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 The film of the book
Description: Whether it's costume drama, comic-book characters or Shakespeare, the film industry finds it's inspiration in ... more  The film of the book ... literature. But we ask, can the film ever be as good as the book it's taken from?Newest Review: ... the viewing. When reading the book, the violence and sex is very much a bad thing, you are repulsed by it. In the movie, it ... more ... almost turns it into an action flick with a bit of comedy thrown in. The book poses some v
ery serious questions about how to reform criminals. The movie seems to be more of a romp through Alex’s life. I don’t think it was what Kubrick intended, I just don’t think that this is a book that needed to be brought to the mass public. When I hear people talk about the movie, they seem to revel in the violence and agree with it. M...more |
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The film of the book: Cogito, Ergo Sum (1150 words)
by Ophelia - written on 03.12.01 (Very useful, 104 readings)
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Descartes was right. I think, therefore I am. When we read are book, we are forced to think, to use our imaginations to bring the characters and the setting to life. When we watch a film, all this hard work is done for us; the appearance of the hero, the rolling countryside, the frightening monster, all of these are presented to us. We do not need to strive to contribute to the creative process and it would seem that the experience could, therefore, never be as satisfying. The ultimate result of this is inevitably going to be that if you have read a book, watching the film can never be as fulfilling. Another drawback is that we enter the cinema with ...
See it if you dare... (1312 words)
by chris105 - written on 16.04.01 (Very useful, 98 readings)
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Don't even get me started. Please! Give me a book any day. Or give me a film any day. But don't give me a film which is masquerading as an adaptation of a book. Ok? And that's one way of looking at it. The other is: Films are being made anyhow. [It's not exactly a struggling industry, now is it?] Good ideas, like good politicians, are as rare as... good ideas and good politicians. Hare-brained excuses for a script are readily and consistently bandied about Hollywood (or so it seems from the results - not that I've ever been there myself), resulting in 120-minute extravaganzas featuring the latest technological equipment, the ...
The film of the book: Words And Pictures - Which Do You Prefer? (1302 words)
by karenuk - written on 16.10.01 (Very useful, 168 readings)
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I love reading and I love watching films, but it’s not often I do both for the same piece of work. I will begin with a few brief examples of comparisons, then concentrate on a case study. Thinking back, there have been a few times I have read a book, then watched the film or vice versa. I studied Shakespeare’s Hamlet at A-level and went on a residential Hamlet weekend, which was excellent. Besides various academic exercises with the text, we also watched several (I think it was three) versions of the film, from the early black and white one to more recent. All were really impressive, but also quite different. It is interesting how the same ...
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