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A Movie you have watched based off of a book that follows the book almost to a T..
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Re: A Movie you have watched based off of a book that follows the book almost to a T..
You're right. The direction by the Coen brothers was skillful, and of course the actors were terrific. What made it perhaps easier to translate to film than other books was that, at least as I recall it, McCarthy never got into the characters' heads in the way that many writers do. It was actions and behavioral details that he relied on to give us the fuller sense of who they were. I guess the exception to that was the sheriff, about whose thoughts McCarthy assumed omniscience (I think). It was a particularly cinematic book.Saffron wrote:No Country for Old Men - hit the nail dead on.
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Re: A Movie you have watched based off of a book that follows the book almost to a T..
The movie for "Shutter Island" was almost perfect.
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Re: A Movie you have watched based off of a book that follows the book almost to a T..
I thought Memoirs of a Geisha was pretty bang on. Mind you I watched the movie quite some time after reading the book.
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Re: A Movie you have watched based off of a book that follows the book almost to a T..
I actually didn't like the movie that much; I thought it was kind of boring. xP I really like the book though.Damifino wrote:I thought Memoirs of a Geisha was pretty bang on. Mind you I watched the movie quite some time after reading the book.
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Re: A Movie you have watched based off of a book that follows the book almost to a T..
Damifino - I read that book recently and had no idea it had been made into a movie. Will check the shops for iut.
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