tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303971.post1884764331831336429..comments2024-01-17T04:33:08.243-08:00Comments on My Friend Amy: BBAW Giveaway: One of my Favorite Bookish T-shirtsAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02515314638093018928noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303971.post-33310215666601780072009-09-20T20:59:34.344-07:002009-09-20T20:59:34.344-07:00Two words. Ella Enchanted.
The movie of that incr...Two words. Ella Enchanted.<br /><br />The movie of that incredible book was more than a disaster. It was the kind of adaptation that added insult to injury. It turned the story into a weak parody of itself. I saw it once and refuse to ever watch it again.<br /><br />paradoxrevealed (at) aim (dot) comParadoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05079964912873947188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303971.post-63414685277885678152009-09-20T13:40:14.471-07:002009-09-20T13:40:14.471-07:00Such a hard question! I don't often see movies...Such a hard question! I don't often see movies adapted from books because I feel they're sure to disappoint. That said, I feel my disappointment most acutely for Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix, although I'd probably feel as strongly if I'd read Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince the week before seeing the movie, too. (Most of the Pride & Prejudice adaptations are right up there on the list, too.)Jenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07832420356107544084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303971.post-82820972214206961292009-09-19T22:17:20.377-07:002009-09-19T22:17:20.377-07:00First of all, THANK YOU for BBAW. I've enjoy m...First of all, THANK YOU for BBAW. I've enjoy myself beyond all reason and am marking my calendar for next year (want to help)<br /><br />Now, is it bad to say I don't usually compare movies to books? The movies are never as good, so much stuff gets left out.<br /><br />That said, HP6! I left the theater and apologised to my husband for dragging him to see it.<br /><br />LOVE THE SHIRT! Could those of us who don't win, order one? <br /><br />bookdragonslair at gmail dot com<br /><br />edited to add: OMG I'm going to be there 10-3! I'm about an hour away (depending on traffic) tooBook Dragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11078900987400537432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303971.post-79068233742008706582009-09-19T22:13:12.400-07:002009-09-19T22:13:12.400-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Book Dragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11078900987400537432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303971.post-62745641732446089282009-09-19T21:28:19.665-07:002009-09-19T21:28:19.665-07:00I really dislike The Cat In The Hat starring Mike ...I really dislike The Cat In The Hat starring Mike Myers. It is beyond awful. email in blogger profile.Brimful Curiositieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13135626740021266451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303971.post-52533853135266687252009-09-19T17:27:30.628-07:002009-09-19T17:27:30.628-07:00I've been disappointed in many book adaptation...I've been disappointed in many book adaptations, but I'm going to go with The Polar Express. The book has such a dream like, soft, magical feeling, and the movie was all loud and raucous for the 3-D effects.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02582583925813368098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303971.post-33860031683088598352009-09-19T13:21:48.521-07:002009-09-19T13:21:48.521-07:00Probably My Sister's Keeper... I didn't ev...Probably My Sister's Keeper... I didn't even bother to go see it when I heard how much it was different from the book.<br /><br />reneesuz82(at)msn(dot)comReneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08739029410584701609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303971.post-25919287682025501162009-09-19T09:10:14.705-07:002009-09-19T09:10:14.705-07:00Wow! So many listed that I agree with...and disag...Wow! So many listed that I agree with...and disagree with.<br /><br />The worst movie I've ever seen was The Perfect Storm, however, I haven't read the book, so I can't really use that one. :)<br /><br />For me, it's a toss up between Eragon, which was absolutely butchered, and The Cat in the Hat, which was just wrong! <br /><br />Blood and Chocolate was pretty bad too...they missed the whole point of the book. Which is stronger your blood, who you are, or the sweet temptation aka chocolate. In the movie she works in a chocolate shop instead?!?! What!!<br /><br />jennifermorrill(at)att(dot)netJenn M.http://www.jennifermorrill.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303971.post-63748995427963676632009-09-19T08:51:25.179-07:002009-09-19T08:51:25.179-07:00A great t-shirt.
