Book Fans vs. Movie Fans - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Birdland · 01-29-2003, 02:40 AM

Huh?...Oh...well, I guess I'm speaking mostly of seeing films first, then running across the book later, or the subject matter of the film will make me seek out the book. <P>I must admit to getting a little pouty when books I love get turned into films. After the book, the movie version can seemed rather "watered down". But on the whole I usually can separate the two mediums, and enjoy each on their own merits.<P>I'm just pointing out that most of us have sat there in theatres, watching films with little thought to the author and book that the film was based on. It's something that has been going on for the entire 100-plus years history of the cinema. <P>It just that now with the Internet, we don't have to suffer in silence when Hollywood "butchers" our favorite author. Hmmmmm, makes me want to go to a Dickens site and see what his "fans" think of the latest film version of "Nicholas Nickleby". <p>[ January 29, 2003: Message edited by: Birdland ]

01-29-2003, 02:40 AM	#11
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	Huh?...Oh...well, I guess I'm speaking mostly of seeing films first, then running across the book later, or the subject matter of the film will make me seek out the book. <P>I must admit to getting a little pouty when books I love get turned into films. After the book, the movie version can seemed rather "watered down". But on the whole I usually can separate the two mediums, and enjoy each on their own merits.<P>I'm just pointing out that most of us have sat there in theatres, watching films with little thought to the author and book that the film was based on. It's something that has been going on for the entire 100-plus years history of the cinema. <P>It just that now with the Internet, we don't have to suffer in silence when Hollywood "butchers" our favorite author. Hmmmmm, makes me want to go to a Dickens site and see what his "fans" think of the latest film version of "Nicholas Nickleby". <p>[ January 29, 2003: Message edited by: Birdland ]