Films &amp; books

27 Jan 2012

Quote by nellie-mwgc

oh whats the twist i loved the film and am loving the book and am going to see the film again tomorrow, am very excited lol i hope when iv finished the book that i know what the twist is :)

I'm not gonna say..... wink

I am 50% of the way through the book (on my Kindle) and am now finding it VERY different from the film !

28 Jan 2012

Quote by nellie-mwgc

oh whats the twist i loved the film and am loving the book and am going to see the film again tomorrow, am very excited lol i hope when iv finished the book that i know what the twist is :)

I'm not gonna say..... wink

I am 50% of the way through the book (on my Kindle) and am now finding it VERY different from the film !
Yeah far more intricate than the film...not long now until the twist then? :wink:

28 Jan 2012

At the end of the day, surely no film could ever really match your own imagination when reading a novel. You create your own imagery, the content may be similar, but your own perception of an event will never be the same as that portrayed in film, even if it does come close.

Quote by Bluefish2009
I find, more often than not that the book is far better than the film. Most times there is to much information lost when a book is turned into a film

28 Jan 2012

Quote by Big_Fraser
One of the most disappointing book to film transfers I have seen is Matt Dillon in Factotum, an adaptation of a brilliant book by Charles Bukowski.

Did I know you were a Bukowski fan?! Well anyway, major brownie points for you!

28 Jan 2012

Quote by nellie-mwgc
I went to see The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo over Christmas and loved it, now i am reading the book and so far its as good as the film !
We are going to see the film again this weekend

Watched it today and wasn't really impressed. Preferred the original Swedish ones. I have got the books but still not managed to read them yet. Will have to make that the next to read..

28 Jan 2012

Two adaptations I didn't like are The Other Boleyn Girl (talk about poor) and Angela's Ashes. But I do like Shawshank and The Green Mile as someone else said!

28 Jan 2012

The new Sherlock Holmes films with Robert Downey Jr are great - and an absolute travesty on the books. But I don't care - they are fun.
The best, most accurate, rendition from page to screen was, of course, the Jeremy Brett version - was it ITV or BBC that did that?
When I read I populate the characters with voices and figures. A good TV/Film adaptation supplies those for me - if they work. If they conflict with my internal image of a person it can ruin the book.

29 Jan 2012

Quote by Derek_kelp

oh whats the twist i loved the film and am loving the book and am going to see the film again tomorrow, am very excited lol i hope when iv finished the book that i know what the twist is :)

I'm not gonna say..... wink

I am 50% of the way through the book (on my Kindle) and am now finding it VERY different from the film !
Yeah far more intricate than the film...not long now until the twist then? :wink:
I dont think its more intricate than the film but its very different and im now 90% of the way through the book and i havnt noticed a "twist" :(

29 Jan 2012

I am a big fan of true life murders, and used to read book's on them all the time.
Unfortunately films on them were very few and far between.
Bear was a massive fan of Stephen Spielberg book's back in the day,
but he was always disappointed at the film adaptations of them.
In the past cpl of weeks we have watched The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo
and War Horse, both were enjoyable.

29 Jan 2012

Quote by Onthebeach_1
At the end of the day, surely no film could ever really match your own imagination when reading a novel. You create your own imagery, the content may be similar, but your own perception of an event will never be the same as that portrayed in film, even if it does come close.
I find, more often than not that the book is far better than the film. Most times there is to much information lost when a book is turned into a film

:thumbup: I agree with these sentiments and was about to type something out that expressed similar.
Although I have enjoyed film versions of books, I have enjoyed them as films rather than adaptations. This is because I think you kind of have to take the film as it stands because the process is different. If they tried to make a film a 100% direct adaptation of a book it wouldn't work as a film in most occasions.
Favourite adaptation of book to film is Baz Lurhman's 'Romeo & Juliet' cleverly keeping the Shakepearean script and setting it in 1990's USA.

29 Jan 2012

Quote by little gem
Favourite adaptation of book to film is Baz Lurhman's 'Romeo & Juliet' cleverly keeping the Shakepearean script and setting it in 1990's USA.

