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Comment by PeacefulHeart Sarah on January 31, 2010 at 10:24am

I have learned to view the movie and the book as two separate beasts.. I actually wrote a paper about this in grad school. What I discovered was that about 50% of the time they do a pretty good job on the movie and having read the book improves the movie experience and about 50% of the time, the only thing the two have in common are the title. In about 95% of the cases the book was better than the movie. The few times I found that to be different were when a book was very long and meandering and the movie cut to the chase. For me, the two best examples of that are Stephen King's "The Body" and the movie Stand By Me, and Pat Conroy's Prince of Tides.

Comment by genuine, wwt, welcomer on January 26, 2010 at 12:02pm

right now I'm reading "New Moon" the second book in the Twilight series ... anyone interested in a discussion on these??

I haven't seen the movies or anything and am not super-crazy about them, but they are sort of intriguing ....

My friend lent them to me. We talked about it beforehand and she said "It's not something I'd usually be into" (vampire stories? me neither) She said, "But they're well-written and just sort of a fun, easy read." That's exactly what they've been for me. I'm enjoying.

Comment by Jane on January 25, 2010 at 8:36pm

Edgar Sawtell - just started this book and wow so great. My son is deaf and this book is so interesting!

Comment by JennH on January 13, 2010 at 7:14pm

I have found that if I read the book before I see the movie, I'm almost sure to be disappointed. The only exception to this has been the Harry Potter movies. I think they've done pretty well for the most part on those.

Comment by Dawn wwt on December 27, 2009 at 4:19pm

i've had that experience more times than i can count, of the movie not being true to the book. the first time i remember noticing it was with the Little House on the Prairie series back in the 70s.

i think that sometimes they change it up is that movies need to have more action (it's pretty hard to film what's going on inside someone's head, or a long detailed description of a place for instance). other times i think they change some things to make it appeal to a wider cross section of people, so they can make more money selling tickets and stuff. whatever the reason, it is pretty disappointing. it's probably irritating to the people who are watching with me too since i'll constantly be saying, "that's not how it went!" LOL

Comment by genuine, wwt, welcomer on December 27, 2009 at 11:30am

I believe I've mentioned on here before that I loved Jodi Picoult's "My Sister's Keeper."
Well, it's a movie now and I received the DVD for Christmas...watched it yesterday. It's a good movie, but it is not the same as the book. Why do they change it?? I suppose both versions are good, but the book is the "original" version of the story.

Comment by wheelejo on December 3, 2009 at 7:35am

Read 29 Gifts this week, but normally I am a huge Picoult, Sparks, Albom, Evans reader. Lol I am not just an inspirational reader I too am a paranormal fanatic and have read all the Potters and the Twilights.

Comment by Mary Johnson on November 15, 2009 at 8:22pm

Dawn: Try calling Half Price Books. Also look on Bookmooch.com and Betterworldbooks.com. AND post the request on WishUponAHero.com!!!

Comment by Dawn wwt on November 15, 2009 at 7:54pm

does anyone know where i could get this book in time for Christmas, preferably for $100 or less? it's $114 on Amazon but they can't promise delivery by then. please let me know, my son really wants it. *** The Red Book (Liber Novus) – C.G. Jung

Comment by Mary Johnson on November 15, 2009 at 8:56am

Found on etsy.com

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