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Votes: 0 | | Posted on Sunday, December 22, 2002 - 12:35 am: | |
How do you guys feel about most film adaptations of favorite books? Any you would like to see? Most of the time they don't work for me even though I know that there's just no way for the film to be the same. I try and keep in open mind going in, but since books are so personal and intimate I feel like I'm setting myself up for disappointment. Example: Loved Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil but that movie was a mess. Then I hated the book "Bridges of Madison County" but loved the film. The latter seems to be a rare feeling though.
All that to say, I saw Lord of the Rings this weekend and I was so impressed I plan to see it again. It's raining here so I also saw "Chicago" (very, very good) and "Gangs of New York" (one hour too long but Daniel Day Lewis just owned his part).
What about you guys? What's the book to film experience been like for you? Anything you want to see, or hope they never ever make?
Bayou Lights
P.S. Just heard that Fox Searchlight (Antwon Fisher), the artsy division of 20th Century Fox is working with Blair Underwood on the Tananarive Due books "Living Blood" and "Soul to Keep". Word is that Underwood has done an impressive job developing the project.
Hope everyone's safe and warm this weekend. |