Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Oct. 20th, 2014 08:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Last night i watched Captain Corelli's Mandolin on a DVD from one of my charity shop visits. I thought it would be a film i would not like. I was wrong and thoroughly enjoyed it. Usually i am not a person who watches films abased around a war, but as this was a love story, a romance, it made for a tense backdrop. Nicholas Cage was brilliant in it and for John Hurt looking so Greek. He actually grew a mustache for the role.
I have not read the book that the film is based on, and i doubt i will get to read the book now that i have seen the film. I prefer o read the book first, then if it has been made into a film, watch the film afterwards.
I have not read the book that the film is based on, and i doubt i will get to read the book now that i have seen the film. I prefer o read the book first, then if it has been made into a film, watch the film afterwards.
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Date: 2014-10-20 08:52 am (UTC)I think, once seeing the film, the book would be spoilt for me, too. I'd much rather read the book first. But sometimes you just can't avoid it!
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Date: 2014-10-20 12:35 pm (UTC)but yes, it's very good.
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Date: 2014-10-21 04:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-10-20 09:36 am (UTC)The biggest exception I've encountered is No Country for Old Men. I watched the film before reading the book, and I found the book pretty much just the film in text form; that's how close the film adaptation was.
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Date: 2014-10-20 10:43 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2014-10-20 12:22 pm (UTC)Need to keep my eyes open for it. :)
Hugs, Jon
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Date: 2014-10-20 12:41 pm (UTC)Because books are never made into movies,
they're reduced to movies.
Watching a movie is a lot like listening to a drunk
tell you about a book he read.
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Date: 2014-10-20 04:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-10-21 01:59 am (UTC)no subject
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