This week's Booking Through Thursday has a slight twist on last week's theme:
- What book (or books) would you like to see made into a movie? Why? Just picking something out of the air, so to speak -- because I noticed it on the shelf yesterday -- A Company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson, one of my favorite novelists and not as widely-known as she should be. Wit, interesting characters, romance, complicated plotlines that nevertheless come across as completely believable -- good stuff. With its ballet theme and Victorian setting, a movie of the story would be lovely. Also fun might be Georgette Heyer's Friday's Child or Hilary McKay's The Exiles....
- What book (or books) would you definitely not want made into a movie? Well, I still have strong reservations about the upcoming Narnia movie, but will reserve judgement until I see it. I can't really think of something that I would really kick at, as of course it completely depends on the screenplay, director, etc. etc. All three of the books I mentioned above are not terribly "serious" books, which probably makes a difference, as -- "dying is easy, comedy is hard" notwithstanding -- I think it's easier to translate a lighter story to the screen, as weight and seriousness all too often get merely ponderous and boring. Those with a lot of internal dialogue or stream-of-consciousness tend to lose a lot, as well. (I am perfectly willing to be proven wrong, of course!)
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