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Re: Introduction
>Dancing on a volcano, john davis <hellomynameisj at yahoo_com> said:
>>---frillln at wku_edu wrote:
>>> Favorite Books:
>>> Contact, Carl Sagan: much better than the movie; Wuthering Heights,
>>> Emily Bronte: guilt, sin and revenge (all the good stuff); Stranger in
>>> a Strange Land, Robert Heinlein; A Room with A View, E.M. Forster:
>>> also much better then the movies; that about does it...
>>
>>books usually *are* better than the movie. Forster espoecailly- he's
>>so psychological.
>
>I've yet to see a movie that surpassed the book. Ever.
Try 'A Simple Plan'. I saw the film when it first opened and
was so impressed, I immediately ran out to buy the book ( author:
Scott Smith). The film and the book run closely together until
about halfway through either. The book is much colder and gets
somewhat un-plausable torwards the end. The film develops the
characters much better than the book and makes them seem
more human. I suggest the film regardless of whether it's better
than the book or not. It's quite deserving of the 2 Oscar nods it
recieved and should win both (best adapted screenplay - Scott
Smith, and best supporting actor - Billy Bob Thornton).
I agree that books usually out-perform thier filmed adaptations,
but this one is a rare and enjoyable exception.
later,
AaronB
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