Oldboy. The ending of the manga is just so unbelievably stupid.
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The original Korean Oldboy is in my top movie recommendations to anyone.
Had no idea it was based on a Manga. Thank you for learning me something good today.
V for Vendetta.
The original graphic novel is good, but very dated to the feel of the Thatcher years.
The film has aged a lot better and it smoothed out the pacing, making it much more enjoyable IMO.
I agree. I read the comics after the movie and while I enjoyed them, imo the movie was better.
Maybe less popular here, and definitely a closer call, but The Martian. Damon’s performance elevated Watney, the book’s Rover drive started to drag, and dear god you could just FEEL how uninterested and inexperienced Weir was during every single scene in the book involving anyone not named Mark Watney. Those scenes were still mostly bare bones plot progression in the movie, but the script doctors and professional actors made them much more palatable.
The movie’s ending was even less plausible than the rest, with the lampshade of picking an idea that book-Watney had rejected, and the book just had more of the “I’ma science the shit out of this!” Robinson Crusoe in space competence porn, and that was cool.
So like I said, there are points in favor of both, but I think the movie was a bit better than the book.
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Under the Skin. I love the movie. It is so evocative, and some of the imagery is incredibly disturbing without depicting traditional screen violence. The book isn't bad, but it's much more straightforward and simple by comparison. I think Jonathan Glazer really elevated the material, as he does with every movie he makes.
It looked like a bit of softcore with scarjo. No?
No
Yep
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What Dreams May Come. I love the movie. Could barely make it through the book.
The film makes substantial changes to the ending and some of the main plot though. The novel makes no mention of credit card companies, and the film ending is an atrocity.
Edit: this was supposed to be for the comment thread about Fight Club but apparently posted independently. Apologies for the confusion.
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