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Originally Posted by CSflim
Just because an adaptation is not faithful does not mean that it results in a poor film. Take a look at all of the other Steven King book-to-movie adaptations. Many of them are rubbish, regardless of how faithful they are or not. Take a look at the other The Shining, which Steven King played a large role in the production of. It is very faithful to the book. It is still a woeful film.
What works on paper does not necessarilty work on film.
Kubrick made excellent films. That is all that matters in my opinion.
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I've always thought that if you can't keep the movie close to the book, you shouldn't make the movie. That's one of my personal pet peeves, something I know alot of people don't mind as much. It just seems that quite a few of Kubrick's well known movies are based on books, and he seems to have little regard for what the author's vision is.