But--but--The Last Starfighter as a musical? Without Robert Preston? How cruel.
My heart expands / 'tis grown a bulge in't / inspired by / your beauty effulgent.
William ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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Beverly - Sep 29, 2004 10:11:12 am PDT #4264 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Fred Pete - Sep 29, 2004 10:13:02 am PDT #4265 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Is there any Russian novel in which this is not the case?
Fathers and Sons, if it's ever been made into a movie.
(ETA: Yes, it has. But apparently not in English.)
Polter-Cow - Sep 29, 2004 10:43:59 am PDT #4266 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
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.
Strega is me on this issue. In fact, I said almost this exact same thing to someone the other day.
Of course, this means this is an issue on which Broomy is not me. Those are fun.
Gris - Sep 29, 2004 10:56:16 am PDT #4267 of 10001
Hey. New board.
I like reading the books first.
LOTR was great in both forms. As was TKaM.
I love love love the third Harry Potter movie and book, but I somehow think that calling them great is going to lead to lots of arguments I don't want to get into.
I want to see a miniseries adaptation of Pullman's "His Dark Materials."
t /two cents
Nutty - Sep 29, 2004 11:07:25 am PDT #4268 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
New Line has been talking about making His Dark Materials into 3 movies for a while now. Don't know if it will actually occur; the story is complex and difficult, and that's before you get to the controversy of the topic.
FWIW, the National Theatre of Britain's version of HDM comes to about 6 hours in 2 nights, and abbreviates the story substantially (e.g. Mary Malone isn't in it at all), and reviewed reasonably well. It's theatre instead of movie, but similar concept.
Alibelle - Sep 29, 2004 11:09:08 am PDT #4269 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
Ok. "Mean Girls" was great, very funny the whole way through.
"Ella Enchanted" was absolutely adorable, and there were some really great performances. Poor Parminder Nagra was woefully underused, Cary Elwes was great, and Anne Hathaway practically glowed. Hugh Dancy was all adorable and dumb, like a cute puppy. It was very fun, and I'm glad I saw it.
I could have liked PD2 at least as well as the first one were it not for the little kid from the Cosby Show joining Julie Andrews for a song. That whole scene rubbed me the wrong way. Otherwise, still good.
That was, by far, the worst scene in the movie, I agree. I just told myself that at least the song was written in such a way that Julie Andrews could sing, at least a bit of it, and that she has certainly never had a problem singing with obnoxious children throughout her illustrious career, so I will try and not let it bother me.
I'm with Strega about seeing movies before reading the book. I am not with P-C, even if he does agree as well.
Also? I was going to try and restrain myself from saying that I thought the Lord of the Rings books were bad books made into pretty but also bad movies, but then I decided there's no reason to suppress it. I also didn't like "Master and Commander," or "Grapes of Wrath," (and Grapes of Wrath was as torturous to read as Achebe's Things Fall Apart), the book To Kill a Mockingbird, and though I thought the movie version was better, I still didn't love it.
And I just got finished saying I liked "Princess Diaries 2" and "Ella Enchanted," so I'm sure there will be judging. But I don't care. So there. Pfft.
Polter-Cow - Sep 29, 2004 11:38:28 am PDT #4270 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Poor Parminder Nagra was woefully underused, Cary Elwes was great, and Anne Hathaway practically glowed.
Whoa, all three of them are in it. I think I have to see this sometime.
I'm with Strega about seeing movies before reading the book. I am not with P-C, even if he does agree as well.
Well, you know what they say: Hermanos! The devil has built a robot!
Polter-Cow - Sep 29, 2004 11:55:17 am PDT #4271 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
How different is The Producers musical from the original movie? Why is Mel Brooks making a movie out of the musical? This is ridiculous.
tommyrot - Sep 29, 2004 11:57:19 am PDT #4272 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I like the original movie a lot, but I found the musical to be better still - in fact it was the funniest thing I've ever seen in my life. There is a bunch of stuff added and changed from the original movie, so I can see him making a movie of the musical.
Mr. Broom - Sep 29, 2004 11:58:05 am PDT #4273 of 10001
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
I want to see a miniseries adaptation of Pullman's "His Dark Materials."
New Line has been talking about making His Dark Materials into 3 movies for a while now. Don't know if it will actually occur; the story is complex and difficult, and that's before you get to the controversy of the topic.Chris Weitz, director. Tom Stoppard, screenplay. 2005. Wet 'em if you got 'em.
eta: P-C, Brooks wants to re-make the producers because he sees a new audience for it and he likes the acting of the Broadway cast (i.e. Nathan Lane) so much. Someone did an interview with him about it and Spaceballs II.