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Originally posted by Spallalala
Too many movies that do come out miss too much that was in the book.
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its unfortunate but it cant be helped ...
A clever director (who is hopefully a fan of the book - but not always) will know how to balance the job of extracting the essentials without dissapointing the hard core fans of the book.
Every book would be a 20 hour long movie if they were to be filmed verbatim.
The fillmakers task it to pull the book apart and see what characters/sequences can be left out without hurting the integrity of the story.
a lot of things that flow well on paper do not look good on screen either.
I think Dune was a prime example where it failed because it couldnt please anyway. When you take on a huge cult fan favorite - you are setting yourself up for a no win situation.
Fans of the book will be pissed because so much has been left out... non fans wont understand it.
Personally I enjoyed Dune because i could understand why certain things had to be left out - and i'm a fan of the book.
Look at Lord of the Rings ... never has there been such devotion to capturing as much as possible of the book .. and the hard core fans still werent happy.
its a dicey position for a filmmaker to put him/herself into.