“ The book was soooo much better ” is a idiomatic expression that screams to me “ let ’s not be friends . ” It is almost a given at this peak , that whenever one thing is adjust from another thing , the original thing is always immensely superior — except when it ’s not .
One bit of big movie word this week is Chris Prattsigning on for another comical book adjustment , this time A.J. Lieberman ’s Cowboy Ninja Viking . This tidings got me wondering when was the last time I see to it a picture show that was actually better than the comic it was found on . Immediately this movie come to mind .
A History of Violence begin as a graphic novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke . A nice little comic but by no means an Alan Moore - tier epic that draw a bead on to alter the intermediate or even mob fiction for that matter . It merely was nothing prominent , but Cronenberg turned mediocrity into cinema flawlessness .
Any movie with the word “ force ” in the form of address is bound to have plenty of it , and this one definitely does . In case you did n’t already know , the motion picture follows Viggo Mortensen ( Tom Stall ) , an owner of a little - townspeople diner whose vehement yesteryear ( get it ? ) catches up with him . Where the first half has some resemblance of the OGN , Cronenberg takes several liberties in the film 2nd one-half and thrusts A History of Violence into the “ must watch ” category of the grand syndicate plastic film music genre .
A History of Violence is a film in defiance of the “ book is better ” cliché , and giving me the rare rest period from that idiom makes me love this movie even more . [ Amazon ]
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