I hope TJ did not do his on “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” by Truman Capote. The movie had a much different ending among other things concerning Paul Varjak. George Costanza made this mistake in Seinfeld for his girlfriend’s book club.
When I was young, I used to read the comic book series “Classics Illustrated.” I always thought they did a good enough job of taking a 500 page book like “Ivanhoe” and condensing it down to a 32-page comic book for a 12 year old kid to understand what it was about. ‘A picture is worth a thousand words.’ They had a lot of nicely drawn pictures.
in college our class had to real melville’s ‘billy bud’ the move with alec guiness was playing at the school theatre so naturally people went to see it. for the book, we had to write a paper about the most important scene in the book-the problem was they added a scene to the movie to cover some of the finer points and everyone, except me, hoped on that,
when handing back the papers the professor commented. “so either mr Ahz is the only one who read the book or the only one who didn’t go to the movies.”
TJ may be smiling now, but he’s making the classic mistake.
Movies have been adapted from books since the earliest days of silent film. Before movies, books became stage plays. Dickens had to push back against plays that were unauthorized adaptations of serialized stories he hadn’t finished. As with GAME OF THRONES in our own time, the playwrights would simply work out their own endings.
One evening, I enjoyed a sci-fi movie on TV about people digging through the Earth’s crust to find a hidden world. The next day, I enjoyed one of my fellow students give a book report about people digging through the Earth’s crust to find a hidden world…
“Creative license” has ruined more movies for me.. I was really upset with the 1985 version of Ann of Green Gables adaption but what is really disturbing is when they do it with Biblical material. They’re messing with something they know not. Read the last chapter and find out. And if you think of this as a superstition, remember all the times you tried to avoid stepping on a crack or line on the sidewalk.
“Read the publisher’s jacket first,” said Mr. Harcourt, preaching his scandalous gospel. “That will usually give you the author’s name and some sort of idea of what the book is about. If the jacket says that the book is an illuminating, unique, sensational, thought-provoking exposé from within of the political situation in Sub-Carpathian Ruthenia, then the odds are about three to one that the book is about Sub-Carpathian Ruthenia. About once in four times they put the wrong cover on and you find that it’s a book of short stories called Tikkity-Tonk, Old Fish! or a reprint of the Epistle to the Romans, but more often than not they get it right. Very well, then. You’ve got the subject. You then look at the index of chapters. That gives you the scope of the book, shows you whether it covers the religious question, or gives a list of the hotels, or has a bit about peasant costumes, or goes in for trade statistics, or touches upon the proportion of illegitimate to legitimate kids, or sketches the history of the place since Attila, and so on. By this time you’ve got the whole substance of the book and then all you’ve got to do is to read the last two paragraphs of the last chapter, to see whether the author thinks the Sub-Carpathian Ruthenians are good eggs or bad eggs, and there you are.”
—tips on book reviewing, from a character in England, Their England, by A.G. Macdonell, 1933 (one of my favourite books)
https://www.gutenberg.Ca/ebooks/macdonellag-englandtheirengland/macdonellag-englandtheirengland-00-h DOT html
californiamonty 11 months ago
Ah, yes. I’ve had students try that move. They forgot something rather important: the movie is not always like the book.
TampaFanatic1 11 months ago
I hope TJ did not do his on “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” by Truman Capote. The movie had a much different ending among other things concerning Paul Varjak. George Costanza made this mistake in Seinfeld for his girlfriend’s book club.
macky87 11 months ago
When I was young, I used to read the comic book series “Classics Illustrated.” I always thought they did a good enough job of taking a 500 page book like “Ivanhoe” and condensing it down to a 32-page comic book for a 12 year old kid to understand what it was about. ‘A picture is worth a thousand words.’ They had a lot of nicely drawn pictures.
Just-me 11 months ago
Most of the time I prefer the book to the movie.
Wizard of Ahz-no relation 11 months ago
in college our class had to real melville’s ‘billy bud’ the move with alec guiness was playing at the school theatre so naturally people went to see it. for the book, we had to write a paper about the most important scene in the book-the problem was they added a scene to the movie to cover some of the finer points and everyone, except me, hoped on that,
when handing back the papers the professor commented. “so either mr Ahz is the only one who read the book or the only one who didn’t go to the movies.”
Thomas Scott Roberts creator 11 months ago
TJ may be smiling now, but he’s making the classic mistake.
Movies have been adapted from books since the earliest days of silent film. Before movies, books became stage plays. Dickens had to push back against plays that were unauthorized adaptations of serialized stories he hadn’t finished. As with GAME OF THRONES in our own time, the playwrights would simply work out their own endings.
Purple People Eater 11 months ago
Choose a book with a summary of the story on the back cover or dust cover.
French Persons Premium Member 11 months ago
Of course, movies usually do not follow the book exactly. However, I’m sure that TJ will find some way to blame it on Brad when he gets busted.
Ken Norris Premium Member 11 months ago
One evening, I enjoyed a sci-fi movie on TV about people digging through the Earth’s crust to find a hidden world. The next day, I enjoyed one of my fellow students give a book report about people digging through the Earth’s crust to find a hidden world…
Troglodyte 11 months ago
Hope he didn’t pick “Gone with the wind”!
tammyspeakslife Premium Member 11 months ago
“Creative license” has ruined more movies for me.. I was really upset with the 1985 version of Ann of Green Gables adaption but what is really disturbing is when they do it with Biblical material. They’re messing with something they know not. Read the last chapter and find out. And if you think of this as a superstition, remember all the times you tried to avoid stepping on a crack or line on the sidewalk.
BluNova 11 months ago
And once again, another TJ con that will get Brad in trouble!
cherns Premium Member 11 months ago
“Read the publisher’s jacket first,” said Mr. Harcourt, preaching his scandalous gospel. “That will usually give you the author’s name and some sort of idea of what the book is about. If the jacket says that the book is an illuminating, unique, sensational, thought-provoking exposé from within of the political situation in Sub-Carpathian Ruthenia, then the odds are about three to one that the book is about Sub-Carpathian Ruthenia. About once in four times they put the wrong cover on and you find that it’s a book of short stories called Tikkity-Tonk, Old Fish! or a reprint of the Epistle to the Romans, but more often than not they get it right. Very well, then. You’ve got the subject. You then look at the index of chapters. That gives you the scope of the book, shows you whether it covers the religious question, or gives a list of the hotels, or has a bit about peasant costumes, or goes in for trade statistics, or touches upon the proportion of illegitimate to legitimate kids, or sketches the history of the place since Attila, and so on. By this time you’ve got the whole substance of the book and then all you’ve got to do is to read the last two paragraphs of the last chapter, to see whether the author thinks the Sub-Carpathian Ruthenians are good eggs or bad eggs, and there you are.”
—tips on book reviewing, from a character in England, Their England, by A.G. Macdonell, 1933 (one of my favourite books)
https://www.gutenberg.Ca/ebooks/macdonellag-englandtheirengland/macdonellag-englandtheirengland-00-h DOT html
Sisyphos 11 months ago
TJ has been a Bad Influence right from the start. Get rid of him!