I agree about Howl's character being lost in the Miyazaki version. Whilst I think that Miyazaki is a god, it just so happens that my dad is a welshman named Howell (though they spell it differently in South Wales) so I always loved it because of that. So when there wasn't that part to his character any more, it wasn't as awesome.
I'm not sure there are many books I'd like to see turned in to films. Just because books are such a personal thing and you always worry that when some mad money obsessed movie studio gets their dirty mitts on it they'll totally massacre all the good bits to make something with mass market appeal and no soul. Phew.
However...Lord of the Rings films are about 100% times better than the bloody books. I'm sorry Tolkien fans, but as much as I loved the films, Tolkien is far to descriptive for me. I don't want to read 4 pages of what the trees looked like, thank you very much. His editors should have done their job, and edited it. If he had editors. Which I doubt.
I guess I'd love to see MWTs as films, but I'd worry that they'd ruin it...Gen is just such a conivving arse I'm not sure there is an actor out there who can look the part of cover all aspects of his personality. Though if there is, bring them on down!
The Magicians Guild series by Trudi Canavan could be good films, but would require a bit of trimming down. Likewise with D.J. McHales Pendragon...though maybe you could combine several books in to one film with that series.
I'd say the Wind Singer series by William Nicholson, but although they are vastly cinematic, I just don't think there's an adequate level of detail in them to make a good film...sometimes I felt he could have taken a lesson or two from Tolkien! I'm such a hypocrite. :(
Books turned movies I didn't like - Sorry but Northern Lights [Golden Compass] was just not very good. Far too much dialouge, most of it exposition, characters introduced merely to introduce the next...and the acting. Well. When you have Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig in a film, they should be on screen for more than about 20 minutes altogether. When you have a young girl with a dodgy wooden accent, she shouldn't talk so much. The CGI was amazing though!
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Date: 5/17/08 09:56 pm (UTC)I'm not sure there are many books I'd like to see turned in to films. Just because books are such a personal thing and you always worry that when some mad money obsessed movie studio gets their dirty mitts on it they'll totally massacre all the good bits to make something with mass market appeal and no soul. Phew.
However...Lord of the Rings films are about 100% times better than the bloody books. I'm sorry Tolkien fans, but as much as I loved the films, Tolkien is far to descriptive for me. I don't want to read 4 pages of what the trees looked like, thank you very much. His editors should have done their job, and edited it. If he had editors. Which I doubt.
I guess I'd love to see MWTs as films, but I'd worry that they'd ruin it...Gen is just such a conivving arse I'm not sure there is an actor out there who can look the part of cover all aspects of his personality. Though if there is, bring them on down!
The Magicians Guild series by Trudi Canavan could be good films, but would require a bit of trimming down. Likewise with D.J. McHales Pendragon...though maybe you could combine several books in to one film with that series.
I'd say the Wind Singer series by William Nicholson, but although they are vastly cinematic, I just don't think there's an adequate level of detail in them to make a good film...sometimes I felt he could have taken a lesson or two from Tolkien! I'm such a hypocrite. :(
Books turned movies I didn't like - Sorry but Northern Lights [Golden Compass] was just not very good. Far too much dialouge, most of it exposition, characters introduced merely to introduce the next...and the acting. Well. When you have Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig in a film, they should be on screen for more than about 20 minutes altogether. When you have a young girl with a dodgy wooden accent, she shouldn't talk so much. The CGI was amazing though!