Marxism-Fennekinism@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoWhat was the worst bastardization of a classic book into a movie?message-squaremessage-square233fedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down14
arrow-up1119arrow-down1message-squareWhat was the worst bastardization of a classic book into a movie?Marxism-Fennekinism@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square233fedilink
minus-squarechriscrutch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·2 years agoNo one appears to have yet mentioned Forrest Gump. In the book he was a chess grandmaster who wrestled professionally and was an astronaut. Also, the book sucks.
minus-squareMothra@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoI haven’t watched or read it. Are you saying the movie is better than the book in spite of bastardizing it?
minus-squaremub@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoYip. Also, they were very slightly totally different.
minus-squareGarbageShoot [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI think the book was written to be satire and the movie is, uh, comedic but in a much less pointed way
minus-squareUlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoLiberalism and Great Man Theory, name a more iconic pair.
No one appears to have yet mentioned Forrest Gump. In the book he was a chess grandmaster who wrestled professionally and was an astronaut. Also, the book sucks.
I haven’t watched or read it. Are you saying the movie is better than the book in spite of bastardizing it?
Yip. Also, they were very slightly totally different.
I think the book was written to be satire and the movie is, uh, comedic but in a much less pointed way
Liberalism and Great Man Theory, name a more iconic pair.