Over the weekend during a conversation, I revisited a terrible time in my life when "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" ruined my life.
I was in second grade and it was my first experience of reading a book ("Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl) then seeing a movie and being utterly disappointed.
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What books were made into terrible movies and which didn't do too bad?
Upton Sinclair's "Oil!" is the 1927 novel that the recent Oscar-winning film "There Will Be Blood" is loosely based upon.
Probably the most obvious difference is that, in "Oil!", the main character is "Bunny," the son of the book's central oil man, J. Arnold Ross.
Finish reading 'There will be corruption' »My book Club is doing something different this month. We’re watching a movie! Now, being a book club, we also read the book, so don’t think we’re getting away with not reading this month.
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On Friday night, I finally got to watch "The Kite Runner" on DVD.
I loved Khaled Hosseini's book when I read it several years ago, so I was anxious to see how the movie would turn out.
The verdict: the book was far more moving.
Updated 4/24/08: The Associated Press has reported that New Line Cinema officially announced that Guillermo del Toro is, indeed, directing the two "Hobbit" movies. The report says they'll be made "back-to-back," but doesn't go into specifics. Also, it says he'll be directing "The Hobbit" and "its sequel." I'm not sure what to make of that, as New Line originally said the two movies would be "The Hobbit" split in half...
To follow up on an earlier post, it appears that Guillermo del Toro has agreed — barring major setbacks, which now seem unlikely — to direct the adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit."
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So in the land of splitting a book into two movies — see "The Hobbit" — the producers of "Harry Potter" are apparently the latest to go that route.
The Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday that the seventh and final installment of the boy wizard's adventures, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," will be two films.
Finish reading 'Final 'Harry Potter' will be two films' »Have you just finished reading a book you couldn't put down, or one that kept putting you to sleep?
We want to hear about it, good or bad.
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Have you just finished reading a book you couldn't put down, or one that kept putting you to sleep?
We want to hear about it, good or bad.
Send your book review to gfogal@ydr.com and we will post it here.
Tolkien fans rejoice.
At long last, New Line has confirmed that “The Hobbit” will come to the big screen. Peter Jackson is on board, but he’s not directing, he’s producing. And, the book will apparently be split in half and made into two films.
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There is much happiness in the land of Philip Pullman fans!
The movie of "The Golden Compass," the first book in Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy opens Dec. 7.
So there's plenty of time to visit the movie Web site at www.goldencompassmovie.com and discover your daemon. Answer a few questions and voila! Your daemon is revealed. (Mine is a snow leopard; how cool.).
You can also watch a really neat movie trailer.
And there's still plenty of time to re-read "The Golden Compass" before Dec. 7.
See you in line at the movie!
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