30 Day Movie Challenge

[Skitch]

I have to also say Seven Samurai. Dammit Duke, quit stealing my thunder! :p

[Dukefrukem]

I have to also say Seven Samurai. Dammit Duke, quit stealing my thunder! :p

That's twice now? Sorry. :-/

[Mysterious Dude]

My second favorite foreign film (after the already-mentioned 400 Blows): The Battle of Algiers

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[Fezzik]

In the effort to not repeat any of my previous choices (My favorite film of all time is foreign), I'll go with another Wong Kar-Wai film I adore: Chungking Express

[Rowland]

Hmm, I'll interpret this as not only a foreign film, but also one that is indelible in its singularity (or figurative "foreignness"):

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[Hugh_Grant]

Day Ten - Favorite Foreign Film - La Haine

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[eternity]

Day 10 - Favorite Foreign Film

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[Dukefrukem]

If I haven't posted by around 7 PM MST tomorrow, someone go ahead and start the next day.

It's 8:24PM EST

Day 11: Favorite kid's movie - UP

LOL at the below clip.

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[Raiders]

Day Eleven - Favorite Children's Film

Assuming any length is fine and obviously going with Looney Tunes, and also assuming Duck Amuck needs no further pimping, I heartily submit Frank Tashlin's gorgeous and hilarious cat-and-mouse noir Puss N' Booty.

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[bac0n]

Day Ten - Favorite Foreign Film:

City of God
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ditto :pritch:

[Lazlo]

Day Eleven - Favorite Kid's Movie:

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
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[StanleyK]

I'm afraid this category largely conflates with 'best animated film' for me. Therefore, I will be deliberately obtuse about the definition for two days in a row and interpret 'best children's movie' as 'best movie about children'.

Best Children's Film: The 400 Blows

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And hey, besides, what's stopping kids from watching this?

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Day 10: Favorite Foreign Film
Persona
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[chrisnu]

For kid's movie, does The Straight Story count, since it's rated G? :)

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[B-side]

Day Eleven - Favorite Children's Film


The Steamroller and the Violin (Tarkovsky, 1961)

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[MadMan]

Day Eleven - Favorite Children's Film:

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Not only did I see Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey in theaters when I was a kid, but growing up I watched this movie a ton. I loved the golden retriever the best, just because they are adorable dogs and because the one in this movie was really cool. Really though I haven't viewed it in years, but I'm sure it would hold up if I ever decided to revisit it. Sure there are other choices, but this one would be the most starkly personal one I've gone with so far.

[Ivan Drago]

Favorite Kids Movie
Space Jam (Joe Pytka, 1996)

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[Rowland]

I dunno. How about my favorite movie when I was a kid, around the age of 6:

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[amberlita]

Favorite children's film: The Adventures of Milo and Otis

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[elixir]

Damn, StanleyK. That was my idea. Whatever, I'm still going with it. I'd show it to my kid if I had one.

Day 11, Favorite Kid's Film: The 400 Blows

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[Watashi]

The Sandlot is the only correct answer.

[dmk]

Babe, that one about the pig.

[Skitch]

I'm leaning to The Incredibles.

[Russ]

11. Favorite kid's movie - The Wizard of Oz


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[Mysterious Dude]

Kids' movie. E.T. has already been mentioned, so... The NeverEnding Story

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[Kurosawa Fan]

For kid's movie, does The Straight Story count, since it's rated G? :)

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Cheater!!

[Fezzik]

I had to think a lot about this one, since I don't consider animated film to automatically mean 'Kid's Film.'

So, after some deliberation, I'm gonna have to go with Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey.

Even now, the end with Shadow limping up the hill toward his house turns me into a teary mess.

[Dukefrukem]

So surprised the Brave Little Toaster wasn't mentioned.

[Ezee E]

Still pondering.

[Spinal]

Cheater!!

Your kids aren't big Richard Farnsworth fans?

[Kurosawa Fan]

Your kids aren't big Richard Farnsworth fans?

Only in Misery.

[D_Davis]

Kids' movie. E.T. has already been mentioned, so... The NeverEnding Story

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This is mine, too.

This, and Return to Oz.

[MadMan]

I had to think a lot about this one, since I don't consider animated film to automatically mean 'Kid's Film.'

So, after some deliberation, I'm gonna have to go with Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey.

Even now, the end with Shadow limping up the hill toward his house turns me into a teary mess.Yeah that scene with Shadow limping was really sad. My parents had to reassure me in the theater that the dog was going to okay (I believe I was 7 or 8 at the time). I just really love dogs.


The Sandlot is the only correct answer.It would be a close second.

[Winston*]

My favourite movie as a child:

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[Irish]

Am I really gonna have to be the one to say it? Fine then.

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If you forget about everything that came afterwards, this is still a helluva great adventure movie for kids.

[soitgoes...]

If I were to respond to my favorite movie when I was a child, then Star Wars would have to be the answer. If I were to respond to what movie is my favorite movie that I also enjoyed as a kid, then Raiders of the Lost Ark easily wins. Those two films (as well as Empire and to a lesser extent Jedi) got watched countless times in my youth.

