I am soooo torn on this very issue! I loved reading To Kill a Mockingbird when I was in school, but I couldn't imagine not seeing the film.
And, although I know it was adjusted to fit the format, the film version of the Lord of the Rings series (again read in HS) was quite well done, and to have missed it would have caused my sci-fi/fantasy film-and-book status to be in jeopardy! But, yeah, Midnight I had NO desire to see in a film format because I loved the book so much. Same with so many more that I can't even begin to think of them all! What I'm trying to figure out is where to draw the line...how can you tell that the movie version will be a pale shadow of great literature? There should be some sort of early-warning-system in place for that (okay, if it stars Ben Affleck, or JLo, or Tom Cruise or Demi Moore, or any one of a host of young 'un pop tarts, that's a pretty good indication...) --- In [email protected], "denisesudell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have a standing rule that I will NOT watch a movie from a book > that I have > > read.... Nothing ticks me off more than seeing on the big screen > images that > > differed from the ones in my head. I did however suspend this rule > for the > > first Harry Potter movie which was GREAT! > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weingartenchatters/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weingartenchatters/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
