Comments | dantesentreri: Bias in Adaptation

dantesentreri

Bias in Adaptation

May 03, 2005 09:02

I remember when Meghan started raving about the fact that there was going to be a big-screen adaptation of Douglas Adam’s The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and thinking fan-girl. Unless someone else’s tastes nearly mirror mine, I have a tendency to dismiss any sort of suggestion given to me. I’m sure it’s the same for other people as well. ( Read more... )

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jdebussey May 3 2005, 08:48:20 UTC

You take out of movies what you want to take out. The film had a limited budget and the imagination of the book is beyond what even Lucas could do. You go for the laughs, and for the randomness [it makes sense from the book] and you enjoy it. It's not going to be a star wars and it's not going to be a cold mountain. It's not going to be a caddyshack or a mall rats. It's just going to be a movie about the end of the world and some stupid brit

dantesentreri May 3 2005, 09:07:16 UTC

I'm not so sure about small budget. What I saw in the previews was pretty good stuff in terms of special effects.

jdebussey May 3 2005, 10:47:36 UTC

The film waas noted for having a notoriously small budget. Not like blair witch small but like Kevin Smith small

dantesentreri May 3 2005, 19:03:20 UTC

Dude, Kevin Smith movies rarely have a budget over $100,000. In fact, I think Clerks had a lower budget than The Blair Witch Project.

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anonymous May 3 2005, 13:41:08 UTC

Yeah, I was suprised I didn't like it too. I like the humor of the books, so I thought I would like the humor of the movies. The movie waslow budget though, and my standards are a little higher then they used to be. To me it is not worth the ticket price of a movie, but if someone else rents it, try it out.
-Little Chad

dantesentreri May 3 2005, 19:02:02 UTC

Hmmm, maybe the budget was spent more on TV spots, which were abundant.