[dreamdead]

I'd be a Jurassic Park vote as well. I've always loved Goldblum's self-conscious playing here...

[Russ]

If I were to respond to my favorite movie when I was a child, then Star Wars would have to be the answer.
Jason and the Argonauts for me (yeah, yeah, I'm ancient - so sue me :)). I like my fantasy old school -- give me stop-motion over cgi any day.

Harryhausen ftw!

[Bosco B Thug]

Aha, I've got a good one:

Favorite Children's Movie:

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[soitgoes...]

Jason and the Argonauts for me (yeah, yeah, I'm ancient - so sue me :)). I like my fantasy old school -- give me stop-motion over cgi any day.

Harryhausen ftw!Well, Clash of the Titans would probably be up there in childhood viewings (the original one, not the dreck that came out last year or whenever).

[Russ]

Well, Clash of the Titans would probably be up there in childhood viewings (the original one, not the dreck that came out last year or whenever).
The best thing about that terrible remake is when they dissed the owl. 'Cause I hated the owl.

[soitgoes...]

The best thing about that terrible remake is when they dissed the owl. 'Cause I hated the owl.You were too old for the owl. I was five, so the owl was fine.

[chrisnu]

I'd be a Jurassic Park vote as well. I've always loved Goldblum's self-conscious playing here...
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[Scar]

You were too old for the owl. I was five, so the owl was fine.

I was five, and only cared about the Kraken. :)

[soitgoes...]

I was five, and only cared about the Kraken. :)I was a young five. :sad:

[Scar]

I was a young five. :sad:

I saw Alien a few years later. All down hill from there. :lol:

[Russ]

DAY 12:
FAVORITE LOVE STORY




Hopefully E won't mind if we get the ball rolling...

[StanleyK]

Favorite love story: Punch-Drunk Love

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Easiest choice yet.

[Russ]

"I can believe."


12. Favorite love story - Breaking the Waves


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[elixir]

Day 12, Favorite Love Story: L'Atalante

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[Thirdmango]

Heh, I'm way behind. Didn't mean to be this behind.

Day 5: Fave Action Movie: Crank
Day 6: Fave Horror: Happiness of the Katakuris
Day 7: Fave Animated: Mind Game
Day 8 Thriller: Manchurian Candidate
Day 9 Musical: Brave Little Toaster
Day 10 Foriegn: City of God

[Thirdmango]

Day 11

Favorite Kids Movie: Bedknobs and Broomsticks

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[Spinal]

12. Favorite love story - Breaking the Waves


On Facebook, I used Boys Don't Cry because I had already used this one. But yeah, that's the right answer.

[Rowland]

Love Story:

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[Raiders]

Day Twelve - Favorite Love Story

Hana-bi

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[Fezzik]

DAY 12:
FAVORITE LOVE STORY

Lady and the Tramp

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[Lazlo]

Day Twelve - Favorite Love Story:

All the Real Girls
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[Ezee E]

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Amelie is one of the few movies that actually does warm my heart and make me giddy to watch. It's popularity surprises me, as it's usually one of the first foreign movies that gets other people interested in foreign movies. So the "Match Cut" in me makes me wonder if it is that good.

Everytime I watch, I realize that it is that good.

[Ezee E]

Favorite Children's Movie:

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Charlie Brown's Christmas

Thank you Netflix for storing my ratings, because I forgot about this when pondering over my picks. For some reason, when thinking of Childrens' movie, I wanted one that also gave me delight as a child, and delight now. There's several that do that still, but I can watch this movie now with totally different eyes as I did when I was young, but love it all the more.

[TripZone]

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maybe

[Derek]

Favorite Children's Movie - The NeverEnding Story (Wolfgang Petersen, 1984)

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Favorite Love Story - Floating Clouds (Mikio Naruse, 1955)

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[dreamdead]

Without reusing Before Sunset, here's my favorite love story...

Oasis

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[Dukefrukem]

Day 12 - Favorite Love Story - Good Will Hunting

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[Melville]

Favorite kids' movie: Winsor McCay, the Famous Cartoonist of the N.Y. Herald and His Moving Comics
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Otherwise Whisper of the Heart, Spirited Away, or Princess Mononoke.

Favorite Love Story: Punch-Drunk Love
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Or In the Mood for Love

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Favorite Love Story: In the Mood for Love

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[Mysterious Dude]

Favorite love story: The Return of Martin Guerre

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Sorry I couldn't find a better clip.

[eternity]

Day 11 - Favorite Kids Movie

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Speed Racer

[eternity]

Day 12 - Favorite Love Story

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The only movie to come to mind, but I'm sure there's a better answer.

[Kurosawa Fan]

I'm doing this on Facebook as well, and making two identical posts has caused me to be lazy and not post my answers here. So, catching up quickly, and noting that I'm not repeating films:

Foreign Film: Le Samourai
Kid's Film: The Secret of Nimh
Love Story: Brief Encounter (could have been In the Mood for Love or Amelie, and tomorrow I might choose one of those others when I post my choice on Facebook)

[Ivan Drago]

2 people have chosen this already, but whatever.

