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 Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 6:29 pm
There are many great books which have been made into horrible movies, and many bad books made into great movies. Which is your favorite book-turned-cinema? Which movies fall short of the books? I'm going to toss you some ideas: Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy, Memoirs of a Geisha, Eragon, Star Wars, Harry Potter, etc....
Discuss!
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Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:03 pm
Lord of the Rings Trilogy I think was one of the best film adaptations, it wasn't perfect, but pretty close.
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy was disappointing, though not so bad that it was unwatchable
Hannibal was another disappointing one but not unwatchable (though I'm thinking the new Hannibal Rising is going to be a stinker)
Not even seen it, except for trailers, but from what I have seen Bridge to Terabeitha is nothing like the book
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Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 11:56 pm
I'm going to choose to comment on Memoirs of a Geisha.
The book is absolutely brilliant.
But the movie is also stunning.
I felt, honestly, that they did an excellent job portraying the essence of the story.
Granted, they can't include everything, but the work was stunning, the heart of the piece remained intact, and Sayuri's story was still told in vivid and stunning detail.
They did a wonderful job of combining elements to still bring across the point. For example, in the book Mameha purposefully schemes to throw Sayuri into the path of an artist, who then uses her face as -the- face of Japan on his latest poster. In the movie, Sayuri's starring role in the spring festival (which also happens in the book) leads her face to be on the advertisements plastered all over the city. The point made was the same, and the ensuing strife between Hatsumomo, Pumpkin, and Sayuri remained and developed nicely despite that artistic license in combining those storylines.
That's just one example of how they did a good job.
You can argue about the origin of the actors (not being Japanese, but Chinese, for the most part), but you have to realize... Memoirs doesn't tell a story for the Japanese people. It tells a story for the rest of the world about a piece of Japanese history and culture shrouded in mystique. I think it's fitting that the cast reflect the true audience intended for the movie and novel's message.
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Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:54 am
Fairgrass has already started a discussion on books to movies comparison in the thread titled Books Gone Hollywood.
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