Adaptations, good thing or bad thing

[incredibledave]

@Dylflon: but some of the worst films, books, video games and comics are adaptations.

[Dylflon]

Originally Posted by incredibledave

@Dylflon: but some of the worst films, books, video games and comics are adaptations.

Yeah, but most of the worst are original sucky ideas.

The quality lay at the hands of those who are adapting the material, not the concept of adaptation itself.

You shouldn't argue against their existence because spiderman 3 was terrible. Furthermore, that was only an adaptation of characters and loosely of a few general plot points.

I'm going to start listing movies that are adaptations of books and are awesome until you stop thinking this way.


Lord of the Rings
The Shawshank Redemption
Apocalypse Now (based on Heart of Darkness)
The Shining
The Thing
Trainspotting
Fight Club
Forrest Gump
Full Metal Jacket
Dr. Strangelove
Casino
Minority Report
The Godfather
Schindler's List
Goodfellas
No Country for Old Men
The Road
Dances With Wolves
Children of Men
Stand by Me
Silence of the Lambs
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
A Clockwork Orange
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

The list goes on.