Favorite Love Story
Punch-Drunk Love (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002)

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[B-side]

DAY 12:
FAVORITE LOVE STORY


Faces (Cassavetes, 1968)

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[Boner M]

Favorite love story:

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[Watashi]

I did Purple Rose of Cairo on Facebook, but I thought of a better one:

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[soitgoes...]

Love Story:

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[Bosco B Thug]

DAY 12
Favorite Love Story

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A cheesy Holiday music video set to an Eels song.

[amberlita]

Favorite Love Story: Romeo and Juliet

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[chrisnu]

Favorite love story: In a Lonely Place

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[Thirdmango]

Favorite Love Story: Love on Delivery

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[Irish]

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Fantastic melodrama, well acted. Toss up between this and Roman Holiday, but An Affair gets the edge because Grant > Peck.

[Skitch]

Favorite love story: Chasing Amy.

[Dukefrukem]

where is this occurring on facebook?

[Skitch]

where is this occurring on facebook?

I'm doing it through my status. Probably been the best 12 days of FB I've had. Sparks great conversation.

[Ezee E]

Just type in 30 Day Movie Challenge.

[MadMan]

DAY 12: FAVORITE LOVE STORY

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Casablanca was really the one movie that got me seriously interested in cinema. Its also one of the best dramatic love stories ever made. I know it has its detractors, and some say its overrated, but they're seriously mistaken.

Some great choices for this category.

[Ezee E]

DAY 13:
FAVORITE CHICK FLICK

[Russ]

13. Favorite chick flick - Imitation of Life


(The following clip contains SPOILERS for this film)


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[eternity]

Day 13 - Favorite Chick Flick

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Damn you, this counts.

[Melville]

Favorite chick flick: Bright Star
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[megladon8]

Catching up:


Day 11: Favorite kid's movie

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Day 12: Favorite love story

It would be Casablanca or Beauty and the Beast, but for the sake of not repeating entries...

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Day 13: Favorite chick flick

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[Raiders]

Day Thirteen - Favorite Chick Flick

The Lake House (2006)

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[Dukefrukem]

Day 13. Favorite chick flick - Aliens

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[Ezee E]

...okay!

[Raiders]

The answer I was going to give was Portrait of Jennie, but I wanted to really restrict myself to films with the kind of traits that often call for the term to be used in a derogatory way and contain mostly the same formula and stock characters that define the oft-maligned chick flick subgenre.

[Derek]

Using the standards you guys have set for "chick flicks", I'll go with:

The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928)

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[Boner M]

Chick flick: Stroszek (spoilers):

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[Raiders]

Lasted for 13 days. Not bad.

[Derek]

Chick flick: Stroszek (spoilers):

Good one. Who of us has not had a girlfriend who just won't shut up about how dreamy Bruno S. is?

[chrisnu]

Favorite chick flick: Johnny Guitar

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[Spinal]

I don't think I am sufficiently prepared for 'play adaptation' day.

[Fezzik]

Favorite Chick Flick: Notting Hill

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[B-side]

DAY 13:
FAVORITE CHICK FLICK


Clueless (Heckerling, 1995)

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[Lazlo]

Day Thirteen - Favorite Chick Flick:

When Harry Met Sally...
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[amberlita]

Day Thirteen - Favorite Chick Flick

The Lake House (2006)

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Ah!!! I love that movie! I thought for SURE noone would pick it. Great scene too.

Probably my number two though. Number one favorite: French Kiss

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[B-side]

If I don't see some praise for Clueless by tomorrow, I'm not sure my cholesterol-riddled heart could take it.

[elixir]

Day 13, Favorite Chick Flick: Before Sunset

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[soitgoes...]

Chick Flick:

I thought about choosing this one:

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But then I decided I should choose something I like:

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[B-side]

Ego -1

[MadMan]

Lazlo took my pick, so I'll just go with the following:

Day 13: Favorite Chick Flick

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Princess Bride is funny, but really at its heart it is a chick flick. A witty, entertaining, one-liner filled chick flick. Plus it has the late great Peter Faulk as the narrator. Fantastic.

[Watashi]

You people have no idea what chick flicks are.

[Ezee E]

You people have no idea what chick flicks are.
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Romy & Michelle's High School Reunion.

But what Wats said... Sheesh.

[Dukefrukem]

What? Aliens isn't a chick flick.

[Mysterious Dude]

I think this is a genuine chick flick: The Devil Wears Prada. I saw this trailer in the theater and for a minute I was almost positive they were playing the wrong movie.

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Runner up: Waitress

[StanleyK]

I find the term 'chick flick' to be highly problematic; but anyway, just so I don't abstain, and since I've been lead to believe that it's basically synonymous with 'romantic comedy' I'll just go with Punch-Drunk Love, and change my answer for 'favorite love story' to In the Mood for Love. Can I do that? I'll do that.

