The one thing City of Bones might have going for it as a movie is if the production team REALLY makes it look good. That means beefing up the action sequences, having stuff going on at Magnus's party, etc and so forth. I'd wager that without Clare's bloated descriptions and unnecessary analogies, things would flow a LOT smoother.
On the other hand, Eragon didn't have much going for it in any capacity. The settings and costumes looked like shyte, the acting was God-awful, the script had no idea what to cut and what to keep in (Hello thar, Eragon's cousin who is in for all of two seconds and in no way furthers the plot! How are you this lovely evening?) and what they do get straight from the book is painful ("Not a stone, an egg!" No shit, Sherlock!)
Also, I'm wondering if Clare would be willing to sit back and let the movie people make changes to the script that would make things flow better, or if she'd be like Meyer and keep sticking her nose into everything.
And as for Breaking Dawn, I laugh at the claim that there's sooo much in that fucking book that it needs two movies. Harry Potter had enough plot for two movies. The Hobbit is having more of Tolkien's universe added to fill two movies. This? NO!
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Date: 2011-06-13 03:36 am (UTC)On the other hand, Eragon didn't have much going for it in any capacity. The settings and costumes looked like shyte, the acting was God-awful, the script had no idea what to cut and what to keep in (Hello thar, Eragon's cousin who is in for all of two seconds and in no way furthers the plot! How are you this lovely evening?) and what they do get straight from the book is painful ("Not a stone, an egg!" No shit, Sherlock!)
Also, I'm wondering if Clare would be willing to sit back and let the movie people make changes to the script that would make things flow better, or if she'd be like Meyer and keep sticking her nose into everything.
And as for Breaking Dawn, I laugh at the claim that there's sooo much in that fucking book that it needs two movies. Harry Potter had enough plot for two movies. The Hobbit is having more of Tolkien's universe added to fill two movies. This? NO!