High Fidelity was an extremely non-faithful film which worked pretty well, and I write as someone who adored the book.
Handsome brooding vampire guy has to swoop in all sensitive mouth and overhanging forehead. How 'bout leaving some scraps for the homely-looking fellows who don't turn evil when they get some?
Doyle ,'Life of the Party'
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Fiona - Apr 20, 2011 8:41:32 am PDT #14168 of 30000
Daisy Jane - Apr 20, 2011 8:47:48 am PDT #14169 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Ok, looking at the list I have here at work.
A Raisin in the Sun Howard's End A Passage to India Grapes of Wrath The Color Purple
These I haven't read, but the adaptations are great films Dangerous Liasons Out of Africa
Ones I consider both, but others may not. KB's Henry V Watership Down The Remains of the Day Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Catch-22 The Black Stallion
Laga - Apr 20, 2011 9:23:06 am PDT #14170 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I'd say it's almost always less annoying!
cool, thanks.
Princess Bride is on my A+ list. I liked the movie Slaughterhouse Five, I'm not sure what about it makes me not think of it as 'great'. Dangerous Liaisons would be A+ if not for Keanu. Were those really his best takes? argh.
lisah - Apr 20, 2011 9:23:17 am PDT #14171 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
High Fidelity was an extremely non-faithful film which worked pretty well, and I write as someone who adored the book.
I think so too. I thought it captured the spirit of the book quite well.
le nubian - Apr 20, 2011 9:25:46 am PDT #14172 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
The book "The Outsiders" was much better than the movie, IMO. I still cried like a little baby eating lemons, but the movie can't hold a candle to the book.
Sophia Brooks - Apr 20, 2011 9:29:36 am PDT #14173 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
The book "The Outsiders" was much better than the movie, IMO.
Also, Sodapop had BLOND HAIR!!!! Rob Lowe is no Sodapop!
Jesse - Apr 20, 2011 9:32:03 am PDT #14174 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And Dally had ice-blue eyes, unlike Matt Dillon! (I am glad I'm not the only one still carrying this stuff around....)
le nubian - Apr 20, 2011 9:32:58 am PDT #14175 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Apparently there are others who share my opinion.
erikaj - Apr 20, 2011 9:33:54 am PDT #14176 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Fiona, Lisa, yes.
Polter-Cow - Apr 20, 2011 9:33:56 am PDT #14177 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
When I think of great adaptations, I think of Princess Bride, Fight Club, and Scott Pilgrim, among others. Movies that A) were true to the spirit of the book, B) used the media of film creatively, and C) even improved on some things here and there.