Favorite love story (revised): In the Mood for Love

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Favorite 'chick flick': Punch-Drunk Love

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[StanleyK]

If I don't see some praise for Clueless by tomorrow, I'm not sure my cholesterol-riddled heart could take it.

I don't like Clueless, but I like Fast Times at Ridgemont High very much. Close enough?

[Ivan Drago]

Favorite Chick Flick:
Pride & Prejudice (Joe Wright, 2005)

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[Raiders]

Damn. I overlooked that one, Ivan. Should have been my pick.

[Irish]

If I don't see some praise for Clueless by tomorrow, I'm not sure my cholesterol-riddled heart could take it.

I'm more curious to see a movie related heart attack, myself.

Clueless is brilliant. One of my all time favorites.

[MadMan]

You people have no idea what chick flicks are.And you do? :P

[Ezee E]

DAY 14:
FAVORITE DOCUMENTARY

Let's get this rolling again.

[Melville]

Favorite documentary: Titicut Follies
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[Russ]

"His motor's slow-paced."


14. Favorite documentary - Vernon, Florida


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[Raiders]

Day Fourteen - Favorite Documentary

I'll exclude Marker's Sans soleil for a more traditional example of the form...

Sherman's March

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[megladon8]

Favorite Documentary:

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[StanleyK]

Favorite documentary: Window Water Baby Moving

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First thing that popped into my head was Koyaanisqatsi, though. Kind of kills me having to pick between these two. Other great ones, which I'd easily go for, but I've only seen once: Bus 174, Gates of Heaven, Sans Soleil, Vernon, Florida.

[Boner M]

Titicut Follies for me too. But in 2nd place:

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[Ezee E]

No clip really does it justice as I think you have to watch the whole thing to get an idea of why it is the best documentary ever.

That would be Hoop Dreams.

[B-side]

DAY 14:
FAVORITE DOCUMENTARY


F for Fake (Welles, 1974)

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[Derek]

Favorite Documentary - A Grin Without a Cat (Chris Marker, 1977)

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[amberlita]

Favorite Documentary: Winged Migration

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[Thirdmango]

Chick flick: Really a tough one to decide, maybe Harold and Maude? Tough because I can't think of them.

Documentary: I don't really like documentaries. Maybe Word Play?

[Lazlo]

Day Fourteen - Favorite Documentary

Sherman's March

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Agreed.

[Watashi]

No one's mentioned High School yet?

I'll go with that one.

[chrisnu]

Favorite Documentary: Grey Gardens

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[eternity]

Someone took F for Fake, so...

Day 14 - Favorite Documentary

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[soitgoes...]

Documentary:

There are better docs out there, but I'm going to take this opportunity to pimp this one:

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[Ivan Drago]

Favorite Documentary:
Exit Through The Gift Shop (Banksy, 2010)

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Someone took F For Fake, so I'm going with my second favorite documentary, and the one that rejuvenated my interest in the genre.

[Mysterious Dude]

Favorite documentary: Marjoe

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[elixir]

Day 14, Favorite Documentary: Hoop Dreams

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Favorite Documentary : Born for Hard Luck

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[TripZone]

Shoah, I guess. But if Quince Tree of the Sun qualifies, that.

[Fezzik]

No clip really does it justice as I think you have to watch the whole thing to get an idea of why it is the best documentary ever.

That would be Hoop Dreams.

You're so right on this. Hoop Dreams is mine as well, and its such an example of the whole being so much more than its parts. There are no clips that can show why it's so heartbreakingly awesome.

I also credit Hoop Dreams with being the reason I started watching movies differently. In a year that had Forrest Gump, Pulp Fiction, The Lion King, Ed Wood and The Shawshank Redemption i simply never expected a documentary to be my favorite film of the year. It was very surprising to my 22 year old self :)

[MadMan]

DAY 14: FAVORITE DOCUMENTARY

Honestly I haven't seen too many documentaries. But even though it was already mentioned, I'm going with F For Fake as well. Its just beyond brilliant.

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[Russ]

DAY 15:
FAVORITE PLAY ADAPTATION

15. Favorite play adaptation - The Boys in the Band

Stage - Mart Crowley
Screen - William Friedkin

One of the all-time great intro lines, brilliantly delivered by the wonderful Leonard Frey:


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HM: Sleuth (1972)

[Derek]

Favorite Play Adaptation: Throne of Blood (Kurosawa, 1957)

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[Spinal]

Halfway point. Here's what my choices have been thus far ...

Day 1: Favorite film Amadeus
Day 2: Least favorite film Braveheart
Day 3: Favorite comedy Life of Brian
Day 4: Favorite drama Breaking the Waves
Day 5: Favorite action Inception
Day 6: Favorite horror Eraserhead
Day 7: Favorite animated feature Kirikou and the Sorceress
Day 8: Favorite thriller Mulholland Dr.
Day 9: Favorite musical Dancer in the Dark
Day 10: Favorite foreign film The Vanishing
Day 11: Favorite kid's movie The Neverending Story
Day 12: Favorite love story Boys Don't Cry
Day 13: Favorite chick flick Muriel's Wedding
Day 14: Favorite documentary The War Game
Day 15: Favorite play adaptation Hedwig and the Angry Inch

[Winston*]

Based on a play:
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[Ivan Drago]

15. Favorite play adaptation - The Boys in the Band

Good pick!

