Re: Private Ryan, The Thin Line and back to Ignatius J. Reilly
AntiUtopia@aol.com
Wed, 15 Dec 1999 19:39:25 -0500 (EST)
In a message dated 12/15/99 7:31:47 PM Eastern Standard Time,
sgabriel@willamette.edu writes:
<< As to reading the book vs. watching the movie ... it all depends. Movies
are a very different medium. I enjoyed reading Mrs. Robinson, but I
preferred the film. There's something about the pool scene and the church
scene that just didn't get captured by the words but did by the camera.
S. >>
Yeah, I have had the opposite experience too. I preferred the Lolita movie
with Jeremy Irons to Nabokov's book...it's just that for one time I've heard
of a good adaptation (esp. if the book has any literary merit) I've heard
nine complaints.
Jim