Re: List of books

Gene Woo (pariah1980@yahoo.com)
Mon, 13 Dec 1999 14:47:38 -0800 (PST) 

good movie/book adaptations? Of course a film can't
convey every little thing from the original book or
you'd be sitting in the theatre for 6 or more hours!
lol "Of Mice and Men" with Gary Sinise and John
Malkovich was a pretty good one I thought. I read the
book after seeing the film and loved both. Jurassic
Park was a pretty horrible adaptation of the book.
"Trainspotting" was an excellent adaptation of the
book. When reading the book, it's more like reading
Mark Renton's diary with random pages full of events.
I thought the movie took this junky manuscript and
created a masterpiece. Other adaptations? The TV
version of "Animal Farm" was pretty good. I love John
Singleton, but I've only seen Poetic Justice and
Higher Learning. I know he did Boyz in the Hood, but
what else has he done? Anyone know what he's been up
to these days? Also, I can't wait for the Bryan
Singer(apt pupil, usual suspects) version of The
X-men. I think this'll be the best movie adaptation of
a comic book since the crow, batman, and superman. I
got faith in that boy!

--- Tim O'Connor <oconnort@nyu.edu> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 13, 1999 at 11:37:33AM -0500,
> AntiUtopia@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > << The Godfather
> >  The Shining
> >  The Dead (a short story)
> >  
> >  Just off the top of my head....
> >  
> >  --tim >>
> > 
> > yeah, but did you read the book first as was
> satisfied with the movie?  
> 
> In all these cases, yes, I read the books and story
> first, and then saw
> the movies, and was satisfied with each adaptation. 
> I liked the books
> (Puzo: a workmanship text; King: an entertaining
> escape; Joyce a 
> masterpiece).
> 
> --tim
> I 
> > know some people feel differently about the movies
> without having read the 
> > book, while people who read the books HATED the
> movie (common experience).
> > 
> > Course, with the Godfather it's hard to go wrong. 
> I'm ambivalent about The 
> > Shining, but the acting was good (and the kid was
> great).  I've seen The 
> > Dead, though...I think it was a pretty good
> adaptation now that I think of 
> > it.  Course, it just about put me to sleep too :)
> > 
> > Jim
> 

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