Nigel Posted November 18, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted November 18, 2013 I am now very much looking forward to reading the count of monte cristo after having seen the french tv mini series with gerard depardieu. I know it will be a different experience and cerain characters from the book were marginalised in order to condense a version of the story but im ok with it. It's got me looking forward to reading the book earlier than I would have so it can go both ways i think ( i am aware of some of the changes they made so do expect a different experience ) You will first have to decide which translation to read, and whether you tackle the unabridged version or the shorter version. The Robin Buss unabridged version being the accepted most faithful, but be warned....its long! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 On the subject of book to film The Book Thief isn't reviewing well which is a disappointment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted November 18, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted November 18, 2013 One of the best aspects of the book, which would be difficult to translate to film, was its writing style. The mood of the book is beautifully underpinned by this, really giving you an emotional attachment to its protagonist, and for the narrator. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 18, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted November 18, 2013 I am now very much looking forward to reading the count of monte cristo after having seen the french tv mini series with gerard depardieu. I know it will be a different experience and cerain characters from the book were marginalised in order to condense a version of the story but im ok with it. It's got me looking forward to reading the book earlier than I would have so it can go both ways i think ( i am aware of some of the changes they made so do expect a different experience ) Yeah, the film left a lot of stuff out, out dropped (or merged) some important characters, and made major plot changes, particularly the ending. I did enjoy the film, but I read the book first and it's fantastic. Depardieu was NOTHING like I imagined Edmond Dantès, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 I read The Beach after I watched the film but became so engrossed in the book and how much better it was than the film (not that I didn't enjoy the film) that I soon forgot about it and stopped seeing DiCaprio's face. It helped, if I remember correctly, that the way Richard is described in the book is vastly different to what DiCaprio looks like in the film (at least initially), but I just got so much more into the book than the film. I loved the book (read it on my first trip to Thailand - happy memories) but I do like the film as well, despite it's critical panning! I don't 'see' DiCaprio in the book either on the subsequent times I have re-read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Watched Jack Reacher last night... really enjoyed it. Think Cruise played the part well, despite how he differs from the character in the book(s) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 (edited) I haven't read the books but I read somewhere the character is supposed to be quite tall and imposing, so one wonders why Cruise was chosen. Did he produce it or something? Anyway, as Villa fans surely we're all meant to love the Jack Reacher books/film adaptations, are we not? Edited November 18, 2013 by Ginko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 yeah I liked too, started reading the books and they're good, was hoping for another film but don't think it'll happen, cruise hasn't been able to step away from MI in the way he was planning to either, was lots of talk about it earlier in the year, then lots of talk about cruise doing the man from UNCLE now its gone quiet id heard about the villa references and assumed there were none in the film, wasn't sure if the baseball players thing was done with villa players but he is American so I doubt it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 I didn't notice any in the film but apparently Lee Child uses Villa players as names in the books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Jack Reacher is such a porn star name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic_bouma Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 I didn't notice any in the film but apparently Lee Child uses Villa players as names in the books. Yep Scimeca and Milosevic appear at some point I think he even sneaks Teale in! I like the Reacher books and I couldn't give two hoots if Cruise isn't tall enough, he played it well Still think Michael Shannon would have been perfect though Not traditionally handsome enough though coz Reacher is described as a bit of a dish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 I think Michael Shannon is great, but he doesn't exactly strike me as a super tough, no nonsense military type. Isn't that what Reacher is supposed to be? I thought maybe more in the Gerard Butler mould. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Shannon is better playing someone slightly unhinged, got baddie written all over him IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginko Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Oh Shannon is the superior actor by far, but I'm not sure he's necessarily got the look or the age to play the character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Shannon is better playing someone slightly unhinged, got baddie written all over him IMO I didn't think much of the movie, but really liked him as Zod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 I think Michael Shannon is great, but he doesn't exactly strike me as a super tough, no nonsense military type. Isn't that what Reacher is supposed to be? I thought maybe more in the Gerard Butler mould. Ray Stevenson would have been a great Jack Reacher IMO - saying that, I enjoyed the Cruise film too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 19, 2013 Moderator Share Posted November 19, 2013 Nnnnnnnnooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. At least it's not a re-make. They'd damn well better be careful though It's a Wonderful Life is to get sequel 60 years on Feelgood 1946 Christmas classic It's a Wonderful Life is to get an unlikely sequel more than 60 years on, it has been revealed. It's a Wonderful Life: The Rest of the Story is being billed as a continuation of the story of downcast bank manager George Bailey, played memorably by the late great James Stewart in Frank Capra's original. Or at least, that of his descendants. While Stewart passed away in 1997, producers have recruited original cast member Karolyn Grimes, who played George Bailey's daughter Zuzu, to return. It's a Wonderful Life follows Bailey as he sets out to kill himself on Christmas Eve but changes his mind thanks to the intervention of a guardian angel who helps him realise he has made a difference in the world. The sequel, which riffs on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, will centre on Bailey's mean grandson. In a not-so-feelgood twist, it reportedly sees him visited by his aunt Zuzu, now an angel, who shows him how much better off the world would have been had he never been born. The new film is being put together by Allen J Schwalb, whose Florida-based Star Partners firm financed Rain Man and The Color Purple during the 1980s. He will work with Bob Farnsworth of Nashville-based commercial music specialists Hummingbird Productions on the project. The latter co-wrote the screenplay for the followup after discovering that Capra's film was out of copyright in the US. "It's a Wonderful Life is about showing a good guy can win. And with Scrooge, you have a person that is not a good guy but he changes," Farnsworth told The Hollywood Reporter. "This story is about the amazing human capacity to forgive when we see someone change for the better." Of suggestions that audiences may balk at seeing one festive favourite - let alone two - revived in unfamiliar form, the screenwriter said: "Look, no one can make another It's a Wonderful Life. But our story is solid, and we are going in with our eyes open. There is no doubt about it, there will be a ruckus. But I have this motto: All it takes to be a leader is to have a cause you believe in. And the stronger you believe in the cause, the more adversaries you will have. And we strongly believe in this." Farnsworth received help on the screenplay from Martha Bolton, who worked with Bob Hope as a staff writer on the comedian's specials. Producers are currently on the hunt for a director and plan to secure a budget in the $25-32m range. They hope to bring the sequel to the big screen in 2015. Capra's It's A Wonderful Life regularly tops polls of favourite Christmas movies on both sides of the Atlantic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 19, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted November 19, 2013 Nnnnnnnnooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. At least it's not a re-make. They'd damn well better be careful though It's a Wonderful Life is to get sequel 60 years on Feelgood 1946 Christmas classic It's a Wonderful Life is to get an unlikely sequel more than 60 years on, it has been revealed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 They are doing a new beetlejuice as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 19, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted November 19, 2013 They are doing a new beetlejuice as well Don't give a stuff about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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