Topic: Movies vs. Books

Movies vs. Books

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June 12, 2008 at 4:59 am #40159

Pip
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I have found great enjoyment in reading literature and then watching the movie or show based on it! It’s so fun to compare. Netflix and the local library are great places to find book-based movie material… Someone try it and tell me their success (or lack thereof, not all movie adaptations are that great!).

June 12, 2008 at 11:49 am #42338

Jordan
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Well, I have generally enjoyed every *well-made* book movie adaptation that I’ve seen. Usually, I like them the same as the books for different reasons, except for the movie Spiderwick Chronicles. I definitely liked the movie better for that one. (Although, I haven’t finished the last book yet…)

June 12, 2008 at 5:16 pm #42339

Alassiel
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I don’t really like to watch alot of movies based on books, because usually the movies stink. And I recently realized that a bad movie can prejudice my younger siblings against a good book- my brother refuses to read A Wrinkle in Time because the movie was so dumb.

June 12, 2008 at 5:37 pm #42340

Alyosha
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^Haha, I’ve heard that the movie was ghastly. What atrocities did the filmmakers commit?

My favourite movies-adapted-from-books are ones whose books I haven’t read. Master and Commander and The Princess Bride come to mind…

So of course The Book is Always Better.

Favourite adaptions? Ah…I Am David, Lord of the Rings, Les Miserables the musical which maybe doesn’t count, Pride and Prejudice (mostly because I didn’t like the book so much to begin with), Fiddler on the Roof, Oliver!, Phantom of the Opera…

Least favourites: Prince Caspian (though I enjoyed the movie as a movie–horrid adaption though) The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (sort of–I used to love it but I’m mostly just tired of it now from having seen it too many times, which is entirely my own fault) and the 1998 and 1978 versions of Les Miserables. Oh and the cartoon Hobbit but maybe that doesn’t count either.

June 12, 2008 at 6:53 pm #42341

Alassiel
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I don’t really remember. I watched it a while ago, but I remember thinking it was really stupid and trying to explain to my siblings watching with me that it wasn’t really that bad, it was just the movie. I don’t think I was very convincing.

June 12, 2008 at 7:03 pm #42342

Pip
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I love the new Pride and Prejudice adaptation! The new Little Women was good, I Am David was really good (the book is wonderful, by the by) and a newer book called The Seeker was purty good as well, though I’m still debating over the worldview of Susan Cooper, author of the book The Seeker was based upon.

I watched LOTR before I read the books, and found the Fellowship to be a bit too historical. Anyone agree?

June 12, 2008 at 7:59 pm #42343

Alassiel
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I much prefer the old Pride and Prejudice. I’ve only read half the book, but the quality of the acting, script, etc. seems much better in the old one.

I’ve heard of I Am David, but I don’t remember where. What is it about?

June 12, 2008 at 8:21 pm #42344

Jordan
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Oh, hey, how is the movie of The Seeker. I haven’t read the book but I heard that the movie was good. Anything really objectionable? I can take LOTR-sized violence, if that helps.

June 12, 2008 at 8:24 pm #42345

Sarah
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I haven’t read The Princess Bride, but I’ve heard that the movie is actually better.

Fiddler on the Roof is a book?

June 12, 2008 at 8:25 pm #42346

Jordan
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The movie Princess Bride is most certainly better than the book. There are a few objectionable bits in the book that were cut (thankfully) for the movie.

June 12, 2008 at 8:47 pm #42347

Alassiel
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Really? I’ll remember that. I was thinking of reading Princess Bride.

June 12, 2008 at 9:14 pm #42348

Jordan
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They aren’t too bad, just a bit surprising after seeing the pretty clean movie. A few extra swear words, and then a completely pointless introduction that you can skip without missing anything.

*BIG SPOILER*

There’s no discussion about whether or not Humperdink and Buttercup actually got married or not.

June 12, 2008 at 9:48 pm #42349

Alyosha
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I’ve heard that Buttercup’s Baby is the objectionable part and the actual book is fine, is that right?

The movie had some not so nice language too. Ugh.

I’ve read that The Seeker movie was horrible and barely resembled the books, and that the books were pretty good. (Another thing that’s on my to-read list.)

Has anyone seen the new Northanger Abbey? I quite liked the book but I heard that the movie has more innuendo and all that.

And to prevent this post becoming a list of the rumours Alyosha has heard and can’t verify —

Alassiel – 1 hour ago »

I’ve heard of I Am David, but I don’t remember where. What is it about?

It’s about a boy who escapes from a prison camp, and how he discovers the outside world, and finds out about his past…the movie is pretty good also but the book is in my top ten list, I think. It’s a children’s book but quite…deep, and subtle, and Christian without being preachy.

Sarah – 1 hour ago »

Fiddler on the Roof is a book?

Sort of. The musical is based on Tevye’s Daughters (or Tevye the Milkman) by Sholom Alecheim, which is a collection of short stories.

June 12, 2008 at 9:54 pm #42350

Jordan
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Alyosha – 4 minutes ago »

I’ve heard that Buttercup’s Baby is the objectionable part and the actual book is fine, is that right?

I didn’t read Buttercup’s Baby, so I wouldn’t know. Just skip that part, it’s not important (straight from my mom).

I Am David, don’t forget, has a different book name. It’s North to Freedom unless they changed it after the movie was made.

June 12, 2008 at 10:00 pm #42351

Alyosha
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Actually the original title was I Am David, but the first American editions were North to Freedom. So yeah, you might find it under either.

Re. BB: Thanks, will do.

edit–(have I ever mentioned how much I love the edit button?) Actually the original Danish title was just David so I’m not sure where I Am David came from. It’s the best title of the three I think, but it’s odd that they kept it for the movie when the movie took out the part of the story that makes that title make sense.
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