Or, if you're talking about 2001: A Space Odyssey, read the book to figure out what the heck was going on in the movie. I never understood that film until I'd read the book...
Paul M. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John" <[email protected]> To: "Papermodels II" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 12:39 PM Subject: [Papermodels II 35100] Re: Uhu02's latest project ... > > OK--y'all are forgetting one very important rule: never see the movie > after reading the book. Well, maybe if it has been twenty years since > you read the book. > > Not all books can be translated into a movie, and even if they can the > movie maker is at liberty to alter things to make what he thinks will > be a better movie. > > Often after disobeying the rule and seeing a movie after reading the > book I have had to acknowledge that yes--it was a good movie, but I > was mad because it didn't follow the book closely enough. Had I not > read the book it would have been a fine show. > > Bottom line--always read the book second. > > John Freeman > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
