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Today...think of this more as a TeaRoom discussion than a discussion about tea. Just a fun topic I hope. Regarding your favorite book that was made into a movie. Please identify the book/movie if you want! Then,how did they do? On target? A hit? Off target? A bust? Today, be a critic of something besides TEA! Have fun!!!
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Jul 25th, '08, 00:21
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Friday TeaRoom 7/25/08 Favorite book/movie combo?
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Jul 25th, '08, 01:38
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I grew up reading The Lord of the Rings. I always knew this could be a great movie. I only waited 20 years for the movie version. It would have been impossible to follow the trilogy to a T...unless there were 6-9 movies in the franchise. Peter Jackson did a pretty good job. It would have been hard to do a better job. I thought it was endearing and loved it.
Finishing sipping on latter steeps of Shincha Sencha Traditional. Finished this bag off today. NOW I must open something!!!!! Wooohooo....
Finishing sipping on latter steeps of Shincha Sencha Traditional. Finished this bag off today. NOW I must open something!!!!! Wooohooo....
blah blah blah SENCHA blah blah blah!!!
Jul 25th, '08, 01:40
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I wouldn't call it my favorite book, but Palahnuik is one of my favorite writers, and the screenplay was an improvement on the book. On the special edition DVD, there's a delightful commentary with Palahnuik and the screen writer, Jim Uhls.
Lord of the Rings, anyone? (edit: oh, Chip got to it while I was writing this).
I wouldn't call it my favorite book, but Palahnuik is one of my favorite writers, and the screenplay was an improvement on the book. On the special edition DVD, there's a delightful commentary with Palahnuik and the screen writer, Jim Uhls.
Lord of the Rings, anyone? (edit: oh, Chip got to it while I was writing this).
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One of my favorite novels of all time is "Lonesome Dove" by Larry McMurtry. Rounding out my favorite top three novels are "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte and "One Thousand Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Go figure.
Anyhow, though the movie version of "Lonesome Dove" was a made-for-tv production, the casting of Robert Duval and Tommy Lee Jones as McCrae and Call respectively was inspired. I think the makers of the movie did a fine job.
Since it is still Thursday here in the Rocky Mountain West and I should, by all rights, be asleep, I'm not drinking tea. I'll check in in the morning.
Anyhow, though the movie version of "Lonesome Dove" was a made-for-tv production, the casting of Robert Duval and Tommy Lee Jones as McCrae and Call respectively was inspired. I think the makers of the movie did a fine job.
Since it is still Thursday here in the Rocky Mountain West and I should, by all rights, be asleep, I'm not drinking tea. I'll check in in the morning.
Well, I got a note from the Florida Troopers that Salambo was sighted in Florida hightailing it for Gainesville and his computer. Bad news, everyone. He’s almost back. Just pretend like you didn’t notice that he was gone. Maybe he’ll leave again.
Anyway, after a whole week of digging around in that slob’s files, this is the only decent photo I’ve come up with so far, and that’s only because the cup is so nice. Salambo couldn’t even get the pot in focus. Loser!
The cup is called Choju Kiji Chawan and those birds are supposed to be pheasants, but they don’t look like any pheasants I ever shot.
Anyway, after a whole week of digging around in that slob’s files, this is the only decent photo I’ve come up with so far, and that’s only because the cup is so nice. Salambo couldn’t even get the pot in focus. Loser!
The cup is called Choju Kiji Chawan and those birds are supposed to be pheasants, but they don’t look like any pheasants I ever shot.
Jul 25th, '08, 02:20
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Perhaps Graham Greene's The Quiet American (2002), although I think the novel was originally written with the screen in mind. I'd be ecstatic to see it usurped by the forthcoming Blood Meridian, as I liked that book quite a bit more.
A good example of a movie that, despite a worthy effort, didn't measure up to the book at all is Battle Royale.
