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Post by Natasha~ on Dec 30, 2006 14:00:16 GMT -5
The Virgin Suicides book is amazing. I loved it, I've read it twice. It's so strange but it really captures the disorienting nature of depression.
xo
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Post by ♪Carly♪ on Dec 30, 2006 14:49:25 GMT -5
Speaking of depression...Girl, Interrupted is another great one.
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Post by Aims on Dec 30, 2006 16:29:23 GMT -5
Aims, I forgot Trainspotting! I saw the movie first and was surprised how little of the book they actually had in the movie! The book has like 20 different story lines and characters, but Danny Boyle did an awesome job with the movie. I really like it. Yeah, like how Diane was a really minor character in the book. I read the sequel, Porno - it wasn't nearly as good. It focused mostly on Sick Boy. And the stuff Spud goes through is pretty heart-wrenching. Oh and Begbie is even more of a bastard if that's even possible. The end was pretty cool though.. muahahahaha.. |
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Post by elizabeth on Dec 31, 2006 19:53:00 GMT -5
Morvern Callar is a wonderful movie based on a wonderful book-Scottish as well.
The Virgin Suicides is a really good book and i liked the movie. Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette was a pretty film based on a great biography by Antonia Fraser-a really touching story was Marie Antoinette's life.
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Post by Natasha~ on Jan 5, 2007 11:09:42 GMT -5
Speaking of depression...Girl, Interrupted is another great one. True. I liked it too. xo |
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Post by ♪Carly♪ on Jan 7, 2007 12:26:08 GMT -5
Any opinion on the film, The Cider House Rules? Jenni, I know you were studying that book at one point and wondered if you saw the movie. I just recorded it off of television but haven't gotten around to watching it yet.
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Post by Koalapupu on Jan 7, 2007 12:33:37 GMT -5
Any opinion on the film, The Cider House Rules? Jenni, I know you were studying that book at one point and wondered if you saw the movie. I just recorded it off of television but haven't gotten around to watching it yet. Yup--still stuck with the book!  All I can really say is that the book spans about 40 years. The story in the movie takes place within a year (if I remember correctly). So they had to cut A LOT. I don't remember much of the movie but I do remember liking the cinematography--it was very pretty. Some aspects were changed, like how the very celibate Dr. Larch of the book was hinted at having carnal pleasures with one of the nurses, but... all those changes were made by John Irving himself so I can't really complain, I guess! However, the ending of the movie is perhaps made even sadder than in the book, considering the age of Homer... Let me know what you thought of it! |
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Post by ♪Carly♪ on Jan 7, 2007 17:17:31 GMT -5
It said The Cider House Rules, but it was actually Vanilla Sky that was playing.  I'll just rent it one day... |
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Post by Natasha~ on Jan 12, 2007 14:21:12 GMT -5
I saw the Cider House Rules, it was pretty good. I haven't read the book though.
xo
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Post by Lemon Pie on Feb 4, 2007 15:31:04 GMT -5
Just gotta agree with many things said here... 1) Harry Potter movies are great (mostly because I'd forgotten the details of the books by the time I watched the films  ) 2) I love Cider House Rules although can't really comment since haven't read the book (I have problems with reading these huge ass novels) 3) Virgin Suicides was great as movie and book... btw, you should read his Middlesex, if you haven't already, another great book! (of which I don't wish to see a film version... anyways, looks like nowadays there are no original scripts anymore it's all book, comic or tv series adaptations...) But then there are some movies you don't even want to see... like Da Vinci Code, I thought the whole cast was just wrong so I never went to see it. One of my all time disappointments was watching The Mist of Avalon, it was just torment... The book is amazing and I never should have got my hands on the low budget tv flick... please never waste your time on this one if you come across it.. awful! |
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Post by mana on Feb 4, 2007 16:17:19 GMT -5
I have watched Mists of Avalon and read the book. And I read the book long before watching the movie (I looove the book btw.). I don't think it was so bad. Yes, it could've been better but I still liked it. It was quite long ago I watched it tho, I'd like to see it again.
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Post by Hellfire on Feb 5, 2007 0:52:58 GMT -5
The Hours is the best film adaptation in my opinion. actually, the film turned out to be a lot denser and deeper than the book, which had never happened, at least not to the books i'd read. meanwhile, i just finished reading The Good German and the film deserves every bit of criticism it's gotten. it changes the plot entirely and makes no sense once you've read the book, which is awesome. only worth watching for the visual aesthetics and, of course, Cate Blanchett, cuz she's god.
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Post by Natasha~ on Feb 17, 2007 16:05:00 GMT -5
Cate is the best. Didn't you know that?
xo
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Post by Chels on Feb 17, 2007 17:24:07 GMT -5
Morvern Callar is a wonderful movie based on a wonderful book-Scottish as well. The Virgin Suicides is a really good book and i liked the movie. Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette was a pretty film based on a great biography by Antonia Fraser-a really touching story was Marie Antoinette's life. I just saw Marie Antoinette and as someone who's studied French History and the french language... it's pretty accurate. I was pleasently surprised, I didn't know it was based on an autobiography though  so I should read that eventually. The virgin suicides was sooo sad. I loved the movie though. It's such a strange story |
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I'll just rent it one day...
) 2) I love Cider House Rules although can't really comment since haven't read the book (I have problems with reading these huge ass novels) 3) Virgin Suicides was great as movie and book... btw, you should read his Middlesex, if you haven't already, another great book! (of which I don't wish to see a film version... anyways, looks like nowadays there are no original scripts anymore it's all book, comic or tv series adaptations...)
so I should read that eventually. 