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Books that are worse than the film (which was already bad?) (lemmy.ml)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I've started reading Jumper by NameDoesNotMatter. I would like to formally apologise about all the harsh things I've ever spoken about that film.

Fine, the cast is unlikeable and the action scenes are just fisticuffs in the air, but my god, in comparison to the teenage dreck that is the book, it's a masterpiece. At least they tried to build a credible back story for the main character.

In the book, he literally thinks everyone is out to sexually assault him (and somehow they seem to), he solves his problems by throwing money at it, instead of any actual creativity, and the author desperately tries to portray him as a mature-for-his-age adult, despite the fact that his first reaction to anything is crying followed by petty revenge.

I'm just flicking through the pages, pausing at any plot bits, and then flicking on.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Fight Club, book is decent but the film seems a more complete package.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

The film's problem was casting Brad Pitt as Durden and changing the ending so that he's successful. The movie made him attractice and charismatic. The book makes it clear the narrator is completely unhinged and fixated on his hatred of women and femininity.

The book is very clearly a story about straight men not being ok. "straight guys would rather punch each other naked Ina basement instead of go to therapy." The movie doesn't translate that well, so it reads more like a criticism of 90s work culture. Which is fair, but it often misses what Palahniuk intended.

To also be fair though Palahniuk seems to like the movie, but really despises young straight men admiring Durden as some antihero. He elaborates that feeling in the comic sequels.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Ya the movie bangs

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

...is Chuck Palahniuk the director of the Truman Show? The show?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Chuck Palahniuk

Not that im aware of, he wrote the fight club book and then sold the rights too it, this is him criticising David Finchers adaption and saying the Chinese censor of it is actually closer to the orginal book lol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

There was a picture of him in the link you shared, he looks almost exactly like the director guy in that movie. Wouldn't be surprised if he was the model they based it on

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Even Chuck Palahniuk agrees.

Now that I see the movie, especially when I sat down with Jim Uhls and record a commentary track for the DVD, I was sort of embarrassed of the book, because the movie had streamlined the plot and made it so much more effective and made connections that I had never thought to make.

Source: https://www.dvdtalk.com/interviews/chuck_palahniuk.html

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

There is a Fight Club 2 in the form of a graphic novel. I normally don’t believe a shitty sequel can ruin my opinion of a movie I enjoy, but this one really put that to the test, boy howdy.