A good example of a movie that, despite a worthy effort, didn't measure up to the book at all is Battle Royale.
star wars... way better in book form.
and i didn't know battle royale was a book. i need to pick that up.
and i didn't know battle royale was a book. i need to pick that up.
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Jul 25th, '08, 03:01
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My favourite book/movie combination has to be:
Housekeeping (the book by Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping (the film by director Bill Forsyth)
Sadly, the film - which was extraordinarily faithful to the book - has still not been released on DVD. I have been praying to Santa for several years now...
Housekeeping (the book by Marilynne Robinson)
Housekeeping (the film by director Bill Forsyth)
Sadly, the film - which was extraordinarily faithful to the book - has still not been released on DVD. I have been praying to Santa for several years now...
Okay that poll was a leeeeetle tooooooo thinky for me this morning. I couldn't really pin down a favorite book that was made into a movie. But, then I am pretty sure that once I had pinned down whatever my favorite book (of all time) was it had probably not been made into a movie, so I went with books I really liked.
I thought of LotR and Contact. And I liked what they did with both movies. My criteria for book to movie is that, knowing that changes will HAVE to be made, were the changes made with a lot of thought and an understanding of the the story as a whole. With LotR I thought the changes they made were fantastically well considered. With Contact, Sagan himself opted to change the focus the movie took in a direction different from the book, and who can fault Sagan? (whom one of my nephews is named after, btw).
So there it is!
In my cup: tester cup of new tea line! Serenitea: Badger!! (firstly, I am SO excited for this tea line and that it is going to help the Browncoats and charities they support - and saddened that I will not make it to Dragon Con for the unveiling).
Anyway - as it has been about a year since I last had Earl Grey tea (and this tea is 40% EG, it did take a few sips to get used to it). But, once I did I very much liked it and so am glad it will be in the line.
I had Serenitea: Kaylee last night and LOVED LOVED LOVED it (but it is right up my tea alley!)
In a bit I will be having Serenitea: Simon (which smells devine and I am excited to try it)
First day of vertigo therapy today!!! (For those keeping track) I will put an update in my intro thread at some point.
*hugs*
I thought of LotR and Contact. And I liked what they did with both movies. My criteria for book to movie is that, knowing that changes will HAVE to be made, were the changes made with a lot of thought and an understanding of the the story as a whole. With LotR I thought the changes they made were fantastically well considered. With Contact, Sagan himself opted to change the focus the movie took in a direction different from the book, and who can fault Sagan? (whom one of my nephews is named after, btw).
So there it is!
In my cup: tester cup of new tea line! Serenitea: Badger!! (firstly, I am SO excited for this tea line and that it is going to help the Browncoats and charities they support - and saddened that I will not make it to Dragon Con for the unveiling).
Anyway - as it has been about a year since I last had Earl Grey tea (and this tea is 40% EG, it did take a few sips to get used to it). But, once I did I very much liked it and so am glad it will be in the line.
I had Serenitea: Kaylee last night and LOVED LOVED LOVED it (but it is right up my tea alley!)
In a bit I will be having Serenitea: Simon (which smells devine and I am excited to try it)
First day of vertigo therapy today!!! (For those keeping track) I will put an update in my intro thread at some point.
*hugs*
Aphroditea--What does vertigo therapy consist or? Is that when one is tilted into various positions to let the inner ear adjust itself?
No tea yet this morning...fed the cats and needed to depart the room for a few minutes while they ate their canned mouse or whatever.
Hmmm....Golden Monkey, Assam, Irish Breakfast, PGTips, Yorkshire...what to choose, what to choose?
No tea yet this morning...fed the cats and needed to depart the room for a few minutes while they ate their canned mouse or whatever.
Hmmm....Golden Monkey, Assam, Irish Breakfast, PGTips, Yorkshire...what to choose, what to choose?
Although my neighbors are all barbarians,
And you, you are a thousand miles away,
There are always two cups on my table.
--Tang Dynasty
And you, you are a thousand miles away,
There are always two cups on my table.
--Tang Dynasty