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Originally Posted by Dazrin
The perception vs reality issue really is my problem with TTM too. Hollywood and children's versions of the story have so changed it that the general perception is no longer reflective of the book and therefore the book is very disappointing in spirit while still good from the technical standpoint.
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I agree
Dazrin. I think we are often disappointed when we read a book which has been successfully filmed, often more than once. The Richard Lester films of
The Three Musketeers for example, were such fun and omitted all the more reprehensible behaviours (apart from the end of Milady) that it can be a bit of a shock to read the book.
Similarly,
The Scarlet Pimpernel has been filmed at least twice and so the audience is swept along by the adventure and doesn't have time to see the holes in the plot, or find fault with the narrative style. I suspect that Orczy is one of those few writers whose stories are better seen than read, because the story itself is better than the author's style. Possibly listening to an audio version is also a better experience than reading the printed page.
For some reason I have never seen a filmed version of
The Scarlet Pimpernel, but I have found two versions on YouTube, and intend to amuse myself over the holidays.