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rklenseth wrote:
There is always "The Last Man on Earth" (1964) with Vincent Price or "The Omega Man" (1971) with Charlton Heston. I haven't seen the Vincent Price version yet although I have heard that film is the closest to the book.

That's a damn shame, since the Vincent Prive version is awful. In fact, practically as bad as the Will Smith adaptation, albeit for different reasons.

lilalex666 wrote:My biggest pet peeve with movie adaptations is when a fantastic story is taken, and turned Hollywood for easier audience consumption. Biggest example of this in my opinion is I am Legend.
such. A. Terrible. Movie. So...bad... *spoiler alert*
the novella was probably the coolest horror story Ive ever read. Such a believable character for the situation that is painted for the reader. Such an amazing ending that really makes you go "wow" in one of those jaw dropping, why didn't I think of that? Sort of ways.
and the movie? Sucks. Its not even close to being good, or even watchable as a stand alone. If you have never read the book, the movie still sucks. The bad guys arent scary. They arent anything really. Ive spoken to several people that watched the movie that decision ribbed the bad guys as zombies. Zombies. And then to have Will Smith become "a legend" for saving the world? Garbage. I was so excited to see this adaptation, and so angry, that at the end, when the credits read "based on the novel by Richard Matheson" I started screaming in the theatre "Lies! This is not true! Liars!" Until my friend dragged me out of the theatre, apologizing to the other patrons.

There is always "The Last Man on Earth" (1964) with Vincent Price or "The Omega Man" (1971) with Charlton Heston. I haven't seen the Vincent Price version yet although I have heard that film is the closest to the book. Charlton Heston's version gets the message right but goes off the book quite a bit and many people consider that film B-movie horror. "I am Legend" (2007) only really borrows the disease turning people into vampires and the supposed last man on Earth trying to find a cure. They completely ignored the message from the book which was [spoiler]that Robert Neville had become the monster and the legend as humanity's time on Earth was up and the vampires were now the new norm.[/spoiler]

The one movie that goes by the book completely (for the most part) that I have ever seen is "Gettysburg" (1993). Pretty much the book, "The Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara, and movie go hand in hand. It also explains why that movie has a 4 hour running time (5 hours for the Director's Cut; they did have to cut some fluff from the book).

One movie that ruined the book for me was "Children of Men" (2006) which I loved and went out and picked up the book, "The Children of Men" by P.D. James, after seeing the movie. While they both have the same message, they were completely different stories and atmospheres. The movie was a tense, dark thriller while the book was more of a mystery novel taking place in dystopian world.