Sentences with phrase «relatively direct adaptation»

The Departed comes by its puzzle pieces honestly — the movie, with an outstanding script by Kingdom of Heaven screenwriter William Monahan, is a relatively direct adaptation of Infernal Affairs, a great 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller steeped in Chinese conundrum and Hong Kong aesthetics.

Not exact matches

Wisecracking Robert Downey Jr. in a (relatively) grounded real world setting was one thing, but a Viking god from space, played by a complete unknown and directed by a man best known for Shakespeare adaptations was quite another.

Tom Harper, who directed War and Peace, said he was convinced it was Dano's curiosity in one of Tolstoy's most challenging characters that had driven his «risky» decision to move from Hollywood to a relatively small British production, even when the adaptation still had no international broadcasters attached.