D'ya know, I'd forgotten about that one. Definitely has its high points. Good call you! wink

29 Jan 2012

Why thank you Miss Nolachops.
Almost worth logging back in for and going for a bit of a posting spree! ;)
Have you seen the film 'Annonymous' yet? It's not a book adaptation but an entertaining twist on Shakespeare and whether he actually wrote his plays or not. I can highly recommend it as worth a watch. Good point for debate and has upset some diehard fans. But diehard fans always tend to be a bit highly strung when it comes to their favourite obsessions. smile

LG. x

30 Jan 2012

I read silence of the lambs and then watched the film.
I was impressed by the film.

31 Jan 2012

Quote by little gem
Favourite adaptation of book to film is Baz Lurhman's 'Romeo & Juliet' cleverly keeping the Shakepearean script and setting it in 1990's USA.

A 400 year old piece of entertainment kept relevant, good call :thumbup:
This made me listen to this again too!

Sounds a little dated now but loved it when it came out and still makes me smile biggrin

4 Feb 2012

Why thank you Fraser. passionkiss

It does have a fantastic sound track, not one can I pick out as a favourite over another because they all add something to the film.
*I am a pretty peice of flesh*
While I'm here... I was thinking about this wondering if there were any other book to film productions that I genuinely enjoyed and I couldn't not mention Harry Potter. I know it's devisive because some think it is all over-hyped bufoonery around a public school with added latin being thrown around in place of spells, but I did genuinely enjoy the films and the books.
Unlike some of the TV adaptations, I wish they'd just bury all the Bronte and Dickens adaptations for good. Why do we need 40 versions of 'pride & prejudice'? We don't. The books are bad enough.
*skips off to watch some films*
Tis snowing and housey weather don't you know! smile

7 Feb 2012

"Henry and June," based on Anais Nin's diary. I liked both.... smile

7 Feb 2012

Watched 'The Time-Travellers Wife' the other night and enjoyed it. There was even some manly blubbing towards the end, quite a bit atcherly, but think that's mainly cos I was a bit tired and emotional. confused

Was wondering how they could possibly make a decent film out of the book, which I only recently read following a friend from here's recommendation, and while it obviously cut loads out and didn't build nearly as well as the book in the main I think they did an OK job of it. Worth watching certainly.
Gem's made me sit through most of the Twilight series of films so far ((( Though I managed to engineer a miss of the most recent! smile

))) It's a toss up as to which is better, book or film, the both of them being equally bad. Bleedin' emos. :roll:

8 Feb 2012

Bleeding EMO's... :giggle: OK, I shouldn't be thinking literally there, should I? Bad form. smackbottom

Anyway, we never went to the cinema to watch Twilight, it was on DVD. The new one hasn't been released yet on DVD, so you are correct that you appear to have escaped it. Although, you know you want to see Bella Swan get down and dirty with the vamp! lol

I found the end of time traveller's wife really difficult to watch, more so than the book I think. It was a tear jerking book and took me on an emotional roller coaster, but the film just made me feel really really sad. sad

8 Feb 2012

still in shocked no one has said oliver twist yet rolleyes

8 Feb 2012

Quote by me, moi, myself, the waffler forumly known as Little Gem
Unlike some of the TV adaptations, I wish they'd just bury all the Bronte and Dickens adaptations for good. Why do we need 40 versions of 'pride & prejudice'? We don't. The books are bad enough.

I do believe I would lump 'Oliver Twist' into the above comment which I previously made. In room 101 it would be accompanied by Sense and Sensibilities, Emma, Great Expectations, Tess of the D'auberviles and little Women.
Although in a huge smack of irony, I really enjoy Downton Abbey. Although this doesn't count for this thread because it wasn't already a book before it was on screen.
kiss

LG. x

8 Feb 2012

Quote by little gem

LG. x

what about the gruffalo then ?
Silly old owl, doesn't he know? there's no such thing as a gruffalo!

8 Feb 2012

I :love: the Gruffalo.
Brilliant children's book, fabulous TV animation.

8 Feb 2012

Quote by little gem
I :love: the Gruffalo.

this is a sign wink

8 Feb 2012

A sign of what? Madness?
So is having hairy palms. As is looking for them! ;) lol