Comments on eclectic / eccentric: Adaptations Lists and Giveaway

Hi Trish. Read this post a couple of days ago, and...

2010-01-15T15:41:07.505-06:00

Hi Trish. Read this post a couple of days ago, and when I started writing up my own post on this topic, I think I went a little.. um.. well, let's just say it looks a little on the long side. =)

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I would love to see The Hunger Games series be mad...

2010-01-12T09:16:22.700-06:00

I would love to see The Hunger Games series be made into a movie.

no need to enter me though.

Oh and PS. I'm totally with you on the Golden Comp...

2010-01-11T18:00:44.876-06:00

Oh and PS. I'm totally with you on the Golden Compass thing. Philip Pullman's series is one of my favourites, and they just ruined it and now no one will put money into making a better sequel of the subtle knife.

and as for Watchmen, I read the novel before seeing it, and while I enjoyed the movie, the pacing was certainly off and I can see why a lot of people thought it went for too long. People should defo read the graphic novel tho.

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2010-01-11T17:40:47.265-06:00

oooh add me Trish!

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I love this post! I too, am a lover of movies, ho...

2010-01-11T10:22:06.245-06:00

I love this post! I too, am a lover of movies, however most book to movie adaptations scare me. One recent issue I had was in reading The Little Princess. My husband and I have always loved the movie (not Shirley Temple, but the more recent one), but once I read the book, I realize the whole story had been Hollywooded and bastardized. I was so disappointed! As far as the Harry Potter movies, I love them. I recognize you can't put an entire HP book into a movie, and with the exception of the 6th movie, think they did an excellent job of capturing the magic and the essence of the book.

I listed my own Books-to-Movies: Hit or Miss? list...

2010-01-11T09:44:23.272-06:00

I listed my own Books-to-Movies: Hit or Miss? list and linked your post :-) I had too much fun doing that, and now want to re-read a couple books after thinking about them ;-)

Would loveee to see Naked as a movie. However I sa...

2010-01-11T08:46:34.512-06:00

Would loveee to see Naked as a movie. However I sadly can't whole heartedly agree with you on Harry Potter. While obviously they will never ever touch the books in my eyes, its still nice to see it portrayed in real life (even if 3 was just the worst thing ever). I thought 6 was amazzzzzinggg with the special effects, if only the acting could have lived up to everyone elses efforts.

Great post!

I have Zookeeper's Wife and Eyre Affair on my TBR ...

2010-01-11T08:03:23.507-06:00

I have Zookeeper's Wife and Eyre Affair on my TBR mountain range, and I'll be reading Good Omens soon for the Terry Pratchett reading challenge.

I totally agree with you that Eragon, the movie, was a completely AWFUL book-to-movie. There was soooooo much of the story lost by making the whole cycle into ONE feature film. One of my favorite characters is Nasuada, and you don't get to see her at all in the movie.

TBH, after watching Watchmen, I don't want to pick up the book, but after reading this, maybe I will.