Green Room - Week 26 - Day 4

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

What is your favorite book-turned-movie/movie-turned-book? (TV shows count)

Do you find it better when they follow the original note-for-note or go off in their own directions and interpretations? (That's more for TV shows, since they have more time and space to accomplish that)

What have been some of your *least* favorite adaptations and why do you think they failed?

One thing that *won't* fail is that the topic for the main competition is here: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/797204.html
and Last Chance Idol has their topic over here: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/797508.html

So make sure to get your entries in by tomorrow!

Now excuse me for a few minutes - I have a red-handled machete and some promises to keep.

Comments

[kickthehobbit.livejournal.com]

The 2011 "Jane Eyre" is almost inexcusable—not because they skip over large parts of the book (I'm fine with them deciding to give her childhood ~10 minutes altogether), but because of how very rushed it feels, and how they left out a lot of the exposition. As someone who's read and loves the book, I was still left going, "wait, we're already to this? What happened to [major plot point]? WHAT'S GOING ON?" more often than I was really happy about. :P

At the same time, the actors cast as Jane and Mr. Rochester had great chemistry, so I managed to stick it out to the end.

[ryl.livejournal.com]

Thank you for reminding me I've been meaning to watch the most recent Jane Eyre. I don't think a movie adaptation is the best choice for a Victorian novel, though. They're so intricate they really need the BBC or HBO treatment. For example: the A&E version of Vanity Fair. Even though they cut a lot out, they got the characterizations down perfectly.