But, that’s my whole point. How are you supposed to put the depth of a book into a runtime that people actually want to watch? Even LotR, which has a runtime of 12 hours for the extended cut had to leave things out. It’s not feasible to expect to see everything that was important to you in the book brought directly into the movie. I’d argue that a lot of the movie adaptations that people hate tried too hard to stick to the source material.
Well that’s part of Hollywood schlockbusters, just cater to the masses. Anything slower than continuous action and majority of movie goers can’t stay focused. So the film becomes a garbage Coles notes version. You don’t need full on time frame to capture the essence, and if it really does then it should have been a series not a film.
Often its not about what you had in your head (like how you pictured the character, etc) but the premise and obviously depth of the book is lost.
But, that’s my whole point. How are you supposed to put the depth of a book into a runtime that people actually want to watch? Even LotR, which has a runtime of 12 hours for the extended cut had to leave things out. It’s not feasible to expect to see everything that was important to you in the book brought directly into the movie. I’d argue that a lot of the movie adaptations that people hate tried too hard to stick to the source material.
Well that’s part of Hollywood schlockbusters, just cater to the masses. Anything slower than continuous action and majority of movie goers can’t stay focused. So the film becomes a garbage Coles notes version. You don’t need full on time frame to capture the essence, and if it really does then it should have been a series not a film.