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Thread: The Lovely Bones
Ichiro1234 00:42 10-22-2004
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!

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Duke of Gloucester 23:03 10-22-2004
Definitely a good book, but don't you think that good books never make good films - discuss?

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Thoros of Myr 23:16 10-22-2004
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 :)

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The Shadow One 23:24 10-22-2004
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.



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Lemur 23:52 10-22-2004
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.

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The Shadow One 23:56 10-22-2004
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



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Ichiro1234 23:43 10-27-2004
Originally Posted by The Shadow One:
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


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

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

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