The Lovely Bones [Archive]

Ichiro1234

10-22-2004, 00:42

Has anyone else here read this book? I think it is definitly a must read for almost anyone! There is also a movie in the works that if done right could have oscar sweep writen all over i think if it is done right!

Duke of Gloucester

10-22-2004, 23:03

Definitely a good book, but don't you think that good books never make good films - discuss?

Thoros of Myr

10-22-2004, 23:16

Have not read the book but I will check it out if I see it at the library.

Similar to movies do not make good games :)

The Shadow One

10-22-2004, 23:24

The Lovely Bones is a great book. It's a quick read (for anyone who is interested). It'll be interesting to see just how it translates into film.

As the Duke noted: great books don't always translate into great movies. In fact, that's the case so often that it has become a kind of cinematic rule. There are some rare exceptions where the movie is better than the original source material. The Exorcist, for example, was much better as a movie than the novel on with it was based.

Yeah, we could discuss this. I'm game.

The Shadow One.

:duel:

Money is the root of all evil. To remain pure, make your parents pay.

Lemur

10-22-2004, 23:52

Who Goes There was a lot better as John Carpenter's The Thing. I will soon think of others, but at the moment I'm drawing a strange blank.

The Shadow One

10-22-2004, 23:56

Ichiro1234

10-27-2004, 23:43

Lemur:

Odd, isn't it, how often horror movies surpass the books on which they're based? Recently, I watched Secret Window with Johnny Depp and then went back and read the novella by Stephen King. I thought the movie was miles better than the novella, particularly the ending.

The Shadow One

:duel:

I agree completley!! i guess maybe the music, the dark theater or something has to do with this, dont know about anyone here but i cant read in the dark with loud music on ~D

back to the lovely bones, it is supposedly going to be made by PJ so it might be very good hopefully!