TheImpressiveX@piefed.socialM to movies@piefed.socialEnglish · 2 months agoWhat movies surprised you by how intelligent the writing was?message-squaremessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up162
arrow-up162message-squareWhat movies surprised you by how intelligent the writing was?TheImpressiveX@piefed.socialM to movies@piefed.socialEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square48fedilink
minus-squareOkokimup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53·2 months agoArrival. It tells the entire story in the first scene. And then you get to watch it all unfold beautifully to understand the story.
minus-squaredarcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 months agoOne of those movies that I thought was impossible to make after reading the book and was happy to be proven wrong.
minus-squareIronBird@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agothere’s always a book, and noones ever read it
minus-squareFarraigePlaisteach@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoWhich do you prefer among the two?
minus-squaredarcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months ago90% of the time, I’ll take the book over the movie. That’s true in this case and even more so with Hail Mary.
minus-squareFarraigePlaisteach@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI associate the movie so much with the visuals and score, I can’t imagine how it would have been originally written. A good reason to check out the book.
Arrival. It tells the entire story in the first scene. And then you get to watch it all unfold beautifully to understand the story.
One of those movies that I thought was impossible to make after reading the book and was happy to be proven wrong.
There’s a book!?
there’s always a book, and noones ever read it
Which do you prefer among the two?
90% of the time, I’ll take the book over the movie. That’s true in this case and even more so with Hail Mary.
I associate the movie so much with the visuals and score, I can’t imagine how it would have been originally written. A good reason to check out the book.