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For those who think this film sucked and was unfaithful to the books....

posted 15 years ago by pops_mcfly
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I think that I can make you agree that this is kept extremely close to the books...almost 100% in fact---when compared with "The Hardy Men" and it's "original plot" for those who may not know, The Hardy Men was a film that was in the works(and apparently still is ) and was gonna be based on the series of Hardy Boys Books (same author different name).

So how can I tell that you would agree that Nancy Drew matter-of-factly stuck closer to the books than "The Hardy Men" which still has yet to get the script finished?

Simple.

If you had read the original plot you'd understand completely---the original idea was gonna be the Hardy Boys as adults and...get this now-hating each other-they were gonna be in their 40's or so and the whole film was gonna explain that at 18 they got into a bitter hateful feud and refused to ever acknowledge one other-don't get me wrong, I know this legitimately happens but it isn't anything like the Hardy's ever were.

All I'm saying, is that even Nacy Drew stuck somewhat to the original character a lot more than the "original we hate each other we wanna kill each other" idea that was gonna be the original plot.

I will admit that Hardy Men has reportedly gone through several thousands of re written scripts(making me wonder if it will ever even get done)so maybe the
"we hate each other enough that we wanna kill one another" of the film was dropped--which would be the smart thing...though keeping them boys and not men might help too.

Oh yeah...and Ben Stiller is gonna be in it and given his age I am guessing he's gonna be either Frank or Joe. I like Stiller but I don't see him as Frank OR Joe Hardy.

Slobberknocker!

[–] theoraclestar 15 years ago

I remember when that Hardy Men film was announced, including that story plot, and I, too, recall that I thought it seemed wrong for the brothers to have stopped speaking. That is a script that should not be produced, that is certain.

I was really disappointed with the Nancy Drew plot taking Nancy so far away from her home town. That seemed like a plot device that should have been reserved either as something that happened because the clues of the case led them to Los Angeles later in the story, or for a sequel. What was also disappointing was that, you know, long before Scooby Doo his gang were solving mysteries, Nancy Drew and her pals were doing a decent job of it. This movie didn't even identify Bess and George standing outside the church! That was really strange. And it's only because I had read the books as a teen that I knew who they were supposed to be. George didn't even get to use her mad Judo skills. What's up with that? At least Bess was shown looking concerned.

Nancy Drew was always a smart character who got things done, but I just ended up feeling sorry for this know-it-all painted in this movie trying to impress all these other teens.

If I ever meet the screenplay writers, I will have to ask how much of the movie was their idea and how much the producers interfered? And why take her out of her home base of River Heights? Odd choice, really.

[–] KoshVader 9 years ago

You see, I had never heard of Nancy Drew when I saw this movie and all I can say is that I hope the books aren't like it.

I just found Nancy to be an unrealistically perfect, know it all, I swear she had no flaws (other than choosing a massive house for them to live in which could denote that she's spoiled and that's the impression I got).
I also got the impression that they were trying to make out that she was 'unique' where as actually she was just an average teenager, it's just that all the other teenagers in the film were stereotypes. Also, the comments about her clothing being unusual? Pretty much every other teen girl dressed that way and there's nothing wrong with that but you can't say she's different.

I was fourteen when I saw this film and honestly, I found her so annoying and the entire tone of the film patronising.

If you're making a movie for teens (and children for that matter), you need to make sure people can relate to them. Wouldn't it be more interesting if she only seemed self confident because she was hiding insecurities? Wouldn't that make the character more likable? How can she act as a role model if we can't see ourselves reflected in her, if she doesn't have any flaws that identify her as human?

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