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skb · 07-05-2018, 06:09 PM

Movies vs Books discussion always reminds me of the movie "Lost Horizon" (the 1937 version not the 1973 one). When asked about it, the book's author James Hilton, said the movie was better. And it was, it made a lot more sense plot-wise in many ways compared to the book.

The only other movie I've seen that springs to mind is The African Queen - I didn't enjoy the book at all but thought the movie was excellent (but not terribly true to the book).

I was impressed by the whizzbangery in the Harry Potter movies, but sad that they left important points out (IMO). But, big books, limited time movies. And a lot of people did enjoy them.

Now, with Tolkien, I loved the Hobbit book but was frankly bored by repetition the LofR and haven't seen any of the LotR movies for that reason (although I'm a big fan of Otago where they were filmed).

07-05-2018, 06:09 PM	#26
skb Evangelist Posts: 401 Karma: 1597305 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Ipod G4, MacOS 10.12, Calibre, Pocketbook Touch HD 3	Movies vs Books discussion always reminds me of the movie "Lost Horizon" (the 1937 version not the 1973 one). When asked about it, the book's author James Hilton, said the movie was better. And it was, it made a lot more sense plot-wise in many ways compared to the book. The only other movie I've seen that springs to mind is The African Queen - I didn't enjoy the book at all but thought the movie was excellent (but not terribly true to the book). I was impressed by the whizzbangery in the Harry Potter movies, but sad that they left important points out (IMO). But, big books, limited time movies. And a lot of people did enjoy them. Now, with Tolkien, I loved the Hobbit book but was frankly bored by repetition the LofR and haven't seen any of the LotR movies for that reason (although I'm a big fan of Otago where they were filmed).