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Mar. 7th, 2013 07:18 pm1) Book Meme: Day 19 – Favorite book turned into a movie
I'm behind, this I know. Eh...it's hard to adapt the books into movies, they are never going to be exactly what you saw when reading the book. An Aunt of mine refuses to watch movies that have been adapted from books that she loves - because when she reads, she watches the book play out like a movie in her head - and the adaptation never quite fits what was in her head - it's always wrong. Nor does she want to see the movie before reading the book - because that ruins it for her as well.
I'm not that picky. I'm willing to hand-wave the discrepancies, or I basically look at it as another person's interpretation. And I find other interpretations of what I love fascinating.
No-one else is in my head after-all, including the writer. I can hardly expect them to have interpreted the book or art the same way I have. When they do, I'm flabbergasted and that is just, well brilliant.
So..favorite book turned into a movie is either one in which I can't remember the book that well and the movie captured what I do remember or loved about it, or it totally fit what was in my head. And don't ask me to pick just one, dammit.
* Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien and Peter Jackson. Perfectly captured my love of the book, and in some ways I liked the movie better. I'm guessing I may well be in the minority on this - from what I've seen on my flist. But mileage, it varies, that's the fun.
* A&E's presentation of the BBC minseries of Pride and Prejudice - which in some respects actually improved on the Jane Austen novel.
I'd say The Hunger Games...but, eh, it's flawed. In some respects I liked the book better.
And definitely Game of Thrones...although I like the tv series better than the books, and yes, I know, most likely in the minority on that one as well.
None of the Whedon finales really felt like finales, except possibly for the flick Serenity.
Buffy had a couple of hanging plot threads, Angel did too - yet oddly, I preferred that finale to all the others - it was the most satisfying to me for some reason. Don't ask me why, I've no clue. But out of all Whedon's series for some bizarre reason - I liked the Angel series finale "Not Fade Away" the best - it worked for me, it was in character, fit the story-thread, and fit the genre/trope. I was actually relieved they did it that way.
anything else most likely would have annoyed me. This may explain why the Angel comics don't work for me...I felt Angel's arc was concluded best by the tv series.
( the rest of the days )
2.TV MEme: Day 22 - Favorite series finale
I'm not really sure I have one. TV series usually suck at this sort of thing, it goes against the grain.
The Wire by far was the best - it wrapped up all the loose threads and provided a satisfying sense of closure. I didn't need any more episodes.
Peace-keeper Wars - was also a satisfying conclusion to Farscape - it gave me everything I needed and yet, left the story open at the same time.
Star Trek Next Generations Finale - where Picard goes forward and backwards in time exploring his life and choices, was a fascinating character study and study of the series as a whole. It was a clever finale that worked. Often clever finales don't work.
And... I liked The MASH finale...which I can no longer remember the name of. Sappy, but satisfying, even if it went on too long.
( rest of the days )
3. Slowly making my way through Dance of Dragons. The problem with Martin, is he has so many characters that I'll forget them in the space between books and it may take me a while to figure out who the heck this person is. Current chapter I'm reading...appears to feature a new point of view, Quentin of Dorn. So I'm thinking, wait, who is Quentin? He sounds familiar. I know I should remember him. Five to six pages in, it hits me, oh, right,
( eh book spoilers, although if you aren't there yet, you'll be lost )
Frigging writer isn't satisfied with just doing the same pov's book to book, no he has to create ten new povs, just to confuse me. I wander along and think, wait, who is this person? Oh...they were a minor character that was mentioned off-hand way back in Book 4 or 3. Got it.
Sigh... You shouldn't need a chart or rollerdex to keep track of all the characters, not quite sure how he does this - man must have a mind like an index (despite what you may think - I don't). If I were writing this thing - I'd have gotten lost a long time ago.
Back somewhat better, but still keeping lap-top usage down.
Why is it as I get older, I find it harder and harder to focus on stuff and want to read the literary equivalent of Peeps? No, I'm not talking about GRR Martin, GRR Martin is the literary equivalent of a very rich five course meal in which you either want to go to sleep after wards or feel like you are about to explode from eating too damn much.
