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 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.

You're a loony!

I think they're great adaptations of mediocre books! We almost agree!

And so are you!

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.

when you get people who refuse to read the books before they see the movies, it breaks your damn heart.

I prefer to see movies before reading the books they're based on (on the rare occasions when I'm interested in both) because the book is always going to include scenes and characters that aren't in the movie. If I read the book first, when I see the movie I will know what's "supposed" to happen (or what I expect) and I'll be distracted by that and annoyed when they change anything. I'm setting myself up to be disappointed, basically. If I see the movie first, I'm more likely to enjoy it on its own terms, and I can then enjoy the greater depth of the book.

And I don't really picture what characters look like when I'm reading unless there's some specific reason to do so. So you can rest assured that my imagination has not been hijacked.

Although I loathed the film version of Portrait of a Lady. But I can't remember what bugged me about it so much.

It was... strange. And not right. I can't really remember, except that it set of my not-right alarm bells. As Vonnie notes, you can tell it was not right because in real lief Martin Donovan really does know how to wash his hair, and I can't think of a good reason for fictional consumptives to fail to bathe.

(For the record, Viggo was in it. Actually he had his role all wrong too, in a way I can't remember except for the wrongness.)

I did think Barbara Hersey was well cast as Mme. Merle.

Between this and Alcharisi in the Beeb Daniel Deronda, she seems to have specialized in older women with more dignity and sidelong looks than morals. (Anyway, I know Alcharisi isn't really the villain Mme. Merle is, but they're both off-putting and manipulative.)