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** [[Orson Welles]] allegedly exclaimed, "Tell Ted Turner to keep his crayons away from [[Citizen Kane|my movie]]!" |
** [[Orson Welles]] allegedly exclaimed, "Tell Ted Turner to keep his crayons away from [[Citizen Kane|my movie]]!" |
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* This phenomenon has caused many ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fans to have the exact opposite reaction to the film adaptations as many critics do. While film critics generally agree that the films got better from ''[[Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' (largely because of [[Dave McKean]]'s art direction), when they stopped being obsessively faithful to every single scene and line of dialogue in the books, a lot of fans think that [[Chris Columbus]] was doing a bang-up job and that ever since then it's been garbage, with ''Azkaban'' the worst offender ("They left out the Fidelius Charm! They left out the Marauders' backstory! Harry gets the Firebolt at the ''end''! Nyaaaargh!!!"). Never mind that, with the length of the books spiraling out of control, ''something'' had to be cut. Even if the [[Compressed Adaptation|removed stuff]] [[Adaptation-Induced Plothole|gets]] [[All There in the Manual|non-readers]] [[Continuity Lock Out|lost]]. |
* This phenomenon has caused many ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fans to have the exact opposite reaction to the film adaptations as many critics do. While film critics generally agree that the films got better from ''[[Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' (largely because of [[Dave McKean]]'s art direction), when they stopped being obsessively faithful to every single scene and line of dialogue in the books, a lot of fans think that [[Chris Columbus]] was doing a bang-up job and that ever since then it's been garbage, with ''Azkaban'' the worst offender ("They left out the Fidelius Charm! They left out the Marauders' backstory! Harry gets the Firebolt at the ''end''! Nyaaaargh!!!"). Never mind that, with the length of the books spiraling out of control, ''something'' had to be cut. Even if the [[Compressed Adaptation|removed stuff]] [[Adaptation-Induced Plothole|gets]] [[All There in the Manual|non-readers]] [[Continuity Lock Out|lost]]. |
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** Part of the problem here is likely ''what'' they chose to change and ''how'' they chose to change it. If you tell an audience that there's just not enough time to get into every subplot from the books, they'll probably understand that. If you tell the audience that and then proceed to have long, loving pans of scenery while music plays and characters have a conversation ''they've already had before in that movie'', they're likely to call bullshit on you. |
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* If you need any more proof that following a book word by word isn't always a good plan compare BBC's [[Chronicles of Narnia]] and [[Walden Media]]'s more recent adaptation. The former uses the exact dialogue and is excruciatingly long and dull endeavor. The latter takes a more liberal approach at the storyline but does a much better at capturing the spirit of the books. |
* If you need any more proof that following a book word by word isn't always a good plan compare BBC's [[Chronicles of Narnia]] and [[Walden Media]]'s more recent adaptation. The former uses the exact dialogue and is excruciatingly long and dull endeavor. The latter takes a more liberal approach at the storyline but does a much better at capturing the spirit of the books. |
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** Though in the process it is moving ever more steadily towards an [[In Name Only]] adaptation. They're still good, but they're becoming entirely different stories. |
** Though in the process it is moving ever more steadily towards an [[In Name Only]] adaptation. They're still good, but they're becoming entirely different stories. |
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