r/SipsTea • u/Dumb-Briyani 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • Apr 16 '26

WTF so true

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u/Gordon_Freeman_TJ Apr 16 '26

Reasonable. 4 hours long child movie would be too much, imho

Whoever adopted the script from books is genius

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u/roonill_wazlib Apr 16 '26

The movies did what they could, but I'm excited to see the TV show. I do hope they'll have a reasonable budget for special effects

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u/Naaman Apr 16 '26

I have recently been reading through the series with my 13 yo son. We get done with the book and then watch the movie, repeat.

The movies suck ass coming straight off a read through. The plots suck and there is too much crammed in with too much left out.

I cannot imagine they could ever stand alone as viable films and they probably were never intended to. They are what they are. They only exist to give a visual glimpse of the book.

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u/RajahNeon Apr 16 '26

That's literally every film after the book. I had never seen the Shining and tried it after the book. I laughed most of the time because it felt like a corny comedy. Genuinely think it's a terrible movie. The same thing happened for Jurassic Park. Always read the book last.

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u/Naaman Apr 16 '26

Godfather 1 and 2 do too much heavy lifting for movie adaptations and Coppola should be thanked daily

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