Actually, I had in fact seen both movies before I even knew the book existed. And even without having read the book, I already thought the second movie was awful. Reading the book itself afterwards kind of confirmed that for me. ;)
And there are a number of books I read for which I saw the movie versions afterwards, that I thought were "eh" compared to the book, but they were at least watchable, or in some cases, very nicely done. But as I meant to point out, there are still some that were very poorly adapted to the screen, that I would actually leave (or shut off the video player) in the midst of it.
If the second part was so unwatchable, then I shall have to take your word for it, lady_angelina
Hence the number of qualified statements I made, saying that it was my opinion alone and that another person might think it was the best movie ever made. It was just a specific example I thought of immediately. *Shrug*
Re: A Long-Winded Comment In Defense of My Vote.
And there are a number of books I read for which I saw the movie versions afterwards, that I thought were "eh" compared to the book, but they were at least watchable, or in some cases, very nicely done. But as I meant to point out, there are still some that were very poorly adapted to the screen, that I would actually leave (or shut off the video player) in the midst of it.
If the second part was so unwatchable, then I shall have to take your word for it, lady_angelina
Hence the number of qualified statements I made, saying that it was my opinion alone and that another person might think it was the best movie ever made. It was just a specific example I thought of immediately. *Shrug*