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Deserves a Remake that Does the Novel Justice,

posted 10 years ago by brady-vallbacka
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I really hope this gets remade and it is a certain topic that I believe must be introduced to today's public today. A lot of the important parts from the novel were left out of the film and the choice of colors/costumes were not what I expected.

[–] Cult_of_Kibner 10 years ago

A lot of the important parts from the novel were left out of the film...

The only missing or altered part that's worth getting in a huff over is the ending. As for that, I don't see the novel's epilogue working in the movie. Can't say I'm even convinced it worked in the novel. There's something off about it, almost like Burgess looked back on the story he had thus far written and realized it was about a character who doesn't evolve, so he hastily tried to remedy that in the last chapter. That's just the vibe I got from it.

The movie, on the other hand, I felt ended at the perfect place.

...and the choice of colors/costumes were not what I expected.

Well that's more of a personal preference than anything that has to do with whether or not the movie does the novel justice.

[–] crimson811 9 years ago

I don't want it remade because first of all, the orignal is perfect the way it is, and I don't like, and am sick to death of remakes. If the public wants to be introduced to this then they can always rent it from netflix.

[–] Nriks 9 years ago

I don't want it remade because first of all, the orignal is perfect the way it is

The film is already a remake. Andy Warhol had already adapted the book as Vinyl in 1965. Neither version is especially faithful to the book. Although Kubrick's is at least a proper adaptation.

[–] IMDB_Vits 9 years ago

It's true that 2nd adaptations that are meant to be more faithful to the book are much more needed than remakes of classics just for the sake of it. However, this movie has become so iconic that another adaptation wouldn't be on the same level. Not to mention that the movie does retain a good % of the book (including the slang).

If you don't believe, watch the mini-series version of THE SHINING.

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[–] MoviemanCin 9 years ago

Why would you remake a perfect movie??

Schrodinger's cat walks into a bar, or doesn't.

[–] MoviemanCin 9 years ago

I disagree. I hope that there is never a remake. IMHO this is the second best film ever made, ranking behind only Kubrick's masterpiece "2001". You can't improve upon perfection. And I read the novel and I think it did it justice.

Schrodinger's cat walks into a bar, or doesn't.

[–] leo-hork-na 9 years ago

This movie is PERFECT. It'd be redundant and retarded to even attepmt a remake. You don't remake the Mona Lisa.

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