Hunger Games

[sapphire]

That's true... But the authors know a lot about their stories and what needs to happen for them to be fully understood. If my books are ever made into movies, I'm going to insist on being part of the process so they can't change too much.
Did you know that movie people will buy the rights to a book and possibly never make it? They just have it, so they can hold onto it for years. The rights run out eventually, and they have to pay again if they want to keep them, but still...

Yeah, in the sixth movie - that was an awesome scene. They did it really well, and if I remember right they kept it close to the book version, too.
Haha, it was a lot of fake blood. I'd never thought about it like that before.
I appreciated that they were able to keep it down to PG-13 but still hold true to the spirit of the books - that way all the fans could enjoy the movies, young and old.

[Endovia]

They do and a lot of movies would be tons better if people listened to the authors.
I'm not surprised. It sounds a lot like how people buy domain names and just sit on them, waiting for someone to be desperate enough for a particular url to buy it from them.

I don't really remember the book version that much. I just watched the movies and read the last few books. They did. Yep, they did a phenomenal job with the content and rating. Harry Potter's just awesome.

[sapphire]

Yeah, Harry Potter was pretty much a win all around.
Lord of the Rings was great, too. They had to cut stuff out, but none of it was really important. I think they handled it extremely well.

[Endovia]

I've heard it was good, I never saw Lord of the Rings.

[sapphire]

Really? Have you read the books?
Either way, you need to see those movies. They're absolutely incredible. The way they combined cinematography with music and the acting and the story are all just awe-inspiring.

[Endovia]

Nope, I haven't read the books either.
What's their rating? My mom wouldn't let me watch them because of gore and violence, so she said I don't know because I've never seen them, and I guess I was young when they came out? I don't know, but I'm sure I'm 'mature' enough to watch them now.

[sapphire]

Ah, yeah... I was a bit young when they came out, too - at least the first one. My mom covered my eyes in the theater whenever the gory or scary stuff came on, haha. I'm sure you can handle them now, though. I'm pretty sure they're all PG-13.

You should definitely at least see the movies - they're incredible. The books are also great, but I do prefer the movies (which is really a testament to the movies, because I never say that). I don't love the style of the books - they're very, very descriptive and an omniscient 3rd person POV, if I remember right. Haven't read them since early high school. Still, though, Tolkien really created a masterpiece of a world in those books.

[Endovia]

Yeah, then I'm good. I've seen a few R movies by now and none of them were that great. I think PG-13 is the best because they focus more on a story than creating unnecessary violence or gore.

Wow, that's quite a compliment. Eh, "very, very descriptive" reminds me of Eragon and spending a page on a room was not thrilling to read. I'll add the movies to my 'to see' list.

[sapphire]

I don't think I've actually seen any R rated movies in the time I've been old enough... Huh. I guess none of them really appealed to me.

Yeah, I agree with you there. Tolkien tends to do that, too - I believe he spends a page on one tree (an important tree, but still) at one point. But yeah, you can get the idea of the vastness of it all by watching the movies.
Though actually, I'm pretty sure the tree that got that page was cut out of the movies. Haha.

[Endovia]

None of them are worth seeing.

Lol, that's brilliant. I guess in some ways directors do know what they're doing.

[sapphire]

Haha... Yeah, I feel like sometimes the rating is bumped deliberately up to R so that they can put in more "adult" stuff that really doesn't add anything to the story.

They just have to get the right director! As long as the director really knows the books and is excited about them, the movie is bound to be good.

[Endovia]

Yep, I think they do that a lot on purpose. I haven't seen many movies lately and I think that's because none of the ones out are interesting or look good. They're either kids or R movies. :/ But I'll take that back when it's mid-late March with The Hunger Games out.

Haha, yes the right director is key. Really to any movie for it to be good.

[sapphire]

Those movies tend to be geared toward a certain audience... One that I'm not part of. Heh.
I did enjoy The Patriot, though, and that was rated R, but then again it was made quite some time ago.
That's true, there really aren't any interesting movies out right now. But yes, The Hunger Games will fix that.

Movies are so incredibly complex, it's hard to believe. Even a great director can't make a good movie without the right actors, the right music, the right production, the right setting... It's amazing there are any good movies at all, really.

[Endovia]

Haha, yes.

With consideration to the whole process, it is incredible when they make brilliant movies. I think they make too many movies, don't spend adequate time on them because they want to get them out, and thus they're not that great.

[sapphire]

Right - they're so concerned with getting as much money as possible, as quickly as possible, they don't spend the time to come up with a really great screenplay and pair it with the best they can get of everything else. Of course, we let them get away with that, as a consumer culture. If people stopped going to the lower quality movies, they'd have to stop making them and concentrate on the high quality stuff.