I like books. I like movies. I like movies based on books. Surprising, no? This is a topic I’ve discussed quite a bit, but it’s always been in the context of best or worst adaptations. What about favorites? Looking back, I’ve never discussed which ones I love, whether they are high quality adaptations of not. AdmittedlyContinue reading “Favorite Film Adaptations: A Top Ten List”
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Wishful Thinking: A Top Ten List
In a perfect world*, the movie would always be as good as the book. This is rarely the case. It does happen occasionally (here are ten movies that are better than the book, I still stand by my belief that anyone who enjoyed the book version of The Last of the Mohicans is a pretentious liar).Continue reading “Wishful Thinking: A Top Ten List”
Worst Fiction To Film Adaptations: A Top Ten List
Occasionally, films are better than the fiction they are based on. More commonly, the books are better. This top ten list, the opposite of last week’s, is where the novels are significantly better than the movies they were made into. The list is, of course, limited to the books that I’ve read. And certainly thereContinue reading “Worst Fiction To Film Adaptations: A Top Ten List”
Movies That Are Better Than The Book: A Top Ten List
Heresy. Or not. I am not such a literary snob that I can’t admit that, on occasion, a movie adaptation turns out better than the book. It happens more frequently than you might think and not just with awful books. For example, one would hope that the 50 Shades of Grey movie will be betterContinue reading “Movies That Are Better Than The Book: A Top Ten List”
Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell
Winter’s Bone is a novel that manages to be simultaneously gritty, sparse, and poetic. It’s beautiful and certainly one of my favorite books that I have read in 2012. The focus of the novel is sixteen year old Ree Dolly. Ree’s father, Jessup, is the best meth cooker is the Ozarks. Only he’s beenContinue reading “Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell”
Can a movie be better than the book? Yes. A top ten list…
In general, books are almost always better than the movies. The amount of detail and nuance that can be infused into a novel is much greater than can be put into a 90 minute movie. However, there are quite a few movies out there that are as good, if not not better, than their originalContinue reading “Can a movie be better than the book? Yes. A top ten list…”
flannel and folklore 