Marxism-Fennekinism to [email protected]English • 1 year agoWhat was the worst bastardization of a classic book into a movie?message-square326arrow-up1188arrow-down15
arrow-up1183arrow-down1message-squareWhat was the worst bastardization of a classic book into a movie?Marxism-Fennekinism to [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square326
minus-squarechriscrutchlinkfedilinkEnglish41•1 year 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink17•1 year agoI haven’t watched or read it. Are you saying the movie is better than the book in spite of bastardizing it?
minus-squareGarbageShoot [he/him]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year 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]linkfedilinkEnglish8•1 year agoLiberalism and Great Man Theory, name a more iconic pair.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agothe book as an audiobook is good Forrest was a POS and he was a bum because he knew it!
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.
the book as an audiobook is good
Forrest was a POS and he was a bum because he knew it!