Jane Austen has a pretty good track record. Most of her books are probably pretty easy to adapt, relatively speaking. I'd say the Ang Lee Sense and Sensibility, the 6-hour Pride and Predjudice, and the Persuasion with Ciaran Hinds are all great, and I'm pretty fond of the Gwyneth Paltrow Emma.
There are cockroaches in Mexico big enough to own property.
Cordelia ,'Lessons'
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Dana - Sep 29, 2004 7:11:05 am PDT #4235 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 29, 2004 7:11:05 am PDT #4236 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I mean, Broadway has got an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on The Woman in White. We are truly a culture of pathetic recycling.
Could be worse - he could be doing THE PRINCESS BRIDE instead.
Steph L. - Sep 29, 2004 7:16:23 am PDT #4237 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
And The World According to Garp.
I love the book so much that I never wanted to see the movie -- was it actually a good adaptation?
lisah - Sep 29, 2004 7:17:31 am PDT #4238 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
The Princess Bride. LotR.
The professor said this before either of these were released. But To Kill a Mockingbird is a great example of where he was wrong to generalize. I think he made the statement just to provoke discussion. Or just to be provoking. I always thought it was kind of b.s.
There was a snippet of Room with a View in last night's Gilmore Girls. Oh how I loved that movie.
Steph L. - Sep 29, 2004 7:19:59 am PDT #4239 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
There was a snippet of Room with a View in last night's Gilmore Girls. Oh how I loved that movie.
I first saw it in high school, back when I was *really* innocent, and I was very unprepared for the naked running around the pond, penii and all.
That said, I adore that movie. Yummy Julian Sands. Priggish yet still yummy Daniel Day-Lewis.
Jessica - Sep 29, 2004 7:21:02 am PDT #4240 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
was it actually a good adaptation?
Hard to say. But it is a good movie.
juliana - Sep 29, 2004 7:29:21 am PDT #4241 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
was it actually a good adaptation?
If by adaptation you mean 'capturing the spirit of the book whilst utilizing the opportunities the cinematic medium offers', then yes. If you mean 'utterly faithful', then notsomuch.
evil jimi - Sep 29, 2004 7:34:24 am PDT #4242 of 10001
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
::bites tongue and refuses to say the LotR movies are bad adaptions of great books::
oops, did I think that out loud?
Speaking of movies, Broadway and recycling.
The Last Starfighter - The Musical
::shakes head in wonder::
P.M. Marc - Sep 29, 2004 7:36:14 am PDT #4243 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
::bites tongue and refuses to say the LotR movies are bad adaptions of great books::
I think they're great adaptations of mediocre books! We almost agree!
The closest I can come to thinking of great book/great movie is Orlando.
Vonnie K - Sep 29, 2004 7:40:13 am PDT #4244 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Mel Brooks is working on a sequel to Spaceballs.
I'm meh on this - I didn't think the original was all that great.
Oh! I love Spaceballs. Major guilty-pleasure flick. Nick Moranis is great as Darth Helmet.
That said, I don't like the idea of a sequel.
There was a snippet of Room with a View in last night's Gilmore Girls.
The niftiest thing about the Henry James/E.M Forster (but not in a dead-writers RPS kind of a way) references from GG was that the writers didn't feel it necessary to laboriously explain them, but just threw them out there and trusted the audience to get it.
My favorite from the whole Austen/James/Forster adaptation frenzy from the 90's is probably Softley's The Wings of the Dove. Love that movie, a lot a lot A LOT.
Older examples of great book--> great movie... Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath maybe? I haven't read the book, but thought it was considered a classic, and the movie is really powerful.
Steph, The World According to Garp is a pretty good movie, although I'm not sure whether I'd call it great. Certainly the best of the Irving adaptations, although that's probably not saying much.