tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083633325209012024.post8995577945027146537..comments2024-02-28T15:05:04.031-05:00Comments on Happily Ever After Thoughts: Movies from BooksLexi Posthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04124921637508804346noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083633325209012024.post-43828897971635804872011-02-12T10:16:48.357-05:002011-02-12T10:16:48.357-05:00I often go to the movie first then pick up the boo...I often go to the movie first then pick up the book to read if I liked the screen version. I call it reverse reading, lol. One of my favorites for that was Adaptation. I loved it on screen and loved the book later...also read the screenplay. Just loved the weirdness of all three examples and wouldn't have changed casting at all, although in my wildest dreams I'd have never thought I'd like a Nic Cage movie, but he was great in that role(s).<br /><br />The worst casting for me was in the Bridges of Madison County. I liked the book so much better than the movie. Remember the scene where she's fighting with herself about getting out of the car? That scene in both the book and the movie is powerful enough for me to be able to forgive and forget the miscasting (JMHO) of Streep and Eastwood. I would have loved to see Robert Redford in the lead and not sure who the woman should have been, but I didn't believe for one minute that Streep was an Italian woman living in Iowa. Her look and accent was so wrong for me. After reading the book, I saw the person as more of a 40 yr old Sophia Loren-type. <br /><br />Fun topic...thanks Marie.<br /><br />LyndeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083633325209012024.post-37831963578296577042011-02-09T20:37:25.736-05:002011-02-09T20:37:25.736-05:00I always try to read the book first because, like ...I always try to read the book first because, like you, Dawn, I can't do it the other way around. Something happens if you watch the movie first - perhaps the actors get stuck in your head. I'm not sure. I also like the Nora Robert's books to film and watch them whenever Lifetime plays them - I'm such a sap for those happily ever after endings! As for my own novels being turned into movies - who wouldn't want that even though it's kinda scary. However, if it would afford me the opportunity to drool...er...I mean meet....Tom Selleck, Sam Elliot or Hugh Jackman....well, let's just say I'd swallow my fear and go for it!Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18328966473242925851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083633325209012024.post-8318964425501382122011-02-09T13:03:03.615-05:002011-02-09T13:03:03.615-05:00Misery is a total favorite movie of mine! I saw t...Misery is a total favorite movie of mine! I saw the movie before reading it, and I can never read the book after the movie, only the other way around. <br />Sometimes while reading I do think "this would be a great movie." It only happens when I'm reading a five star story and I'm in so deep that I don't want to get out. And, unfortunately, I don't keep track of them. <br />I do like the movies that have been made from Nora Robert's novels. I've watched them all and some I rewatch.<br />Oh, and of course I want my novels to be movies! I wouldn't be a good judge of that, though...kinda like being the only editor of your own work. You need another perspective.<br />One more thing...when I see a good movie first, I always think the book must be great because it's a tradition.Dawn Kundahttp://www.dawnkunda.comnoreply@blogger.com