Battle Royale: book vs. film (spoilers within)

[DarkKnightBob]

Originally posted by rarnom
*rant*
So, anyone see the CRAPFEST that is the film of Battle Royale? I know lots of people think it is just the greatest movie ever with all its violence and biting social commentary. But I am sure none of those people have read the book. The book is a billion times cooler than the movie ever was. Anyone else read the book and seen the film and want to comment? I read the book first and then saw that pile of crap of a film.

ahem. O.k. anyone else?

And I bet you were dissapointed that remote control cars never lived up to how cool it was to ride a REAL car.

When will people get the whole thing that you cannot fit everything that happens in a book into a film. They are TOTALLY different medias. They have totally different rules for what you can use to get the readers interest.

Books express concepts and can have a half hour discussion on a philosophical topic. Films requires action and movement.

Hey why don't you write to the shorty from new zealand and complain that he needed to make the LOTR trilogy 50 hours long in order to TRULY express the book exactly how it was supposed to be.