With the two part Watchmen movie, there would seem to be little to upset Moore. The dialogue, line for line, transitioned wholly intact from graphic novel to animation, right down to Rorschach’s use of “Herm.” It faithfully recreated every scene from the graphic novel. Dave Gibbons, who drew every panel of the original, oversaw the animation art from start to finish. The only element missing was Moore’s often-brilliant use of segues from one scene to another. And I’m not sure that could translate well.
The Shining Directed & Produced by Stanley Kubrick Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick & Diane Johnson Based on The Shining by Stephen King 447 pp, Doubleday 1977 Starring Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, Danny Lloyd Contains spoilers since I discuss the differences in how the two versions end. But the movie is over 40 years …