It's okay for those of us who read the books first, but when you get people who refuse to read the books before they see the movies, it breaks your damn heart. Then if/when they read, say, LOTR, they'll be seeing Viggo Mortensen and Orlando Bloom instead of Aragorn and Legolas. They've had their imaginations hijacked, essentially. It makes me sad because I can read the books and still see the images I conjured when I was eight, ten years old.
I get worried when all of my non-reader friends (the ones who won't read a book for years, then hand me Tuesdays with Morrie because it's sooooo good) not only have read The DaVinci Code but own it, and proclaim it the bestest book EVAH.
Lilty is me. The people I hear going off most about The DaVinci Code are people who either do not read or don't read anything that isn't pop fiction, so they take books like this as intensely enlightening experiences just because they seem to have a philosophy behind them. Seasoned readers seem more able to take books like this for what they are. Still haven't read it, but honestly, I don't know that I want to.
the LotR movies are bad adaptions of great books::
Heh and in my world they are great movies of really boring books that I haven't been able to get more than a chapter or two into so I can't rate how good the movies are as adaptations.
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.
I don't think I ever saw this. Cool!
I loved them having that snippet from
A Room with a View
on GG last night!
It fit so perfectly.
I don't think I ever saw this. Cool!
Oh, The Wings of the Dove is totally worth a look if you're into costume drama. The protagonists are so gloriously messed up, and the whole thing is terribly sad and nasty and also beautiful to look at. It's not completely faithful to the book--Softley moved the time period from late 1800's to about 1910, which I thought actually improved the film.
You know, if this film came out last year instead of 7 years ago, it'd probably have spawned a WOTD fandom with a distinctive emphasis on fucked-up threesomes.
Lastly, Linus Roache is dreeeeamy.
Heh and in my world they are great movies of really boring books
Can we send sweaters and hairpats to this world?
I think they're great adaptations of mediocre books! We almost agree!
And so are you!
Name-calling is so for the non-LOTR enhanced. Just cast gentle aspersions at upbringing and sensibility, and smile sadly.
The Wings of the Dove is totally worth a look if you're into costume drama.
I yam I yam! Although I loathed the film version of Portrait of a Lady. But I can't remember what bugged me about it so much. And I'm not watching it again to find out.
You're a loony!
So I've been told. Doesn't make the LoTR books any less boring to me. But I do appreciate that other people, people who's taste I completely respect, view them as classics. There's plenty of other great books out there for me to read and love.
The Portait of a Lady
sucked hard core. I haven't yet forgiven Campion for messing up the only James novel I really like.
I mean, Martin "Greasy Hair" Donovan for Ralph? The hell? I did think Barbara Hersey was well cast as Mme. Merle. The rest, NSM.
Can we send sweaters and hairpats to this world?
Unless they're my mom, people who pat me on the head get elbowed in the sternum or kneed in the groin depending on if they're in back or in front of me. It's a physical reaction. I can't help it.
But if you can find lovely, non-bulky cardigans that fit me I'd be happy to have them here in my world. Or anything cashmere as long as it's not bright yellow or orange or kelly green.
I'll put on one of these sweaters and cuddle up in a comfy chair and read something that isn't a LoTR book.
Campion
Oh that's right. I forgot it was her who directed it. Made it even more disappointing to me because I loved her previous work.
