[covingtoncat73]

I didn't know whether I should put this in the "Lounge" or in the "General Discussions," but it is a topic I think a lot about. I, personally get excited when a book I like is being dramatized, though that does sometime lead to disappointment. However, I think a good adaptation can really heighten your involvement with/appreciation of the story.

1) Do you have any adaptations that you particularly like/despise?

I'm a fan of the HP and LOTR adaptations, though, of course, there are a few things I would have done differently. I was lukewarm on the Cloud Atlas adaptation. I thought it was lovely visually and musically and the acting was pretty good but I didn't get the power of the story I did from the book. I hated, hated, hated the TV movie of Wizard of Earthsea. It was not the book at all and garbled the story horribly.

2). Anyone else like to play the "casting game" (i.e. thinking about who would play favorite characters).