There have to be only a handful of movie adaptations that were at least decent representations of their material. Having mostly seen the crap has made this quote particularly useful:)
Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes. John le Carre
I have to admit, I've only seen the film version once, and only cause Noah Wyle was in it, and that's pretty much all I paid attention to. I think I may have even seen the film before I read the book. I need to watch it again so I can contribute my outrage.
I'm not sure if I even want to see the film version of The Lovely Bones. I do, cause I wanna see how they did it, but then again I don't, cause I don't wanna see what they did to it.
I share your trepidation, but I'm too interested in Peter Jackson's take and The Lovely Bones didn't mean to me what White Oleander did, so I'm somewhat inoculated?
And hey, I enjoyed Girl, Interrupted the movie before I read the book and went "WHAT." I assumed the unnecessary-to-the-plot-we're-given "girl-on-girl" kiss was somehow explained in the book.
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Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes.
John le Carre
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And then there's stuff that I think outdoes its source material, like Forrest Gump (which the author despised).
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I'm not sure if I even want to see the film version of The Lovely Bones. I do, cause I wanna see how they did it, but then again I don't, cause I don't wanna see what they did to it.
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And hey, I enjoyed Girl, Interrupted the movie before I read the book and went "WHAT." I assumed the unnecessary-to-the-plot-we're-given "girl-on-girl" kiss was somehow explained in the book.
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