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hunt0r · 07-14-2007, 04:15 PM

Anyone seen that movie Shooter with Mark Wahlberg? Damn that movie kicks large amounts of ass. My buddy down the hall has a mini home theatre in his freaken dorm room and we are about to go watch that thing. Just seeing if you guys have seen it cause its worth checkin out!

Rangerluplow · 07-15-2007, 11:02 AM

i saw it and thought it was pretty good.

triqqey · 07-15-2007, 12:58 PM

I liked it, great movie.
One of my friends read the book before the movie and said a lot was changed from the book. Apparently, the book character was an old Vietnam sniper vet instead of the young Mark Wahlberg character.
I still thought it was great. I loved the part where he takes out the bad guys from a rowboat! Freakin' awesome!

_Wolf_ · 07-15-2007, 01:04 PM

great movie. i liked it. not very believeable but entertaining.

Darkhorse · 07-16-2007, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by triqqey

I liked it, great movie.
One of my friends read the book before the movie and said a lot was changed from the book.

Yeah, that always happens somehow. It's been AGES since I read JAWS, and it was very different than the movie. The book dealt with the mayor getting leaned on by the mob to keep beaches open, and the oceanographer gets eaten in the cage. I think he banged Mrs. Brodie as well.. Shit, it's been SO long that I don't honestly remember. Lol, I think I read that when I was 8.

Eric3237 · 07-16-2007, 12:05 PM

Yeah. But think about the case of jaws. Did you need all that sub-plot to make a good movie? No. All you needed was a huge shark eating people. Sometimes what works in books doesn't work in movies. But a LOT of times, writers create sidelines and sub-plots simply because if you're not established enough, publishers won't publish short books!

Ever read Old Man and the Sea? It's a two or three hour read

I'll bet you in the case of Shooter they just rewrote the character because they wanted Mark Wahlberg.

triqqey · 07-17-2007, 07:32 PM

yea, it's easy to Hollywoodize characters written in books when converting the book into a movie, but how about converting a video game into a movie? kind of hard to change the characters too much, right?

Kane · 07-18-2007, 03:31 AM

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Originally Posted by triqqey

but how about converting a video game into a movie? kind of hard to change the characters too much, right?

No. Case and point, Super Mario Bros. the movie. Royal 'A' class fuck up.

Bowser is supposed to be a monstrous fuckin spiked shelled S.O.B....but instead he was Dennis Hopper or some other fag

Rangerluplow · 07-18-2007, 05:10 AM

lol...

triqqey · 07-18-2007, 07:28 PM

Oh yea, forgot about the Mario Bros. movie. Some things are better left forgotten...

07-14-2007, 04:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
hunt0r Rank: Member Experience: 1-2 Years Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 305 Country: Gender:	Shooter Anyone seen that movie Shooter with Mark Wahlberg? Damn that movie kicks large amounts of ass. My buddy down the hall has a mini home theatre in his freaken dorm room and we are about to go watch that thing. Just seeing if you guys have seen it cause its worth checkin out!
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07-15-2007, 12:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
triqqey Rank: Member Experience: > 1 Year Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Podunk, USA Posts: 203 Country: Gender:	I liked it, great movie. One of my friends read the book before the movie and said a lot was changed from the book. Apparently, the book character was an old Vietnam sniper vet instead of the young Mark Wahlberg character. I still thought it was great. I loved the part where he takes out the bad guys from a rowboat! Freakin' awesome!
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07-15-2007, 01:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
_Wolf_ Rank: Light Heavyweight Experience: 3-5 Years Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas Posts: 3,668 Gender:	great movie. i liked it. not very believeable but entertaining.
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07-16-2007, 12:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
Eric3237 Moderator Rank: Heavyweight Experience: 7-10 Years Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 5,474 Country: Gender:	Yeah. But think about the case of jaws. Did you need all that sub-plot to make a good movie? No. All you needed was a huge shark eating people. Sometimes what works in books doesn't work in movies. But a LOT of times, writers create sidelines and sub-plots simply because if you're not established enough, publishers won't publish short books! Ever read Old Man and the Sea? It's a two or three hour read I'll bet you in the case of Shooter they just rewrote the character because they wanted Mark Wahlberg.
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07-17-2007, 07:32 PM	#7 (permalink)
triqqey Rank: Member Experience: > 1 Year Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Podunk, USA Posts: 203 Country: Gender:	yea, it's easy to Hollywoodize characters written in books when converting the book into a movie, but how about converting a video game into a movie? kind of hard to change the characters too much, right?
	triqqey's Sig:"The iron never lies to you. You can walk outside and listen to all kinds of talk, get told that you're a god or a total bastard. The iron will always kick you the real deal. The iron is the great reference point, the all-knowing perspective giver. Always there like a beacon in the pitch black. I have found the iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends come and go, but 200 pounds is always 200 pounds." -Henry Rollins

07-15-2007, 11:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
Rangerluplow Rank: Member Experience: 5-7 Years Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 126	i saw it and thought it was pretty good.

07-18-2007, 05:10 AM	#9 (permalink)
Rangerluplow Rank: Member Experience: 5-7 Years Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 126	lol...

07-18-2007, 07:28 PM	#10 (permalink)
triqqey Rank: Member Experience: > 1 Year Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Podunk, USA Posts: 203 Country: Gender:	Oh yea, forgot about the Mario Bros. movie. Some things are better left forgotten...
	triqqey's Sig:"The iron never lies to you. You can walk outside and listen to all kinds of talk, get told that you're a god or a total bastard. The iron will always kick you the real deal. The iron is the great reference point, the all-knowing perspective giver. Always there like a beacon in the pitch black. I have found the iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends come and go, but 200 pounds is always 200 pounds." -Henry Rollins

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