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Originally posted by ias_39
Originally posted by dtb
The Jeremy Northam version is good. I never saw the beckinsdale version, and if she's the draw, I might never. In "Laurel Canyon," she seemed like just another fungible blond. If she does a good job in "Underworld" maybe I'll revise my opinion of her.
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The Beckinsdale version was pretty good, actually. I, too, am anxious to see Underworld.
On the "movie is better than the book" theme, I find this an interesting question in the abstract, because, despite the entirely different art forms, I think the question "which was better" usually does have an answer and I don't have any clue why my opinions swing one way or the other. Anyhow:
The Firm: movie FAR exceeded the book. Much better ending.
Rosemary's Baby: a draw. S. King is right, they are actually totally interchangeable.
13th Warrior: Depends on which "book." Beowulf was better. Michael Crichton can't write for shit and is a preachy bastard, so I'll say 13W was better than Eaters of the Dead without having read it. But I have a soft spot for this movie because I went to it not having a clue that it was about Beowulf, and so I had a surprising blast.
Relic: The "book of the movie" was better than the movie. (The book of the movie was quite decent, a cut above the usual airport book, actually.)
Starship Troopers: Now, this is one of those interesting "how can you compare them" problems. The book was, overall, better than the movie. The movie was radically different than the book. The movie was also one of the better thematic translations of a book to screen that I have ever seen. The book was basically a philosophical and political treatise, and the movie translated the ideas pretty well.
