Oscar Worthy Reading
I love Oscar night. I get into the evening from the fashions to the acceptance speeches. Last night I was watching one of the endless pre-Oscar shows and I was thinking I wish there was a category called Books Into Movies. I know there is one for screenplay adaptation, but I would love one that looks only at movies that were based on books. Since so much great material can be found in books, I would love to have a moment for this to be acknowledged.
Sure many times I do not like the movie as much as the book, but I would love to encourage more studios, directors and producers looking to books for inspiration. And I would like viewers to be sure to note what movies were based on books.
One of my favorite movies based on a book this year was The Reader; the book was by Bernhard Schlink. I had not read the book before I saw the movie, but wanted to go back and read it afterwards. Also, as I previously wrote, the short story that The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was adapted from was something we enjoyed noting around our house. And Slumdog Millionaire was based on Q&A by Vikas Swarup.
How do you feel about this?
Sure many times I do not like the movie as much as the book, but I would love to encourage more studios, directors and producers looking to books for inspiration. And I would like viewers to be sure to note what movies were based on books.
One of my favorite movies based on a book this year was The Reader; the book was by Bernhard Schlink. I had not read the book before I saw the movie, but wanted to go back and read it afterwards. Also, as I previously wrote, the short story that The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was adapted from was something we enjoyed noting around our house. And Slumdog Millionaire was based on Q&A by Vikas Swarup.
How do you feel about this?
posted by Carol Fitzgerald at
4:45 PM
1 Comments:
I agree with you that books made into movies should have a category all to themselves. And I think the books are sometimes made better as a movie. (I am thinking of Gone With the Wind, which was soooo much better as a movie.) I also think a new category should be made for comedies!
I watched the whole thing Sunday night and loved every minute. I thought the show itself was better than it has been for a long time. I loved the previous winners coming out and speaking to the nominees. The only flaw in the whole evening was the interrupting commercials!
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