Books that become movies.
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Books that become movies.
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I started reading no country for old men, but never finished it, then i watched the film. I loved the film so much. So am reluctant to read the book at the moment because i will be constantly comparing it. Im going to wait a while and read a few other books then start it again, and hopefully i can appreciate it for what it is rather than comparing it.
But with film versions of books and film remakes i normally always prefer whatever one i see/ read first.
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I also love the 1939 version of Wuthering Heights, Laurence Olivier made such a handsome Heathcliff I had big crushes on him and Orson Welles I still watch both of those movies when they come on TV
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But it also seems that Hollywood is playing to the dumbest person in the audience in a lot of cases, trying to "cut the fat" from the story to give you two hours of streamlined, easy to follow, hmmm... don't want to say "shallow" exactly, but certainly not deep stuff.
Take JAWS for instance. In the book Hooper has an affair with Brody's wife leading to all sorts of drama.
But I also think that while they shouldn't play to the dumbest idea of a viewer they should also not play to the smartest. I recently watched a movie and it was so bad, so confusing that I had to watch it again with commentary on just so maybe the director would apologize for the awfulness that was his movie. He didn't. He actually said that the movie was about an hour longer and very easy to follow. Too easy to follow. So he "trimmed it down" because he doesn't underestimate the intelligence of the audience, which upset me a little. I don't really think I'm stupid and I've watched thousands of movies in my lifetime so far and think that when these movies come around the director should never claim that the audience just doesn't get it. It's fully possible the director made a steaming pile of movie and needs to accept it.
Anyhoo, I love movies and books and movies of books. I'm always interested to see just how deep they go into the book. It's fun for me.
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Anyway I am normally apprehensive of films of books I like - dont like the risk of ruining the book for myself, should be less wary probably.
If the book isnt "a treasure" I am less bothered.
What I dont like is when the film follows a book, slavishly, as if it were the screenplay. Very few books can fulfill both roles successfully.
The exception that breaks the rule, for me, was the TV adaptation of Brideshead - Love the book and thoroughly enjoyed the series.
OTOH I didnt understand 2001 until I had read the book ...but that was alooong time ago. Once I had my head around things the film became so much better - or I was just a bit older?
One upside - watching a bad film means you only waste a couple of hours .... as long as you can forget it on leaving the cinema
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Amen sister!KaeMartyndale wrote:Oh boy did he everStar wrote:Colin Firth made a beautiful Mr.Darcy too! Sorry I just can't seem to leave this thread
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Yeah the memory keeper's daughter movie is on tonight (Saturday) actually. The book really struck home wiht me so i'm curious to see if the movie will do the story justicepandajuice wrote:Anybody else into watching movies that have been adapted from books and comparing the two? i know, kinda dorky. i've been doin it a bit lately though. i'm really interested to see what happens with the new Memory Keeper's Daughter movie, it looks pretty good so far from the trailer. anybody got any favorites?
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