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 Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:30 pm
Berlin Stories was a book of short stories by Christopher Isherwood, based on his stay in Berlin in the 1930s.
It was turned into the stage play I Am A Camera.
It was then turned into the Broadway musical Cabaret, which was then turned into the movie musical Cabaret with Liza Minelli. Which was then again turned into a Broadway musical revival (Cabaret again) with Alan Cummings as the Emcee. smile
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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:31 pm
I don't care about that stuff, they can't get it perfect, I may say something like "I had this actor in mind for this character" but I'm not about to whine and complain about something that simple
Oh! I remember one of the things that bothered me slightly, in the LOTR movies when Frodo is taken to Gondor, he never goes anywhere near Gondor and if he had he wouldn't have been allowed to leave, that was the only thing that irked me
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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:31 pm
Tsuji:...I am so totally guilty of that sweatdrop But like I said, this is typically only with books I really really enjoyed. Cuz usually I thought the book itself bordered on perfection and so any change, no matter how small, feels unnecessary.
I'm growing more forgiving though. As long as they don't go and change character personalities or histories >.< I hate it when they do that...( scream You do not mess with the characters. You just...don't. >.<)
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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:31 pm
A lot of hardcore LOTR fans are still crying about Tom Bombadil's absence... smile
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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:34 pm
Oh yeah, that sucked but I got that they couldn't fit that into the movie, would just be way too much, just like I think it sucks that they couldn't put the fight in the Shire into the movie.... I almost wish they'd make another movie just for that but that's me hoping. Like I said, I understand those cuts
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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:34 pm
Slight Randominmity: ...Quite frankly, I never could get into the LOTR books >.< Never. I tried reading the Fellowship of the Ring and it was just...bleh gonk I'll take the movie over the book any day >.> That's just me though...
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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:35 pm
FotR is actually the hardest to read... mostly because its so freakin SLOW at the beginning, even took me a while to get into and I love to read
FYI, they have yet to do anything in the Potter movies that irks me.
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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:39 pm
I liked the Gondor deviation, it made separated the movies from the books. Made them their own. And I understand that Tom Bombadil's presence (given proper weight) would have made the movies waaaaay too long. So that's really not a huge loss. If anything, I kind of wish that they would have made that section of the books into a short film.
@Aretoo — Ok, I know what you mean now. I think that story was also adapted to/inspiration for Jason Lute's City of Stones graphic novel. biggrin
As long as we're on the topic. I just finished Disturbia and I have to admit that I enjoyed it. I still prefer Hitchcock's Rearwindow but it this one was good. Oh, and I actually *didn't* want Shia's character to die, which is a change.
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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:40 pm
So... cutting out all of Hermionie's subplots didn't irk you any? And they were playing pretty fast and loose with the events at the Quiddich World Cup... smile And Harry hasn't played much since, what, the 3rd movie?
EDIT: @Tsuji - City of Stones, you say? ^_^
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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:41 pm
...So does that mean that the others aren't as bad? Cuz I remember around the time the movies were coming out, I tried reading FotR and I just...couldn't. It was one of those things where you're eyes are going over the page and you're reading the words but you don't absorb any of it. >.< Sucked. I hate that feeling. And I love reading as well gonk But if the others aren't that bad, I might try again in the near future...
Heh, well, like you said, I'm a**l like that. =P When the first movie came out I got ticked that Peeves wasn't there (I'm still kinda annoyed about that, but only cuz I'm curious as to how they would have portrayed him...Just curious is all sweatdrop )
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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:44 pm
I'm probably going to hurt myself later for saying this, but have you considered reading the second book first, Invis? It won't conclude the story and it may be enough to get you interested in the first book.
@Aretoo — It was okay, but I wouldn't go out of my way for it.
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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:46 pm
@Tsuji like I said, it just irked me personally, I didn't like that they did that because I just don't see how he would've gotten out of there after that... maybe I'm just being too critical. If they made those sections into short films I would be VERY happy
@aretoo ....honestly no that hasn't really irked me, not enough to remember anyway. Probably cause I don't care THAT much about the books?
yeah the others move a lot faster... at least to me they did
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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:49 pm
I usually make it a point to read series in order (and always in order... Heh, every time a new HP book or movie comes out I not only re-read the book, I re-read every book preceding that one sweatdrop if that makes any sense at all...), but I might do that for LoTR. >.>
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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:50 pm
I know quite a few people who did that invisible... I'm too stubborn I pushed my way through the first book
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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:52 pm
No, that doesn't really make any sense to me, but that's ok. Oh, and I don't want you to feel like we're pushing you into reading something you simply don't have an interest in (I've had people do that to me with other books *cough*harrypotter*cough*).
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