I didn't like the movie '...A great t-shirt.<br /><br />I didn't like the movie 'my sister's keeper.' I prefered the book by far.<br /><br />karen k<br />kmkuka(at)yahoo(dot)comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303971.post-55315426170499165142009-09-18T18:43:13.250-07:002009-09-18T18:43:13.250-07:00That's the coolest shirt! Love the quote :)
I...That's the coolest shirt! Love the quote :)<br /><br />I'm seriously hard to please when it comes to book-movie adaptations. So I've narrowed it down to these ones:<br />Cat In The Hat & Grinch Who Stole Christmas (Mike Myers live action versions) - I loved these books as a kid and seeing them as films was such a let-down. IMO they never should have attempted it.<br />A lot of Stephen Kings screen adaptations, Running Man, The Mist, Salems Lot.<br />I Am Legend - oh this one made me so mad!Joanne ♦ The Book Zombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369534827454703222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303971.post-75322231541895963972009-09-18T18:30:52.406-07:002009-09-18T18:30:52.406-07:00Oh gosh. The Beach. That book is good. I'm tel...Oh gosh. The Beach. That book is good. I'm telling you, but no one will read it because they saw the film that made it all about Leonardo DiCaprio and his women. It was all wrong. <br />brennalxd (at) yahoo dotcom<br /><br />Love that T-shirt!Bhttp://literatibiscotti.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303971.post-28329268625898645232009-09-18T17:46:10.442-07:002009-09-18T17:46:10.442-07:00My choices have already been stated, so let me jus...My choices have already been stated, so let me just say that I completely agree with <br /><br />1 - Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (this series has, like, EIGHT books in it, but you think you need to branch out and make up your own?? SO cheesy.)<br /><br />and<br /><br />2 - Eragon. Just so disappointing. It could have been great, but was just bad.<br /><br />Thanks for a fun giveaway!! =)<br /><br />elischulenburg(AT)gmail(DOT)comElizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10939074543470696025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303971.post-17932868451703284232009-09-18T16:19:51.359-07:002009-09-18T16:19:51.359-07:00HOw about the Romeo and Juliet that I think was fr...HOw about the Romeo and Juliet that I think was from the 70s...or if I can pick movies that I actually like but don't like how they took the book and adpated it into said movie, then PS I Love You and Blood and Chocolate-good books, good movies (or so I think) but seperately :)<br /><br /><br />book.splotATgmailDOTcomBook Sp(l)othttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11658223129688528833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303971.post-62243659889948416232009-09-18T15:30:54.535-07:002009-09-18T15:30:54.535-07:00Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story! Serio...Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story! Seriously, what the heck was that?? They took the characters from the Anne of Green Gables series and threw them into their own made-up really bad story that doesn't work with the books. And then they couldn't even keep their own made-up stories straight because it created a timeline continuity error with an episode of Road to Avonlea! ARGH!!<br /><br />un_pissenlit (at) hotmail (dot) comPissenlithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15652379987538733088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303971.post-74629139862880270482009-09-18T15:07:18.755-07:002009-09-18T15:07:18.755-07:00Awesome shirt!! Totally bookish!!
WOrst movie for...Awesome shirt!! Totally bookish!!<br /><br />WOrst movie for me is a toss-up between Harry Potter 1 and Eragon. HP1 had too many scenes cut out that it would've been hard to understand had you not read the book. The people I know who haven't were befuddled. Eragon is just lousy. Both were obviously low-budget.<br /><br />dreamsongpoem at gmail dot comclairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14397226316253896335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303971.post-58453400683850326332009-09-18T14:02:54.829-07:002009-09-18T14:02:54.829-07:00Confessions of a Shopholic is the worst movie-book...Confessions of a Shopholic is the worst movie-book adaptation. It was just wrong! The book took place in London and the movie was NY. I thought the characters were poorly adapted too.<br /><br />simplystacieblog at gmail dot comSimply Staciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10927773744363980957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303971.post-47872481743789857352009-09-18T10:58:59.663-07:002009-09-18T10:58:59.663-07:00Love the t-shirt! Love the indies!
Bad movie ada...Love the t-shirt! Love the indies!<br /><br />Bad movie adaptation? ATONEMENT. Too much typewriter clattering and contrived drama; like the storyline wasn't dramatic enough!<br /><br />dawn [at] sheistoofondofbooks [dot] comDawn @ sheIsTooFondOfBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09285873722005594325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303971.post-3478993236835378932009-09-18T06:12:38.677-07:002009-09-18T06:12:38.677-07:00Great shirt, did you say they could be purchased, ...Great shirt, did you say they could be purchased, these would make great gifts. <br />I have to say A Hitchhikers guide to the galazy. I had such high hopes for this movie but it just missed the mark. Maybe it was the acting? <br />zenfoxflowerATyahooDOTcomEllzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12700569544018231914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303971.post-7334970163753358142009-09-17T20:19:33.216-07:002009-09-17T20:19:33.216-07:00ATONEMENT!
