Friday TeaRoom 7/25/08 Favorite book/movie combo?

[joelbct]

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And now *that* is a beauty, Henley... perhaps I will have to look into a Western/English Tea Set for Blacks...

[Salsero]

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And now *that* is a beauty, Henley...

Yes, indeed, Henley. That is one more sweet cup. Anything more you can say, like who made it?

[Cinnamon Kitty]

My absolute favorite book is Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and they screwed up the most recent movie so much. The good part about it was Alan Rickman as the voice of Marvin, but the book series has too many lines of text that can be humorous when read yet did not translate well to that film.

Lord of the Rings, on the other hand, was excellent as a movie adaption. Hopefully, the Hobbit will come out great too, especially since Del Toro is directing. A few other favorite movies that were based from books are The Green Mile (though I still do not like Tom Hanks) and Shawshank Redemption. I suppose I should mention The Shining too, since I loved the book though I couldn't sit through the entire movie. Jack Nicholson started to really creep me out towards the end. I think that was the point of his casting though.

GeekGirl: If it makes you feel any better, I am working on reading The Watchmen now in preparation for the movie.

My teas today were Organic Monk's Blend and now some African Summer honeybush.

[Chip]

Yeah...can't wait for the Hobbit. That was a strange book for me. Seemed to start out as this cute fairy tail for 5 year olds...then evolved into something quite different.

Kuki Houjicha from Auggy as I am working on tomorrow's TeaDay.

[Geekgirl]

GeekGirl: If it makes you feel any better, I am working on reading The Watchmen now in preparation for the movie.

Yay!!! I saw on the feedreader that they have the Owl Ship from the movie at Comic-Con this weekend. It looks soooooooo cool!

[henley]

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And now *that* is a beauty, Henley...

Yes, indeed, Henley. That is one more sweet cup. Anything more you can say, like who made it?

Thanx! It's a recent ebay find & I've enjoyed using it. Not much info. The mark on the bottom has an English crest & reads, "By Appointment To Her Majesty The Queen PARAGON Fine Bone China England". Paragon was around from 1919-1960 but w/o the pattern name, I don't have a way to date the it.

[Riene]

Henley, is the cup black? I don't think I've ever seen black patterning on a tea cup.

Neat find!

[kymidwife]

Add me to the list of Nicholas Gage non-fans, too!

Count me in, I'm joining the club. He just creeps me out, I've never found him particularly attractive or appealing, and I don't think he's a great actor. He's also a pompous ass in live interviews.

City of Angels... eeeeeeeek... I thought he was just plain scary. I detested that movie. In fact, maybe the only Cage movie I really loved was Face Off... and that's only because John Travolta is freakin HOT, yesterday, today, and always... young, old, buff or pudgy, I love him. Rowrrrrr.

Sarah

[kymidwife]

OK... my .02 on the book-to-movie topic...

Most movie adaptations really come up short for me. I am such a lover of the written word, and I mourn for all that is lost, left out, condensed, and otherwise abused in order to fit a novel into less than 2 hours of film. That being said, I have to give 2 thumbs up for a few of those already mentioned on this thread including:

LOTR
Lonesome Dove
The Green Mile

LOTR naturally left out tons, but it was very authentic and didn't seem to lose the heart of the story in the process. Lonesome Dove was one of the best casting jobs in the history of film-making. I don't even care for westerns, and it stands tall in the very top of my all-time favorite films, running very true to the book. The same can be said of The Green Mile... and that is an astonishing feat, as I think most Stephen King books get completely destroyed in translation to film because of the director capitalizing on the sensational/thriller aspects of the story and losing the human factor, character development, and the true intent and theme imparted by King.

Now, my all-time favorite book-to-film movie... The Godfather. I thought it was also exceptionally well-cast, and translated very well to film. My only gripe with it was that I wished it had originally been made in chronologic order, rather than having to go back and capture the "young Vito" years in the 2nd film.

Oh, and as for Harry Potter... I adore the books (ask Auggy)... and I like and enjoy the movies. But in general, I think the films are falling far short of the depths in theme demonstrated in the books. If you haven't read them and enjoy reading, I highly recommend them... but read at least the first 3 books consecutively before you form a firm opinion... books 1 and 2 are quite light and easy reads, and the development of the story really deepens beyond that point and becomes quite a complex and adult-oriented tale.

Sarah

[Geekgirl]

I loved Stardust in all its forms: Book, audiobook, then movie. Though the movie changed pieces of the story (DeNiro stole the show!) I thought it remained true to the feel of the original story from beginning to end.

[Salsero]

Count me in, I'm joining the club. He just creeps me out, I've never found him particularly attractive or appealing

Oh, but you have to love him in Raising Arizona.

[Beidao]

Wow, Beidao, I couldn't do your job - it would break my heart. Of my current 7 kitties, all but one were either strays or abandoned and I just have to give them home. So now they are all spoiled little (okay, three are fat) inside kitties! When our neighborhood was newer, it was a popular place for people to dump their unwanted pets. People can suck.

Well, sometimes it feels like I cannot do my job either. People CAN suck. 6 stray cats, that a lot! You've done something great, hope you understand that!

Ps. There's always the possibility of light food for them big-bellied

[Riene]

Wow, Beidao, I couldn't do your job - it would break my heart. Of my current 7 kitties, all but one were either strays or abandoned and I just have to give them home. So now they are all spoiled little (okay, three are fat) inside kitties! When our neighborhood was newer, it was a popular place for people to dump their unwanted pets. People can suck.

My first cat was an animal-shelter adoptee. She lived for 21 years--I loved that cat. Our most recent two are strays that we think were just tossed out. One appeared as a frightened kitten one December day in our neighborhood, the other was a sweet and friendly, but starving and lonely half-grown cat that suddenly appeared on a winter day by my office. Both of them are indoor spoiled and loved cats now.

I don't understand how anyone can abandon animals. We have good quality animal-shelters and rescue societies here. I guess it's just that they don't want to take any responsibility whatsoever.

[henley]

Henley, is the cup black? I don't think I've ever seen black patterning on a tea cup.

Yes, it's black & the contrast is very striking. Am adding the ebay pic so y'all can see the color better than my photo.

In fact, maybe the only Cage movie I really loved was Face Off...

I'll agree w/you on this movie. It was interesting watching each actor take on the other's mannerisms.

[Beidao]

I don't understand how anyone can abandon animals. We have good quality animal-shelters and rescue societies here. I guess it's just that they don't want to take any responsibility whatsoever.

Well, over here all the shelters are full all the time, so I guess that's why people abandon their animals. Most people call when there's to little time for us to do something, like they're moving to Australia next day and suddenly came to think of the fact that they have a pet. Or they have already booked a time for putting the cat to sleep and calls us 2 hours prior to the appointment because they start having anxiety about it. And no, they don't want to take any responsibility. They act as if everything is someone elses fault. That's the way they manage to stay alive, by not even understanding that they are responsible. Wonder how these people treat their kiddos??