Tag Archive | Forrest Gump
Movies Completely Unlike the Books They Are Based On
It’s common practice for screenwriters to change the details of a novel when adapting it into a movie; after all, books and motion pictures are two different media and require different means to tell a story. With books, an author can tell you exactly what goes on inside a character’s head, where thoughts are difficult […]
Poll: Sequels to Modern Classics
Everyone knows it, Hollywood is franchise-happy. Any movie that could possibly have a follow-up has one, even if it is illogical (Jaws 2, Jaws 3, Jaws: the Revenge), if the stars refuse to return (The Sting II where Paul Newman and Robert Redford were replaced with Jackie Gleason and Mac Davis), if the heroes are […]
Forrest Button Fish – Variations of the Same Parable
Hollywood likes to tell the same story repeatedly. Usually it’s obvious (gee, two blockbusters coming out the same year about asteroids threatening all life on Earth—what a coincidence!), but other times it’s more subtle. For instance, consider the movies that have the following plots: a man with a low IQ changes the lives of everyone […]
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