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[Joanne Collins]

>I know what everybody feels about books turned into movies.
>
>Look what happened to The Hobbit and The Lord of The Rings!

The Lord Of The Rings hasn't come out yet, AFAIK. Or was there an earlier
version?

>Also Flowers in the Attic! 

*shudder* That wasn't a movie, that was desecration. The word disappointing
is not sufficient to describe how I felt about that. The best parts were
literally butchered.

>Not to mention the Stephen King movies!

Well, I don't care for King's writing, but I can understand being
disappointed in the movies if they don't follow the books.

>I'm from the old school, read first before seeing the movie. I'm already
brainwashing my boys with that!

I try to do that, but on the other hand, I've read some books that I would
never have looked at if I hadn't seen the movie first and been interested
enough to check the book out. I recently read the book the movie To Die For
was based on, but if I hadn't seen the movie I wouldn't have even wanted to
read it. And the book was an absolutely incredible experience. The best
thing about the movie was watching Joaquin Phoenix and Casey Affleck act
together, and I wasn't sure I wanted to read the book. I'm glad I did, I
may have an idea for some fanfic from the book.

In fact, I just bought the book of another movie I saw recently, The Legend
Of Bagger Vance, and I'm really looking forward to reading it after
enjoying the movie.

I like to think that books and movies can co-exist for reasons like this.

Joanne.

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