Frank Boettcher wrote:
On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 09:18:05 -0500, DSK wrote:


katy wrote:

I didn't realize "Must Love Dogs" was on the list...that was a cute
movie, not what I would call Oscar material, though. "Weaterman" is on
our list to see. I've seen so many versions of "Oliver Twist" that I
guess I could stand one more.

Dickens is an abysmal read, but his books seem to make good
movies... the opposite is more common, great books made into
lousy movies.



So true. The epitome of great books made into bad movies has to be
"Catch 22" One of my favorite books and one of the worst movies ever.

Gee, I lived for Dicken's books when I was in junior high...and read
Bronte, Austen and Forrsester when I was in high school. All of
their works translate well in the movies, but I liked the books
better. Every so often I dig them out for a good re-read.

Dickens is an abysmal read, but his books seem to make good movies...
the opposite is more common, great books made into lousy movies.



So true. The epitome of great books made into bad movies has to be
"Catch 22" One of my favorite books and one of the worst movies ever.

The movie tried to get the flow of the book, and IMHo ended
up a disjointed mess although it had it's moments. I like
Alan Arkin & Bob Newhart.


katysails wrote:
Gee, I lived for Dicken's books when I was in junior high...

You have better taste in Litterah-choor than I do. I thought
most of those Victorian novelists were dreary & long-winded.
The plots were great though.

How many movies have been made of 'Tom Sawyer'? Any good
ones, or even half-decent? I've seen at least eight or nine
& they all sucked.

DSK

DSK wrote:
Dickens is an abysmal read, but his books seem to make good
movies... the opposite is more common, great books made into lousy
movies.



So true. The epitome of great books made into bad movies has to be
"Catch 22" One of my favorite books and one of the worst movies ever.


The movie tried to get the flow of the book, and IMHo ended up a
disjointed mess although it had it's moments. I like Alan Arkin & Bob
Newhart.


katysails wrote:

Gee, I lived for Dicken's books when I was in junior high...


You have better taste in Litterah-choor than I do. I thought most of
those Victorian novelists were dreary & long-winded. The plots were
great though.

How many movies have been made of 'Tom Sawyer'? Any good ones, or even
half-decent? I've seen at least eight or nine & they all sucked.

DSK

There was that one excellent rendition of _Huckleberry Finn_....and
the there was _Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court_ and all
the weird spin-offs (the Danny Kaye version)....I always thought the
Jack London books were tedious but I did like the movie versions...

katy wrote:
There was that one excellent rendition of _Huckleberry Finn_....

Which one was that?

...and the
there was _Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court_ and all the weird
spin-offs (the Danny Kaye version)....

Hah! I saw that... long time ago... I thought it was pretty
good back then. Danny Kaye was pretty funny.


... I always thought the Jack London
books were tedious but I did like the movie versions...

Jack London is like James Fenimore Cooper, great for
adventure but not so great on content or accuracy. I loved
all those adventure books in my early teens, then discovered
actual history and realized that nothing remotely like it
ever happened (or could). Then Mark Twain's essay "The
Literary Offenses of James Fenimore Cooper" killed the whole
game for me.

Another don't-see movie is the 'Last of the Mohicans' from
the early 1990s, don't remember who starred in it. It should
have been titled 'Men with Long Hair & Torn Clothes Running
in the Woods' as that pretty much sums up the plot, the
dialog, and 90% of the action. Neither J.F. Cooper nor Mark
Twain would have recognized it IMHO.

A good one (even has some sailing in it) is the Spencer
Tracy version of 'Captains Courageous.'

Fresh Breezes-
Doug King

"DSK" wrote in message
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A good one (even has some sailing in it) is the Spencer
Tracy version of 'Captains Courageous.'


One of my favorites. Rented it 3 times.

SBV

The Maltise Falcon is a better flick than read, same with to Kill a
mocking Bird.

I also think Spencer Tracy as the Old man of the sea was as excellent
as the book, however "For whom the bell tolls" is a better read.

I agree with Catch 22 great book , movie sucked.

Oh and all the James Cravell books, King Rat, Shogun, Tiapan, were all
better books than movies/mini series.

The Dove was a better book too!

Joe