I'm behind, this I know. Eh...it's hard to adapt the books into movies, they are never going to be exactly what you saw when reading the book. An Aunt of mine refuses to watch movies that have been adapted from books that she loves - because when she reads, she watches the book play out like a movie in her head - and the adaptation never quite fits what was in her head - it's always wrong. Nor does she want to see the movie before reading the book - because that ruins it for her as well.
I'm not that picky. I'm willing to hand-wave the discrepancies, or I basically look at it as another person's interpretation. And I find other interpretations of what I love fascinating.
No-one else is in my head after-all, including the writer. I can hardly expect them to have interpreted the book or art the same way I have. When they do, I'm flabbergasted and that is just, well brilliant.
So..favorite book turned into a movie is either one in which I can't remember the book that well and the movie captured what I do remember or loved about it, or it totally fit what was in my head. And don't ask me to pick just one, dammit.
* Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien and Peter Jackson. Perfectly captured my love of the book, and in some ways I liked the movie better. I'm guessing I may well be in the minority on this - from what I've seen on my flist. But mileage, it varies, that's the fun.
* A&E's presentation of the BBC minseries of Pride and Prejudice - which in some respects actually improved on the Jane Austen novel.
I'd say The Hunger Games...but, eh, it's flawed. In some respects I liked the book better.
And definitely Game of Thrones...although I like the tv series better than the books, and yes, I know, most likely in the minority on that one as well.
None of the Whedon finales really felt like finales, except possibly for the flick Serenity.
Buffy had a couple of hanging plot threads, Angel did too - yet oddly, I preferred that finale to all the others - it was the most satisfying to me for some reason. Don't ask me why, I've no clue. But out of all Whedon's series for some bizarre reason - I liked the Angel series finale "Not Fade Away" the best - it worked for me, it was in character, fit the story-thread, and fit the genre/trope. I was actually relieved they did it that way.
anything else most likely would have annoyed me. This may explain why the Angel comics don't work for me...I felt Angel's arc was concluded best by the tv series.
( the rest of the days )
2.TV MEme: Day 22 - Favorite series finale
I'm not really sure I have one. TV series usually suck at this sort of thing, it goes against the grain.
The Wire by far was the best - it wrapped up all the loose threads and provided a satisfying sense of closure. I didn't need any more episodes.
Peace-keeper Wars - was also a satisfying conclusion to Farscape - it gave me everything I needed and yet, left the story open at the same time.
Star Trek Next Generations Finale - where Picard goes forward and backwards in time exploring his life and choices, was a fascinating character study and study of the series as a whole. It was a clever finale that worked. Often clever finales don't work.
And... I liked The MASH finale...which I can no longer remember the name of. Sappy, but satisfying, even if it went on too long.
( rest of the days )
3. Slowly making my way through Dance of Dragons. The problem with Martin, is he has so many characters that I'll forget them in the space between books and it may take me a while to figure out who the heck this person is. Current chapter I'm reading...appears to feature a new point of view, Quentin of Dorn. So I'm thinking, wait, who is Quentin? He sounds familiar. I know I should remember him. Five to six pages in, it hits me, oh, right,
( eh book spoilers, although if you aren't there yet, you'll be lost )
Frigging writer isn't satisfied with just doing the same pov's book to book, no he has to create ten new povs, just to confuse me. I wander along and think, wait, who is this person? Oh...they were a minor character that was mentioned off-hand way back in Book 4 or 3. Got it.
Sigh... You shouldn't need a chart or rollerdex to keep track of all the characters, not quite sure how he does this - man must have a mind like an index (despite what you may think - I don't). If I were writing this thing - I'd have gotten lost a long time ago.
Back somewhat better, but still keeping lap-top usage down.
Why is it as I get older, I find it harder and harder to focus on stuff and want to read the literary equivalent of Peeps? No, I'm not talking about GRR Martin, GRR Martin is the literary equivalent of a very rich five course meal in which you either want to go to sleep after wards or feel like you are about to explode from eating too damn much.