Favorite Play Adaptation
Amadeus (Milos Forman, 1984)

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[soitgoes...]

Play Adaptation:

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Branagh. Haven't seen the Russian one yet.

EDIT: The moment I posted this I thought of one I liked more:

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[Ezee E]

Play Adaptation:
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I'm starting to believe that this miniseries might be Pacino's best work.

Also, work like this is why I hate screenwriting classes. Screenwriting classes would loathe these three scenes that go well over five minutes with only two people talking the entire time. They'd tell you to cut it down. Granted, this might be some of the best writing put to screen, but you get my point.

[Ezee E]

Day 1: Favorite film: Goodfellas
Day 2: Least favorite film: Spice World
Day 3: Favorite comedy: Ghostbusters
Day 4: Favorite drama: Boogie Nights
Day 5: Favorite action: Terminator 2
Day 6: Favorite horror: The Shining
Day 7: Favorite animated feature: Pinocchio
Day 8: Favorite thriller: Misery
Day 9: Favorite musical: All That Jazz
Day 10: Favorite foreign film: High & Low
Day 11: Favorite kid's movie: Charlie Brown's Christmas
Day 12: Favorite love story: Amelie
Day 13: Favorite chick flick: Romy & Michelle's High School Reunion
Day 14: Favorite documentary: Hoop Dreams
Day 15: Favorite play adaptation: Angels in America

[chrisnu]

Favorite play adaptation: A Streetcar Named Desire

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[megladon8]

Favorite Play Adaptation:


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[B-side]

15. Favorite play adaptation


Fando y Lis (Jodorowsky, 1968)

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[Spinal]

Some really excellent choices.

[soitgoes...]

Some really excellent choices.
Thank you.

[B-side]

Some really excellent choices.

I wasn't gonna brag, but yeah, my choice is pretty brilliant.

[TripZone]

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

Love Streams, Ordet, and Gertrud were also based on plays. Want to mention Resnais' great Mélo.

[MadMan]

How does one find out if a movie was a play adaption? Because I really don't have an answer for this category.

[Raiders]

So many freakin' choices. Besides what has been mentioned, there's Bunuel's Exterminating Angel (though the play was never published), Brief Encounter, Holiday, Stage Door (though they drastically altered the play), Almereyda's Hamlet, The Shop Around the Corner, and all the other ones I have forgotten. But I'll go with a tremendous one that seriously needs more love and more people to watch it...

A Thousand Clowns

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[Mysterious Dude]

Play adaptation: The Miracle Worker

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[elixir]

Day 15, Favorite Play Adaptation: Amadeus

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[Boner M]

Nobody's mentioned a Madea movie yet?!?!

Anyway, I'd pick Love Streams but that's already filled up one category, so Ordet it is.

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[Skitch]

Catch up...

Day 13: Favorite chick flick: A Life Less Ordinary
Day 14: Favorite documentary: Riding Giants
Day 15: Favorite play adaption: Noises Off

[Melville]

Favorite movie based on a play: Woyzeck

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Ordet would be my answer, but I've used it for another category. I could have gone with His Girl Friday, What Happened Was..., Amadeus, or Love Streams, but none of them feature a crazed Kinski in fast motion.

[Boner M]

What Happened Was...
Hmm. I'll change my answer, then. Esp. since it lets me post this:

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[endingcredits]

Favorite movie based on a play: King Lear (Kozintsev, 1971)

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[amberlita]

The Big Kahuna

This monologue has actually changed my life in some ways:

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[Lazlo]

Even though I'm disinclined to re-use something, I'm too lazy to find something else. Amadeus.

[Bosco B Thug]

Play Adaptation:
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I'm starting to believe that this miniseries might be Pacino's best work.

Also, work like this is why I hate screenwriting classes. Screenwriting classes would loathe these three scenes that go well over five minutes with only two people talking the entire time. They'd tell you to cut it down. Granted, this might be some of the best writing put to screen, but you get my point. Just finished reading this in book form. Looking forward to this adaptation, and really just impressed that it exists at all. Must've been a massive production. I remember when it was just coming out and its promotion was everywhere.

Day 15: Favorite Play Adaptation

Not the most perfect... but here's another YouTube clip for Boom!:

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[Dukefrukem]

DAY 14:
FAVORITE DOCUMENTARY

Let's get this rolling again.

Day 14: Favorite Documentary - The Bridge

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Day 15: Favorite Play Adaptation - (Kinda cheating) One flew over the cuckoo's nest

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[Ezee E]

Ha, at first I thought I saw duke cheating with documentary and choosing One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Was wondering how he'd have twisted that one.

[Winston*]

I don't think I'd ever bring myself to see The Bridge.

