Elimination Chamber and the Film Meme

[redfiona99]

Elimination Chamber - I only saw the last hour but still

Cole running Lawler down at the end of the match may be some of the best forehanded insults I ever heard. (If you can have backhanded compliaments, you can have forehanded insults.)

After that, I am looking forward to Punk v Orton like you wouldn't believe. It's the insane glee and possibility of violence on both their parts.

To steal a phrase from Opera, I am all wigglepants.

I'm stuck between 'ouch! Punk's upper thigh', 'get down from there, John Morrison', 'damn it, I wanted John Morrison to win' and 'I hate the elimination chamber' as my overwhelming feeling at the end.

(I accept that the elimination chamber opens up all kinds of story telling possibilities, possibilities I go cockahoop over, but I don't think that outweighs the ouchy, broken bone possibilities.)


Film Meme:

Day 24 - The best page-to-screen film adaptation

I'm temporarily discounting plays and comics because they're different media all together and bring different problems to adapting them.

I also not going to name an actual film, for reasons which will become clear.

There's lots of different adaptations, some from books so obscure you didn't even know they were a book first, some from books you love and no-one will ever be able to get exactly right.

That brings up one of the first problems. What do you want out of an adaptation? Do you want exactly accurate, or are you happy with just the feel of the piece?

That was one of my problems with the Watchmen adaptation, it was almost panel for panel accurate, and yet managed to miss the spirit of the comic.

I'd rather a film-maker do something gloriously filmic, rather than a wet re-tread of a book. Did Kubrick change things in Clockwork Orange, yes, but were they worth it? Equally, yes.

It's like the version of Good Omens that's being rumoured. Do I think it'll be better than the rumoured Terry Gilliam version that now appears not to be happening? Yes. Do I think the Gilliam version would have been far more interesting visually? Yes.

I know people who are still angry about Tom Bombadill not being in Lord Of The Rings, and yet, could they have done him right? (Also, Tom Bombadill is scarier than Sauron)

Blade Runner bears almost no resemblence to the work on which it is allegedly based, and yet I like it, possibly because they have at least had the decency to change the name. I think, if you're going to adapt something out of all recognition, that's what you ought to do. See also 'O Brother Where Art Thou'.



Day 1 - Favourite Foreign Language Film
Day 2 - A film that is underrated
Day 3 - A Film That Brings Me Unadulterated Happiness
Day 4- A film cliché that you love
Day 5 - Favourite love story in a film
Day 6 - Favorite actor/actress
Day 7 - Most surprising plot twist/ending
Day 8 - Best Opening/Closing Credits
Day 9 - Best soundtrack/score to a film
Day 10 - Favourite classic film
Day 11 - Favourite black and white film
Day 12 - A film that permanently altered your point-of-view
Day 13 - A guilty pleasure...
Day 14 - A film that you used to love but now hate
Day 15 - Favorite film sequel
Day 16 - Favourite film character
Day 17 - Favourite quote
Day 18 - The best overall cast in a film
Day 19 - The most hilarious film you've seen
Day 20 - A Moving (Emotional) Scene
Day 21 - Favorite film from your favorite actor/actress
Day 22 - Favorite Academy Award acceptance speech
Day 23 - Character You Relate To The Most

Day 25 - Favorite film villain
Day 26 - Favorite film poster
Day 27 - A film that you wish you had seen in theaters
Day 28 - Favorite film from your favorite director
Day 29 - A piece of trivia from a favorite film
Day 30 - Your favorite film of all-time

Comments

[idleleaves.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's just it. It's so difficult to adapt books to films, and staying very true to the source material doesn't ensure a good film. In my head they're necessarily totally different animals and I treat them as such.

I know people who are still angry about Tom Bombadill not being in Lord Of The Rings

... I know everyone likes different characters and themes and parts of the books, but this baffles me, utterly. I was honestly *pleased* that his section was cut (... not so pleased at the lack of Glorfindel, but I won't go off on a ramble about that, I promise), not just because I totally agree that he's a scary fucker but because he manages to bore me at the same time, too. When I re-read, it's the only section of the books that I always either skim or skip entirely. Heh.