Sorry it's getting a bit late for posting! We had to run a urine sample to the vet for Mooch (all clear now! Yay!) firs thing this morning and spent some time at the library before getting our grocery order. By then I was hungry...now I'm sleepy... And here I am.
DH and the kids have been watching The Mysterious Benedict Society on Disney+. We noticed the library had the books so DD brought the first home to read. DS was looking through it there too so maybe he'll give it a go. I'm curious what she will say about the book vs the show. So many times people say the movies or shows never live up to the books. I know some of my favorite books I could never watch as a movie because the characters and events are just so set in my mind. I don't even like when the authors change the cover art.
Is there a book you LIKED the movie it was turned into? Is there a book you think would make a good movie?
I will always love the original Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory movie. Maybe it's because I grew up with the movie and not the other way around.
Another is both the movie and tv adaptations of Pride & Prejudice. I have tried...I just can't do Jane Austin in print. She is one of my close friend's favorite authors of all time. But I just...ugh. I tried Jane Eyre too and that was a struggle. So I think it's just the age of the writing. It felt like it droned on and on. But that one was hard to watch too so it could be the story. I generally like period piece type movies so it's disappointing to not like a book. I'd probably enjoy that Bridgerton one everyones been raving about but isn't clean since it's based on a romance novel. Theres some kind of app thats supposed to filter out content like that; but it sounds like there may not be much movie left with that one.
I would love to see Mr Pudgins turned into a movie. I was captivated by the story when my 4th grade teacher read it to us and my kids loved it when I read it to them. One day after reading some I was hearing a LOT of shouting coming from the bathroom on the other side of the house. My kids were trying to get the mirror children out. It reminds me of my stepbrothers and I turning their bedroom into the candy room from Willy Wonka using a brown sleeping bag hanging from their bunk bed as the chocolate waterfall. Good times!
DH and the kids have been watching The Mysterious Benedict Society on Disney+. We noticed the library had the books so DD brought the first home to read. DS was looking through it there too so maybe he'll give it a go. I'm curious what she will say about the book vs the show. So many times people say the movies or shows never live up to the books. I know some of my favorite books I could never watch as a movie because the characters and events are just so set in my mind. I don't even like when the authors change the cover art.
Is there a book you LIKED the movie it was turned into? Is there a book you think would make a good movie?
I will always love the original Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory movie. Maybe it's because I grew up with the movie and not the other way around.
Another is both the movie and tv adaptations of Pride & Prejudice. I have tried...I just can't do Jane Austin in print. She is one of my close friend's favorite authors of all time. But I just...ugh. I tried Jane Eyre too and that was a struggle. So I think it's just the age of the writing. It felt like it droned on and on. But that one was hard to watch too so it could be the story. I generally like period piece type movies so it's disappointing to not like a book. I'd probably enjoy that Bridgerton one everyones been raving about but isn't clean since it's based on a romance novel. Theres some kind of app thats supposed to filter out content like that; but it sounds like there may not be much movie left with that one.
I would love to see Mr Pudgins turned into a movie. I was captivated by the story when my 4th grade teacher read it to us and my kids loved it when I read it to them. One day after reading some I was hearing a LOT of shouting coming from the bathroom on the other side of the house. My kids were trying to get the mirror children out. It reminds me of my stepbrothers and I turning their bedroom into the candy room from Willy Wonka using a brown sleeping bag hanging from their bunk bed as the chocolate waterfall. Good times!