Movies don't ruin books. If anything, books spoil movies. It's always the movie which comes off second best, disappointing in comparison to our reading experience. The book is resilient.
* Like Water for Chocolate * How to Make an American Quilt * Sense & Sensibility (arguably; I thought Emma Thompson's script did well to condense bits) * V for Vendetta (but that just might be personal preference on my part)
I don't doubt that a movie is very good in different ways to a book and can be an excellent movie. I was just talking about when people complain that a particular movie was terrible, it doesn't actually ruin the book. The book is still good.
I think P&P 2005 is a good example of differently good. It is beeeautiful. I enjoy it a lot. I think it is good in different ways to the book, although it mistranslates things badly at times, so some people might say it ruins the book (but I say, the book is good notwithstanding).
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Exceptions to the rule:
ReplyDelete* Like Water for Chocolate
* How to Make an American Quilt
* Sense & Sensibility (arguably; I thought Emma Thompson's script did well to condense bits)
* V for Vendetta (but that just might be personal preference on my part)
I would probably add "The Devil Wears Prada" too but again, that might be subjective ...
ReplyDeleteI don't doubt that a movie is very good in different ways to a book and can be an excellent movie. I was just talking about when people complain that a particular movie was terrible, it doesn't actually ruin the book. The book is still good.
ReplyDeleteI think P&P 2005 is a good example of differently good. It is beeeautiful. I enjoy it a lot. I think it is good in different ways to the book, although it mistranslates things badly at times, so some people might say it ruins the book (but I say, the book is good notwithstanding).
I love the movie version of Sense & Sensibility, too!
ReplyDeleteBut I agree. Books are generally way better than movies. I try to read the books first before watching the movies.