Is the best literary film adaptation of the last 50 years: a) The Silence of the Lambs, b) The Princess Bride, c) The Return of the King (LoTR), d) Apocalypse Now, or e) Jurassic Park?
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Couldn't agree more with the result - just the amount of heart you can feel from the cast and crew who made this movie... you can tell it was a labour of love for them. And you get to delight in that joy with them as you watch a wonderful story that transports you to those magical moments as a kid when you heard a story that fueled your imagination
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Adaptation absolutely got the shaft in that bracket. A 14 seed?! That movie has lingered in me for literal decades.
I'm fine with the result, but a bracket that fails to even include the actual champion, A River Runs Through It, is a pile of garbage ;)
I mean, they got close to the right answer, which is Apocalypse now, at least.
I found this fascinating because I didn't think the movie was much like the book. The basic plot is there, but the feel of it is completely different. I was honestly surprised when I found out that William Goldman was involved in the script.
My favorite factoid about the Princess Bride is that the crew (and cast) couldn't stop breaking while filming the Miracle Max scene w/ Billy Crystal. Over and over they had to reset until finally they decided to start kicking people off the set so they could just get through it. The first person to get booted? Rob Reiner.
No John Huston’s “The Dead”? No Wim Wenders’ “The American Friend”? (But, hey, I’m fine with “The Princess Bride” winning… )
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