Why add something new, when there is already so much that will have to be excised to make the story fit the confines of a Hollywood movie?
One reason I could think of would be to make it smoother. Take a large book and made large and judicious cuts and what you get is a script with lots of noticeable stitchmarks. All of my favorite film adaptations have included a generous (though not too generous) dose of original material to blend it all together. After all, PoA was a book as long as first two put together and made into a movie one-third of the length of the first two put together, and it's generally agreed that it was the best. It also had a few original bits to make the movie its own being. That's another thing that separated it from the read-from-the-page feel of Chris Columbus's films.
I love those lines too, Teppy. Thanks again for letting us know the movie was on. I was feeling miserable tonight, and now I am much better.
Thanks again for letting us know the movie was on. I was feeling miserable tonight, and now I am much better.
Isn't it funny how HUGE the computer is? I kept looking over at my laptop and giggling.
Isn't it funny how HUGE the computer is?
I know! I keep thinking of Emmy as an early form a google. Especially when they get tons of information that isn't what they need. Imagine if everything had to print out everytime you did a google search?
The rainforest would be dead.
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WHAT NEW TRAILER?? The one that was with the french subtitles? I saw no You Know Who!
One reason I could think of would be to make it smoother. Take a large book and made large and judicious cuts and what you get is a script with lots of noticeable stitchmarks.
Classic example -- Greta Garbo, Love. Imagine an 80-minute version of Anna Karenina. And that 80 minutes includes both endings (yes, the studio made an alternate happy ending for U.S. audiences).
Not a bad movie on its own, but strictly limited to the Anna-Vronsky story.
Salon has a review of The Corpse Bride. I expect there's a spoiler or two lurking in it: [link]