There are hardly ANY original movies anymore--the VAST majority are based on books, comic books, TV shows, previous movies, plays, etc. Some movies based on books are based on books that I know little to nothing about or came out so recently that the movie deal was made before the book was even published. I don't read too many books (too busy reading magazines--obviously a recurring theme in my life) but for the ones I do that are or were made into movies, I have no problem watching the movie and reading the book, in either order. Watch the movie first, then read the book and see how closely the screenplay keeps to the book, or read the book first and see how much liberty is taken with the movie. I can see how reading the book first might be preferable because then your imagination isn't limited by the actors chosen for the roles, but I think if you see the movie first you could be more critical of the movie by seeing the liberties the scriptwriter took.
--- In [email protected], "algriner1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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" > <dsudell7781@> 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/
