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Posher778
03-20-2008, 12:55 PM
I just realized, that most movies seem to be based on a novel or short story, or comic, or... disney ride. So i'm asking, what do you think are the best film's that are not based on any pre written/built work?
X¤MurderDoll¤X
03-20-2008, 01:36 PM
Best: Possession
Posher778
03-20-2008, 01:38 PM
Pulp Fiction has to be one of them.
Donnie Darko
Kill Bill
Alien(s)
Memento
28 Days Later
I don't think any of those were from anything else, but those are some good ones.
X¤MurderDoll¤X
03-20-2008, 01:41 PM
Pulp Fiction has to be one of them.
Donnie Darko
Kill Bill
Alien(s)
Memento
28 Days Later
I don't think any of those were from anything else, but those are some good ones.
eww kill bill
GorePhobia
03-20-2008, 01:56 PM
eww kill bill
Come on Kill Bill is awesome!
urgeok2
03-20-2008, 01:59 PM
eww kill bill
crazy chick !
fortunato
03-20-2008, 02:16 PM
i guess i'll get in on this too...
eww kill bill
chu crazy!
in terms of regular film - citizen kane
in horror i'd say most of the greats have no source material - the dead quadrilogy, halloween, nightmare on elm street, etc.
neverending
03-20-2008, 04:03 PM
in terms of regular film - citizen kane
in horror i'd say most of the greats have no source material - the dead quadrilogy, halloween, nightmare on elm street, etc.
Most of the greats? Frankenstein, Dracula, Phantom of the Opera, Hunchback of Notre Dame, EA Poe adaptations, etc., etc.....
allow me to clarify for my picky friend - most of the 'modern' greats
and puh-lease don't cite bram stoker's dracula or that wretched kenneth branagh frankenstein
massacre man
03-20-2008, 04:07 PM
Most of the greats? Frankenstein, Dracula, Phantom of the Opera, Hunchback of Notre Dame, EA Poe adaptations, etc., etc.....
Those are all adaptations of something though.
Anyway, my favorites would probably be Clerks, Donnie Darko, and Pulp Fiction.
neverending
03-20-2008, 04:08 PM
Those are all adaptations of something though.
Anyway, my favorites would probably be Clerks, Donnie Darko, and Pulp Fiction.
Yah, i was responding to Zero's post.... follow the thread!
Yah, i was responding to Zero's post.... follow the thread!
that'll teach you to try and disagree with me - it causes endless confusion
better to just agree mindlessly to my superior simian knowledge!
Posher778
03-20-2008, 04:18 PM
Most of the greats? Frankenstein, Dracula, Phantom of the Opera, Hunchback of Notre Dame, EA Poe adaptations, etc., etc.....
ea poe adaptations are from writing.... ruling them out. Frankenstein, dracula, phantom of the opera... all pre written.
X¤MurderDoll¤X
03-20-2008, 04:35 PM
i guess i'll get in on this too...
chu crazy!
I can't be the only person who hates that stupid movie.
Posher778
03-20-2008, 04:42 PM
I can't be the only person who hates that stupid movie.
Apparently you are :)
massacre man
03-20-2008, 04:43 PM
Yah, i was responding to Zero's post.... follow the thread!
He said most of the greats have no source material. To which you replied with a list of greats that are adaptations...
neverending
03-20-2008, 05:12 PM
He said most of the greats have no source material. To which you replied with a list of greats that are adaptations...
Yes- that's the POINT I was making!
neverending
03-20-2008, 05:13 PM
that'll teach you to try and disagree with me - it causes endless confusion
better to just agree mindlessly to my superior simian knowledge!
You're right there! No one else is able to follow a train of thought it appears....
That's a JOKE people!
my train of thought usually derails shortly after leaving the station
Psycom5k
03-20-2008, 06:18 PM
I can't be the only person who hates that stupid movie.
Yes you are, Those movies were awesome.
GorePhobia
03-20-2008, 06:27 PM
I have to agree with Clerks, Donnie Darko, and Pulp Fiction.
I also think Garden State and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind are amazing. I think they are both original and not taken from anything else.
Psycom5k
03-20-2008, 06:29 PM
Meh, I can't really add much myself, people pretty much said it all. I guess I could throw in The Descent, and I was thinking Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, but isn't that a book?
_____V_____
03-20-2008, 06:56 PM
I can't be the only person who hates that stupid movie.
And she likes SNL skits with JT, also JT's Black Snake Moan.
That actually might explain the QT hate.;)
alkytrio666
03-21-2008, 11:11 AM
Yep, Pulp Fiction and Garden State are wonderful. The Sting and Easy Rider have fantastic, original stories.
illdojo
03-21-2008, 11:27 AM
I was thinking Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, but isn't that a book?
You're an ....
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Do some research, Psycom.noob....You're on the internet for fuck sake!!!
GorePhobia
03-21-2008, 12:27 PM
Hostility darn calm yourselves people!
The Mad Monk
03-21-2008, 03:41 PM
It's harder than I thought to come up with great films that weren't based on a book.. A few good ones already mentioned, like Night of the Living Dead and 28 Days Later. I'd also add:
Blood On Satan's Claw
Eye Of The Devil
The Exorcist
Witchfinder General
Rasputin The Mad Monk
Some of those are based on real-life events, if that's OK.
alkytrio666
03-21-2008, 07:08 PM
The Exorcist
Book. Damn good one, too.
The Mad Monk
03-21-2008, 08:02 PM
The Exorcist
Book. Damn good one, too.
Ah well, my mistake...
neverending
03-21-2008, 08:54 PM
Harold & Maude.
Work Is a 4 Letter Word
Psycom5k
03-21-2008, 09:36 PM
You're an ....
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Do some research, Psycom.noob....You're on the internet for fuck sake!!!
I will eat your soul
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