[MadMan]

How does one find out if a movie was a play adaption? Because I really don't have an answer for this category.Anyone? Buller?

[Dukefrukem]

I don't think I'd ever bring myself to see The Bridge.

By far the most emotional piece I've ever watched; An eerie feeling where you know, this happens all the time.

[Winston*]

Anyone? Buller?
Seriously?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_stage_p lays_or_musicals

[Spinal]

Anyone? Buller?

Just go to IMDb, for goodness sake. Look at the writing credits.

[MadMan]

Seriously?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_stage_p lays_or_musicalsI don't know too many plays, man. Thanks.

Day 15: Favorite Play Adaptation

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Easily one of the best movies of the 1950s. I also really dig the remake, which was surprisingly good.

[eternity]

Day 15 - Favorite Play Adaptation

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[Spinal]

I actually saw the Broadway production of A Few Good Men. Way back in 1990. Oy.

[Spinal]

Easily one of the best movies of the 1950s. I also really dig the remake, which was surprisingly good.

A teleplay actually, but close enough.

[Thirdmango]

I'll echo MadMan, I had no idea where to look and my favorite would probably be 12 angry men.

[Ezee E]

I feel like I can almost tell by the dialog if it were written for screen or for stage.

[Dukefrukem]

I'll echo MadMan, I had no idea where to look and my favorite would probably be 12 angry men.

Had I known that was play, it would be my choice too.

[Fezzik]

Favorite Play Adaptation: The Philadelphia Story

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[Dukefrukem]

DAY 16:
FAVORITE BOOK ADAPTATION

The Relic - hope I'm not jumping the gun. I remember these updates around 7pmish my time.

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[Melville]

Favorite movie based on a book: Schindler's List

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It would be Solaris or Vertigo if I were repeating choices. Or Lawrence of Arabia, but I'm not sure it qualifies.

[Ezee E]

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Who knew he also ordered the death of the Jedi?

Anyways, The Godfather is the next adaptation after The Shining and Goodfellas which have already been listed in my challenge. The book and hte movie are both masterpieces on their own. Whereas the movie has its great tone, atmosphere, etc., the book takes small instances in the movie and opens them up into something that the movie would never be able to do. Each of the deaths here is basically its own chapter, and they're each very good to read.

[Winston*]

All I can remember when I think about the Godfather book is all that weird extraneous stuff about that woman's private parts.

[Ezee E]

All I can remember when I think about the Godfather book is all that weird extraneous stuff about that woman's private parts.
Well... Yeah.

Luca Brasi's section made him much more scary then the movie ever did.

And Johnny Fontane's section is very trimmed down in the movie.

[Lazlo]

Day Sixteen: Favorite Book Adaptation -

The Lord of the Rings
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[Raiders]

Day Sixteen - Favorite Book Adaptation

Larisa Shepitko's The Ascent

(this is the film in full with decent quality)
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[megladon8]

Favorite Book Adaptation:

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[Ivan Drago]

Favorite Book Adaptation:
A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)

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[B-side]

DAY 16:
FAVORITE BOOK ADAPTATION
Dead Ringers (Cronenberg, 1988)

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[D_Davis]

12 - Favorite Love Story
In the Mood for Love

13. Favorite chick flick
Romy & Michelle's High School Reunion

14. Favorite Documentary
American Movie

15. Favorite Play adaptation -
Glengarry Glen Ross

16. Favorite Book Adaptation

The Ninth Configuration
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Probably my favorite screenplay. I'm up for a re-read of the book soon.

[Bosco B Thug]

Day Sixteen - Favorite Book Adaptation

Larisa Shepitko's The Ascent This movie is so awesome I want to just ditto you and not give this another thought. Wasn't aware this was a book adaptation.

But to contribute:

DAY 16:

The Haunting (1963)

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[amberlita]

Book Adaptation: The Princess Bride

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[Boner M]

Book adaptation: The Thin Red Line

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[chrisnu]

Favorite book adaptation: Barry Lyndon

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[B-side]

chrisnu just received the coveted and highly sought-after Brightside seal of approval.

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Book Adaptation:

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[B-side]

soitgoes still sux

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:cry:

[Russ]

"The only trouble with snake women is they copulate with horses, which makes them strange to me. She says she doesn't. That's why I call her 'Doesn't Like Horses'. But, of course, she's lying."


16. Favorite book adaptation - Little Big Man


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[B-side]

:cry:

Harakiri doesn't, though.:D

[endingcredits]

Favorite book adaptation: Woman in the Dunes

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[Skitch]

Day 16: Favorite book adaptation: Fight Club

[Mysterious Dude]

For the next two days, I'm going with movies based on books I've actually read. Favorite book adaptation: Requiem for a Dream

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[Skitch]

For the next two days, I'm going with movies based on books I've actually read.

I thought the same. Doesn't seem right to make selections on books I haven't read.

[Dukefrukem]

I thought the same. Doesn't seem right to make selections on books I haven't read.

I would hope everyone is doing this...