The narrative in McEwan's novel ...ATONEMENT! <br /><br /><br />The narrative in McEwan's novel was full of literary twists and surprises leading up to a massive shock at the end; the film failed to convey the betrayal of narrative in the same way the text did.<br /><br />For that, ostensibly, is the thread sewing Atonement together: the betrayal and manipulation of stories. On a visceral canvas, such as the screen, that resonance was lost.<br /><br />It looked pretty (*cough* James McAvoy looked pretty); and it sounded pretty but some books were meant to be books: narrative worlds to park your suitcase and walk around in.<br /><br /><br />I also thought that The English Patient failed to make a good transition to screen. Ondaatje's prose and style is so poetic and, as such, the novel reads like a poem of Ulysses-esque scope---- the film lost all of the beautiful language: the consonance, the symmetry of perfectly placed words in perfectly placed order.<br /><br /><br />And finally Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story.<br /><br />WHAT THE FRAK does THAT have to do with MONTGOMERY or ANYTHING ? <br /><br />Anne disguises herself as a nun?rachel @ a fair substitute for heavenhttp://www.a-fair-substitute-for-heaven.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303971.post-70716798698632336182009-09-17T18:46:27.577-07:002009-09-17T18:46:27.577-07:00I definately have to go with Eragon. It's just...I definately have to go with Eragon. It's just terrible. I cannot possibly list all the reasons here, but I'll list a few:<br />1) Arya basically encourages Eragon throughout the whole movie - She does NOT do thati n the movie - she tells him she cannot return his feelings<br />2) Arya was not supposed to be awake - if she was she could've healed Brom instead of letting him die<br />3) The acting was just bad and corny<br />4) It cut out so much!<br />5) The list can go on and on<br />Eragon is one of my favorite series, but the movie was so messed up.<br /><br />thebookcellar@wi.rr.comEricahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09702562351328503338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303971.post-35740081499638327042009-09-17T15:14:17.282-07:002009-09-17T15:14:17.282-07:00Flowers in the Attic! I loved the book and the mo...Flowers in the Attic! I loved the book and the movie messed up the plot sooo bad.<br />misusedinnocence@aol.comMisusedinnocencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03922380336192028337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303971.post-71598567515677018602009-09-17T14:03:03.709-07:002009-09-17T14:03:03.709-07:00Not sure which one came first the book or the movi...Not sure which one came first the book or the movie, but I loved the movie "Dying Young", and later found the book with Julia Roberts and Campbell Scott on the cover. When I closed the book, I was perplexed beyond measure. The book left me flummoxed--it didn't even resemble the movie :) Kristy Barrett aka Kristy Bee<br />kristybee05@bellsouth.net<br />www.mybookisland.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303971.post-54703283949762923862009-09-17T12:46:26.842-07:002009-09-17T12:46:26.842-07:00I love the actor Dale Midkiff and I love Stephen K...I love the actor Dale Midkiff and I love Stephen King's books, but the movie Pet Sematary was absolutely horrible. It was released in 1988. I mean, King wrote The Shining and look at the great movie that was made from that book! Not to mention a few others like The Green Mile.M Denise Chttp://mdenisec.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303971.post-56610826414715845292009-09-17T10:22:19.923-07:002009-09-17T10:22:19.923-07:00I didn't like the film adaptation of Deep End ...I didn't like the film adaptation of Deep End of the Ocean. I thought the film lacked the emotion that I felt very strongly from the book. <br />dftrew(at)gmail(dot)comJonnie (JB)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12027219048686605976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11303971.post-61513217728903279582009-09-17T10:02:58.037-07:002009-09-17T10:02:58.037-07:00Love this shirt and would love to win it!
I have ...Love this shirt and would love to win it!<br /><br />I have to say The DaVinci Code. The book was exciting and fast paced. The movie not so much!<br /><br />I have a hard time with books being made into movies. They usually fail miserably.<br /><br />Also, I agree with Cgmanly. I hate when they put the actors on the book cover. It annoys me. My daughter, who is 14, gets ticked off everytime she see a Twilight cover with the actors. Stephanie Myer had meaning with her covers.Alipet813https://www.blogger.com/profile/04408129438443562856noreply@blogger.com