[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: What should we do next?

[Sheryll Townsend]

> Julie:
> > 
> > > The Bourne films come to mind. Yes, the name of the character is the same and the very basic set up remains, but after that the books and the films diverge almost completely. 
> > 
> Steve Van responds,
> 
> We couldn't disagree more. I am beginning to be of the
> opinion that you just hate movies. By no stretch of the
> imagination does one have to read the Bourne books in order
> to follow the Bourne Movies.
> 
>
Sheryll:

How could you possibly determine that someone hates (rather a strong word, that 'hate') movies just because they note the difference between the book and the movie. It wasn't stated that you had to read the books to understand the Bourne movies, simply that the storylines are completely different. And that, sadly (IMO) is the truth. Not that movies aren't decent action films, just that they're not what I would expect as someone who'd read the books. 

I believe the point has been made that using the same title as the book for a movie leads a movie viewer towards certain expectations that the plot of the movie would be fairly similar to that of the book. To then see a movie and find it bears no resemblance to the written work can be disappointing. 

I'm both an avid reader and a serious movie viewer, for what that's worth. Sometimes there are decent book to film adaptations. Sometimes what appears on screen is a total travesty (thinks of The Seeker and cringes - I concur with Alla and many others on that one!). This doesn't mean I don't enjoy some movies where the plotlines veer away from the canon text. It simply means that the movie title as misled me into enterly the theatre (or popping in the DVD) with the wrong expectations for what I'm going to view.

Sheryll, whose stats at the store say she watches about 400 movies a year!


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