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Re: The Cider House Rules, Man
> > cider house rules - the movie SUCKS. stick with the book. john
> > irving is brilliant. the schmuck who produced the movie is not.
>
> Uh, but John Irving wrote the screenplay and in fact went through two or
> three producers until he found one he was happy with.
That doesn't prove anything. Michael Ende has his name removed from the
credits to _The NeverEnding Story_ because he felt the film did a poor job
of adapting his book, but he gave his consent to the first sequel, which
was a far, far inferior film (and did an even worse job of adapting the
book, IMO). Having the author's consent doesn't prove much.
And while I haven't read David Brin's _The Postman_, I am astounded that
he came to the defense of the Kevin Costner movie, which was an awful,
self-indulgent, and highly amateurish bit of film-making.
> And he won an Oscar for best screenplay based on a book.
Like the Oscars count for anything. :)
> All of this said, I agree that the movie isn't as good as the book --
> but I think the movie is good and stands on its own. I reread the book a
> week before seeing the movie and was disappointed, but I think it was
> still a good movie.
I've never read the book, actually, but I thought the movie was, um, okay,
apart from its pro-abortion preachiness. And FWIW, I do make a
distinction between pro-choice and pro-abortion points of view, but IMO,
the film crossed the line.
--- Peter T. Chattaway --------------------------- peter at chattaway_com ---
"I detected one misprint, but to torture you I will not tell you where."
Winston Churchill to T.E. Lawrence, re Seven Pillars of Wisdom
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