Stardust, the movie/ RE, books before movies

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Alex Hogan <predigirl1 at ...> 
wrote:
>
> I read "Perfume, the Story of a Murderer" before seeing the movie, 
and am very glad that I did! Some books just cannot be translated 
into a movie without the reading of said book first. Most Potter 
books are that way. I will see "Stardust" soon, then read the book, 
just because I live very far out of town, and will be watching it on 
Pay-For-View.
>    
>   Alex Hogan
>   "Cats, despite being jerks, are the new Owls."
>

Alla:

Right, whatever works obviously for everybody :) I know one thing - 
when I know books well, as I know all Potter books except OOP and DH 
(yet), it NEVER helps me to enjoy the movie. Why? Because what I am 
concentrating upon is what they left out of the movie and what was 
in the book.

Like take PoA for example, I did not hate the movie when I saw it 
first, but boy was I mad that they cut out Marauders story so much.

But when I forced myself to look at it as movie, not just 
illustration of the book, I decided that it was a rather strong 
piece of art ( for me obviously) even if filmmakers cut story so 
significantly.


It is not the first time for me, really. When I was a very young 
kiddo, like five or six, I saw russian version of "Three musketeers" 
for the first time. I loved it, I am in love with this movie ever 
since. I read the book for the first time probably when I was seven 
or eight ( do not remember for sure, I read it probably twenty times 
or more since then)


Filmakers definitely cut the story short, but it helped me that I 
have not read the book before I saw the movie, because I was anble 
to concentrate upon the spirit of the story, and I thought that they 
kept it.

Now, when I am watching american versions of three musketeers, I 
feel nothing but annoyance, because I cannot stonach the liberties 
they took with the story, you know?


The only book which I was absolutely , completely happy with being 
transferred to the movie was Lord of the Rings. I read it many times 
before I saw the movie and despite some changes, I thought story was 
there, period.

As to Perfume. I read the book. I will never, never see the movie, 
because I found the book while very very well done ( first time in 
my life I was reading a book with my nose), to be also incredibly 
gross :)

I do not want to see that story in cinema. I think I had enough of 
it.


Oh, oh I do not know if you saw the russian movie "Night watch". 
Some theaters in the US at least ( I do not know where you are) did 
show it. Was it last year?

I loved the story, I hated the movie. But I know list member who 
watched the movie before reading the book and did like it.

Alla.