[elixir]

Day 16, Favorite Book Adaptation: The Sweet Hereafter

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[Raiders]

I would hope everyone is doing this...

Why? I don't judge a film based on how faithful it is to the book.

[Dukefrukem]

Why? I don't judge a film based on how faithful it is to the book.

Umm nor do I.

[Raiders]

Umm nor do I.

So why would I need to have read the book?

[Dukefrukem]

So why would I need to have read the book?

Well, I look at it as books being far more pesonable than movies. We can all agree that not all books translate to good screenplays, musicals, video games, etc, as is the case in reverse. Sometimes a story is only great on one medium. I find the types of books people read (and more importantly the ones people love most) define their personality better than the previous mediuims I listed.

To me, when I read a book that I really enjoy, very little could deter me from the movie, even if it's a bad movie. My choice: the Relic, I loved the book so much, it became motivation to read more from those authors and to read more just in general. Therefor it helped define the meidum for me. The movie isn't really that great, but it's my favorite because of the meaning behind it. If the catagory was "Best Book adaptation" my choice would be different.

[Dukefrukem]

So I guess the short answer is I hope people's "favorite book adaptation" would have a strong personal connection between both the book and movie.

[Raiders]

So I guess the short answer is I hope people's "favorite book adaptation" would have a strong personal connection between both the book and movie.

But what if I didn't like the book much but love the film? I treat them separately because I don't like letting them interfere with each other. Atonement is a decent film, but compared to my reaction to the book, it is fairly crap. But, in filmic terms, the film is moderately successful and I believe should be treated as such.

My approach to the category is that I know of the inherent limitations to adapting an existing source and I picked the most profound, greatest film that came from a written (non-play) source.

[Dukefrukem]

But what if I didn't like the book much but love the film? I treat them separately because I don't like letting them interfere with each other. Atonement is a decent film, but compared to my reaction to the book, it is fairly crap. But, in filmic terms, the film is moderately successful and I believe should be treated as such.

My approach to the category is that I know of the inherent limitations to adapting an existing source and I picked the most profound, greatest film that came from a written (non-play) source.

I don't have an answer for that I guess. I certainly have movies that fall into that catagory, but I don't put them above my favorite book adaptation nor the movie I felt does best job adapatation a book.

If the book is crap and the movie is great, I take that as falling to the translation between mediums barrier I refered to earlier, or a better creative eye from the directors standpoint.

[Fezzik]

Favorite Book Adaptation. This is a difficult one, but I'm gonna have to go with The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

[Russ]

Doesn't seem right to make selections on books I haven't read.
While I can see where you're coming from, I would think this would be more significant for tonight's category of least favorite book adaptations.

[eternity]

Day 16 - Favorite Book Adaptation

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Don't want to be a broken record with A Clockwork Orange, so...yeah, this sounds right.

[Rowland]

Favorite chick flick:

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Favorite documentary:

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Favorite play adaptation:

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Favorite book adaptation:

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[Hugh_Grant]

Catching up:

Day Eleven - Favorite Kid's Movie- Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Day Twelve: Favorite Love Story - Before Sunset
Day Thirteen: Favorite Chick Flick - The Whole Wide World
Day Fourteen: Favorite Documentary - Urgh! A Music War
Day Fifteen: Favorite Play Adaptation - Death of a Salesman (1985)
Day Sixteen: Favorite Book Adaptation - Women in Love

[Derek]

Favorite Book Adaptation: The Trial (Orson Welles, 1962)

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[Ezee E]

DAY 17:
LEAST FAVORITE BOOK ADAPTATION

[Russ]

17. Least favorite book adaptation - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy


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[Lazlo]

Day Seventeen: Least Favorite Book Adaptation -

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I loved this book as a kid and I was so excited for the movie and I was highly disappointed. Really pissed that such a great concept was so botched. I saw the movie again a few years ago and it wasn't as bad as I'd remembered but it was still pretty mediocre. Maybe the book's not as great as I remember. *shrug*

[Ezee E]

First one that comes to mind is Choke. I don't know, maybe I read it completely different, but they brought a very wrong type of humor to it. They played it knowing it was funny rather then playing it straight.

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Forced attempts at laughs. A waste of Sam Rockwell and Kelly MacDonald. Bummer.

[Skitch]

While I can see where you're coming from, I would think this would be more significant for tonight's category of least favorite book adaptations.

True.

By no means was I implying one shouldn't make their selection likewise. For example, The Shining is amazing, but I haven't read the book, so I personally feel weird using it as my personal favorite adaptation, when I have no idea if it is an accurate adaptation.

My selection for least favorite will come with significant further explanation. :)

[Derek]

17. Least favorite book adaptation - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy


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Oh dear god, yes. This.

Thanks for posting this on the off chance I forgot and accidentally picked something that doesn't suck quite as much as this does.

[StanleyK]

Favorite play adaptation: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

I had to use Winston*'s link, and even so there were no movies there that I both love, and have seen recently enough to trust my judgment on. I'm going with the one with the most probability that I'll continue to enjoy on a second viewing, but it's definitely the pick I feel the least strongly about.

