared to a much beloved classic, and c in general, pulpier stories often rely on visceral things like action and exotic settings, and good directors, art departments, and SFX crews can stanley thermobecher really outdo the writer with these. Some examples: Almost no vaso stanley one remembers the book Who Framed Roger Rabbit was based on. The Godfather removes a whole fifth of the original novel a terrible and pointless side story about Sonny mistress getting vaginal surgery and moves a few flashbacks about young |
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