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The wording on the part about graphic novels not being respected is a little vague, Caden. Mainly, The Watchmen graphic novel is probably the most acclaimed and well reviewed graphic novel of all time, reaching a level of reputation well up there with any classic literature. Unless you meant just the movie. As far as Scott Pilgrim, I thoroughly enjoyed it and thought it did a lot of cool, new things. I do understand why it recieved some of the poor reviews it recieved, however. I think translating graphic novels into movies can be tough.

Just as certain stories, in their nature, lend to plays, some lend to graphic novels. It is a little differentgoing from book to movie. One is visual, one is not, so you can judge them independant of each other. But like me, personally, I have a tough time not comparing a graphic novel movie directly to the graphic novel since they are both visual, so the movie doesn't stand up as well. Just like if I compare plays to movie iterations of plays. I make the judgement more directly then if it was a book to movie translation.

Originally Posted by spockman

The wording on the part about graphic novels not being respected is a little vague, Caden. Mainly, The Watchmen graphic novel is probably the most acclaimed and well reviewed graphic novel of all time, reaching a level of reputation well up there with any classic literature. Unless you meant just the movie. As far as Scott Pilgrim, I thoroughly enjoyed it and thought it did a lot of cool, new things. I do understand why it recieved some of the poor reviews it recieved, however. I think translating graphic novels into movies can be tough.

Just as certain stories, in their nature, lend to plays, some lend to graphic novels. It is a little differentgoing from book to movie. One is visual, one is not, so you can judge them independant of each other. But like me, personally, I have a tough time not comparing a graphic novel movie directly to the graphic novel since they are both visual, so the movie doesn't stand up as well. Just like if I compare plays to movie iterations of plays. I make the judgement more directly then if it was a book to movie translation.

Just the movie.
I read Watchmen before I saw it but I never try to compare that's an unfair comparison. I loved the movie and the graphic novel. They were both judged by me on their own merit.

I'd like to hear more about how people feel about this. Is t here is a way of telling a story from a graphic novel that is different?

Originally Posted by Caden

Just the movie.
I read Watchmen before I saw it but I never try to compare that's an unfair comparison. I loved the movie and the graphic novel. They were both judged by me on their own merit.

I'd like to hear more about how people feel about this. Is t here is a way of telling a story from a graphic novel that is different?

The way I see it is this- if there is no part of the story a movie cannot tell, or at least tell better, then the graphic novel, it is pointless to make the movie from a story perspective. This isn't the case for a book to movie, since a book is not a visual medium so the movie will naturally explore something unique. This is a simpler way to put it then I put it last time, I think.