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Originally posted by Chuck the plant+Mar 26 2005, 02:00 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Chuck the plant @ Mar 26 2005, 02:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Zarkumo@Mar 26 2005, 11:48 AM
There are other movies based on books which are significantly different from original which are still great or even better than the book (e.g. "Clockwork Orange").
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Out of all those, you'd have to pick Clockwork Orange? LOL
As good as a director Kubrick might have been, as lousy he was in "turning books into movies"
Just read "The Shorttimers" ("Höllenfeuer" in Germany) and say "Full Metal Jacket" was better than the book
Did you ever actually READ "A Clockwork Orange"? Then I wonder how you came to your conclusion.
You read "Barry Lindon"? Did you read Arthur Schnitzlers' "Traumnovelle" (which was turned into "Eyes wide shut")?
All great movies, but not even a slight comparision to the books.
Sorry for getting a little OT here
I'll get back to STT later on (because that's actually a topic worth discussing
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I've read the book and seen the film, I think both are very good and Kubrick did a brilliant job of making the book into the film, there are some things you can't do in the books such as giving the film a soundtrack, and that was one of the things that was so good about the film (the fight at the start with ballet music in perfect time with the fighting, for example).