Well, an example would be the Harry Potter films - which on the whole I thought were crap.
I loved Cuaron's directing in POA, but that was it. Rubbish casting, rubbish acting...and now every time I read HP I see bloody Dan Radcliffe!
Thats how it affects the novel
So, if a DT movie does come out, and it's uber crap, it's going to make you change your opinion on the series as a whole?
I think everybody by now knows how I feel about the LotR movies. Just wait until there are DT movies and he forum is full of people who think they know everything about DT bc they saw a movie but never read the books and then you will know what I mean. I dealt with it with LotR plenty.Originally Posted by Darkthoughts
Well, an example would be the Harry Potter films - which on the whole I thought were crap.
I loved Cuaron's directing in POA, but that was it. Rubbish casting, rubbish acting...and now every time I read HP I see bloody Dan Radcliffe!
Thats how it affects the novel
It won't make me dislike the books - I still love the HP books, I just have to concentrate hard to remember how I saw Harry et al before I'd seen the films. But I very possibly won't watch the DT movie in the first place, because it would drive me mad if it was incorrect and deviated from the books in any way (which of course it will).
Jayson - I felt the same with LotR
I would seriously consider not seeing the movie(s) as well after my experience with LotR. But I very possibly won't watch the DT movie in the first place, because it would drive me mad if it was incorrect and deviated from the books in any way (which of course it will
Jayson - I felt the same with LotR
I'm not a big movie goer anymore, so its unlikely I'd get to see it. I don't drive and the nearest cinema is miles away. Plus, if Rob and I ever get a babysitter we'd rather go out for a meal/drink...y'know, somewhere we can talk to each other outside of parent mode
You still love them? Shouldn't you hate them? After all, the horrible movies completely ruined the books, didn't they?
If film makers didn't get their ideas from books then we wouldn't have any movies.. are you actually suggesting that filmmakers should come up with their own, original ideas?? *gasp*
Human kind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's first law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one and only truth.
Finished Diary and loved it. Sad book, though.
Reading Survivor now.
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”-Mark Twain
Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me....Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
-Shel Silverstein
People for whom the movie adaptations ruin the original BOOKS are like fundamentalists for whom scientific notions threaten their worldview even though the former appears to be more accurate--in other words, they didn't have much faith to begin with.
Just my two cents.
If I love a book I have total faith in it - its the film makers I don't have faith in...if it ain't broke, don't fix it!
i don't really mind having a visual of a character for me well that's if i see the movie first and then read the book. but when i read it and have my own visual i just usually go 'hmm... that's not what i thought he looked like.' or 'hmm.. they did a pretty good casting job, thats JUST how i thought he looked.'
Human kind cannot gain anything without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's first law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one and only truth.
Wasn't accusing you of such--just speaking in general, based on the conversation being held....
If I love a book I have total faith in it - its the film makers I don't have faith in...if it ain't broke, don't fix it!
Anyway, USUALLY the movie version is worse, and even if it isn't (even if it's BETTER, which is exceedingly rare), it is still limiting. But I think part of the reason it's usually worse is that movies are usually thought of as a business and a whole bunch of people work on it--rather than being thought of as an art form, the vision of one person, as a novel is.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
i read Mt
i can't remember tiffany - did you say you had or hadn't read lullaby?
id don't feel leik explaining it to others, i was just informing on what i was reading. But i already told you about Mt ,Turtle.i can't remember tiffany - did you say you had or hadn't read lullaby?
I'm listening to the Bob Spitz biography on the Beatles. Its my first audio book.I've really enjoyed it so far.
Even if you tried to explain it, I'm not sure anyone would be able to understand the words coming out of your computer.id don't feel leik explaining it to others, i was just informing on what i was reading. But i already told you about Mt ,Turtle.i can't remember tiffany - did you say you had or hadn't read lullaby?
good. saves me troubleEven if you tried to explain it, I'm not sure anyone would be able to understand the words coming out of your computer.id don't feel leik explaining it to others, i was just informing on what i was reading. But i already told you about Mt ,Turtle.i can't remember tiffany - did you say you had or hadn't read lullaby?
Yup, I read it and liked it very much.i can't remember tiffany - did you say you had or hadn't read lullaby?
Yeah, thanks for the encouragement on reading it. Totally worth it.
I think after this Palahniuk binge, I'm definitely taking a break. Five of his books within a week and a half or so is a bit too much pessimism. I love the writing and the stories are great, too, but they're such bummers. It's really bringin' me down.
I need a little hope and optimism.
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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”-Mark Twain
Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me....Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
-Shel Silverstein
so that means what? you're moving on to another king novel?
Atlas Shrugged
"It's his eyes, Roland thought. They were wide and terrible, the eyes of a dragon in human form" - Roland seeing the Crimson King for the first time.
"When the King comes and the Tower falls, sai, all such pretty things as yours will be broken. Then there will be darkness and nothing but the howl of Discordia and the cries of the can toi" - From Song of Susannah
one of my favorite Ayn Rand books. The Fountainhead though, that's the best.
Currently Reading:
Tamora Pierce's Tortall books (10th reread)
Raptor, Gary Jennings
Clan of the Cave Bear
Men of Honor
Dances with Wolves
Streets of Laredo
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
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