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Originally Posted by drjd
Reference: My recent re-read of Murder On Orient Express by Agatha Christie, and release of latest movie based on this novel.
Transforming genre fiction into memorable cinema is no simple task. I'm not much of a movie watcher, and I somewhat purposefully try to avoid (  ) watching movies based on my favorite novels, if possible. Reason, I have rarely seen films which have honestly replicated the very inner soul of the novels which I like.
This inspires me to obtain more opinions on the experience of other members.
How often does a film adaptation of a novel you love meet your expectations?
If you find any movies which fully satisfy your expectations of visual representation of a favorite novel, please share with us, this will definitely be helpful to people like me who have so far averted to watch these fascinating visual transformations. |
I think there are a couple reasons why a movie live up to the book. 1. You have read the book and so know how things will turn out and 2. Your own imagination is far better at conjuring up images of how this or that happened than any director can present. It is good to see how realistic a fantastic story (i.e. one that can't happen in reality) can be portrayed. i.e. the Harry Potter books or LOTR but each reader has his or her own visualization of the story that they have read. Sequels have a similar problem. How does the movie maker equal much less top what he/she has already done? Plus you know they will get out of whatever mess it is they get in. Otherwise there would be no more sequels.