Favorite book adaptation: Solaris

That's the Steven Soderbergh version. Turns out the large majority of my favorites are original screenplays, and the few ones that weren't I'd already picked in other categories, leaving me with only this or Paths of Glory.

Least favorite book adaptation: I dunno... I guess Twilight was pretty wretched. Feels like a rather populist, impersonal pick though.

[Ezee E]

Oh dear god, yes. This.

Thanks for posting this on the off chance I forgot and accidentally picked something that doesn't suck quite as much as this does.
Also starring Sam Rockwell... Hmm...

[Ivan Drago]

Least Favorite Book Adaptation
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Mike Newell, 2005)

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The rock band. Nothing else needs to be said.

[Melville]

Least favorite book adaptation: Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

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Not my least favorite movie based on a book, but the movie that removed the most stuff I liked from a book and replaced it with the most stuff I disliked.

[Derek]

Also starring Sam Rockwell... Hmm...

I love me some Sam Rockwell and really, this thing has a pretty solid cast all-around, but it's embarrassing and awkward. The book is hilarious, but I was ready to walk out on this halfway through. NOT funny.

[Spinal]

I laughed a lot during the Hitchhiker's Guide movie. I really liked Mos Def and the dolphin song and the Stephen Fry stuff and the falling whale. I don't know, I'm a big fan of the book and I recognize it was very different. But I thought it was in the spirit of the orginal.

[Fezzik]

This is the easiest one for me so far:

Least Favorite Book Adaptation: Simon Birch

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I'm a big fan of John Irving and A Prayer For Owen Meany is one of my favorite books...to see what they did to it in this abomination makes me shake with rage sometimes.

[Derek]

I laughed a lot during the Hitchhiker's Guide movie. I really liked Mos Def and the dolphin song and the Stephen Fry stuff and the falling whale. I don't know, I'm a big fan of the book and I recognize it was very different. But I thought it was in the spirit of the original.

This would hold almost no weight without that avatar, yet with it, I'm almost compelled to give this a rewatch.

[Spinal]

This would hold almost no weight without that avatar, yet with it, I'm almost compelled to give this a rewatch.

It's hard to doubt a monkey with arms akimbo.

[Derek]

It's hard to doubt a monkey with arms akimbo.

Damn near impossible.

[Irish]

I'm a big fan of John Irving and A Prayer For Owen Meany is one of my favorite books...to see what they did to it in this abomination makes me shake with rage sometimes.

I READ HALF OF OWEN MEANY AND THEN THREW IT AWAY. LATER A PRETTY GIRL AND I WENT TO SEE SIMON BIRCH AND WE WALKED OUT AFTER FORTY MINUTES.

LAME ALL CAPS JOKES ARE FUNNY IF YOU'VE READ THAT BOOK THOUGH, RIGHT? :P

[Raiders]

Day Seventeen - Last Favorite Book Adaptation

Since I have read and liked the book...

The Bonfire of the Vanities

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[chrisnu]

Least favorite book adaptation: The Lost World: Jurassic Park

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[Ezee E]

There sure is some goofy stuff in that scene chrisnu. Forgot all about that.

[Watashi]

The correct answer:

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[eternity]

Day 17 - Least Favorite Book Adaptation

I really like Hitchhiker's Guide. And I really like Choke. Hmph.

I could say Brief Interviews with Hideous Men for this. I could say The Scarlet Letter. I could say The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. I could say V for Vendetta. But instead, I'm going to go with the easy one. Instead of picking through terrible movies based off great books, I'm going to pick a terrible movie based on a terrible book.

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[Bosco B Thug]

Favorite chick flick:

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I don't suppose you're familiar with this list: Cinefantastique's Top 20 Chick Flick Horror Movies (http://cinefantastiqueonline.com/2008/04/retrospective-top-20-chick-flick-horror-movies/)? I only bring it up not because I doubt you but because Tomb of Ligeia (the list's #1) really is another good one, and (if Wright's Pride and Prejudice didn't exist) would've been a good choice for me.

DAY 17: Least Favorite Book Adaptation
A real answer would be The Haunting 1999, but I can't help myself now that I see this scene on YouTube:

Jane Eyre 2011

I'm sorry, this scene is so leaden. I thought so in the theater and I think so now:

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[Dukefrukem]

17. Least favorite book adaptation - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy


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Oh man. That's such a good one (as in good choice for worst book adapatation ever). Rep my friend.

[Dukefrukem]

Least favorite book adaptation: The Lost World: Jurassic Park

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Mehhh. I know i know i know, the movie took the book in a complete different direction, but there's some good stuff in the movie. The dualing T-Rex scene I thought was classic Spielberg tension. I can totally understand this choice though.

[Skitch]

Least Favorite Adaptation: Jurassic Park. I like Jurassic Park, the movie and the book. About all they have in common are some character names, an island, and dinosaurs. Such a shame a terrific adult novel was slimmed to a teen adventure film.