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Subject: The book or the movie
To Kill a Mockingbird. Which do you like better? I think The book was better and thats rare for me cause I don't like reading much. The movie left out to much information.
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...The movie left out too much information.
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...as they often do with adaptations :P Didn't really care for either one, but if you're looking for more exact, word-for-word adaptations of books to films, I would stick to reading plays and then watching the film and vice-versa. Kenneth Brannagh's version of Hamlet is 4 hours long, though :o It's really good - better than the Mel Gibson one...
Tarzan Boy
Tarzan Boy
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The book - I can't off-hand think of any film adaptations that I've enjoyed more than the book (though there are some books-from-films which aren't as good as the film). The film is extremely good, but the book is extremely powerful (I had it as an O-level book twenty years ago, and only really passed my English Lit because I liked the book so much)
Phil
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Generally, I prefer the book version. Movies are fun, but I enjoy reading.
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I liked the book better, as books generally go into much more detail than movies...but the movie was fabulous, also. If they had included all the info contained in the book, the film would have been 3 days long...
Hey, what about a miniseries? Although I think it would not have had the same impact today...bad idea. Let the classics live on as they were written...that is what makes them classic. :D
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I liked the book better, as books generally go into much more detail than movies. Let the classics live on as they were written...that is what makes them classic. :D
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I agree with you, Banasy..Big Suprise ;) I would also venture to say that the same goes for most music!
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I agree with you, Banasy..Big Suprise ;) I would also venture to say that the same goes for most music!
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Most music is right...we do have a few differences in the Stevie/Lindsey dept...but that's what makes us fun!!! :-*
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Most music is right...we do have a few differences in the Stevie/Lindsey dept...but that's what makes us fun!!! :-*
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Oh what? You think Stevie was the "Brains" of Fleetwood Mac?! I have a tape of them recording, and Lindsey was helping her sing the song different ways and she took his advice.....just like a woman should! Just havin' fun!
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In most instances the book will be better than the movie because so much more information and character developement can be put into a book. However, sometimes the movie is better.
IMO: the movie was better in these instances:
1: Bladerunner was better than Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep
2: Forest Gump the movie was better than Forest Gump the book.
3: The movie Dances With Wolves was better than the book.
4: The movie The 13th Floor was better than the book Simulicron 3.
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Another recent flick which hasn't been mentioned is 'Bridget Jones Diary'. I was really hyped up about the movie beacuse I loved teh book, but was slightly dissapointed that they missed so much stuff out, and added extra little bits. I was like 'where did that come from?' on a couple of occassions!
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To Kill a Mockingbird is my favorite book. It was required reading in my 8th grade English class. The movie was good too. (I generally don't like the movie once I've read the book.)
I can't wait for my kids to read it. There were so many lessons in it.
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...as they often do with adaptations :P Didn't really care for either one, but if you're looking for more exact, word-for-word adaptations of books to films, I would stick to reading plays and then watching the film and vice-versa. Kenneth Brannagh's version of Hamlet is 4 hours long, though :o It's really good - better than the Mel Gibson one...
Tarzan Boy
Tarzan Boy
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I preferred the Gibson one. There's something "stagey" about Brannagh that irritates me. I thought Gibson was surprisingly good in the role.
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To me the book is almost always better than the movie, the book is usually much more rich with information, and "backstory", and you are not locked in to what a particular character looks like sounds like as you are with an actor/ress in a movie...how they look is up to you.... :)
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I just finished watching To Kill A Mockingbird before I logged onto here! Seriously! I have to say the movie - I had to read the book for an English assignment in Year 11 so I didn't really appreciate it (I don't normally like books Im FORCED to read). Anyway, Gregory Peck was just so good in the movie - so it gets my vote.
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I have always prefered the book to the movie. Although it has been many years since I saw the film or read the book. I think the same holds true for alot of the classic novels that were made into movies. The Grapes of Wrath comes to mind. These books have so much content (historical, political, etc) that a movie could not capture all of the reality.