Jason Bourne Movie #4 - Page 2

**Ashlar521** · 04-04-2008, 08:34 AM

I try to not to compare the two , when a novel is made into a movie and only expect it the novel to be a guide line for the movie . But it's still hard for me to see a great novel ruined .

Green-Moo · 04-05-2008, 02:41 AM

I agree. I find that I'm almost invariably disappointed if I read the book first, then see the movie. It's never as I imagine it. However, if I see the movie first then read the book it just superimposes the actor's faces over the characters as I'm reading, it doesn't really spoil it otherwise.

I've never seen the movie Dead Poet's Society but the copy of the book I read showed a still from the movie featuring Robin Williams on the front cover. All the way through I had Robin William's face in the role in my imagination, despite the character being black in the original.

mndane · 05-29-2008, 12:35 PM

Not all books make for great movies, but in case of the Borne series of books, I believe the movies are a lot better than the books. I found the books dry, long winded and the the plot way different than the movies.

**Ashlar521** · 05-30-2008, 11:10 AM

Oh I agree , that's what we were saying . A novel for the most part doesn't translate well to the big screen . But I see were you are coming from , I find Tom Clancy novels a tideous and excruciating read , but I like most the movie adaptations .

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Ashlar521 Semper fidelis Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Kentucky Posts: 616 Blog Entries: 3	I try to not to compare the two , when a novel is made into a movie and only expect it the novel to be a guide line for the movie . But it's still hard for me to see a great novel ruined . __________________ Freemasonry is "veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols" because these are the surest way by which moral and ethical truths may be taught. It is not only with the brain and with the mind that the initiate must take Freemasonry but also with the heart. -C. H. Claudy

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Ashlar521 Semper fidelis Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Kentucky Posts: 616 Blog Entries: 3	Oh I agree , that's what we were saying . A novel for the most part doesn't translate well to the big screen . But I see were you are coming from , I find Tom Clancy novels a tideous and excruciating read , but I like most the movie adaptations . __________________ Freemasonry is "veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols" because these are the surest way by which moral and ethical truths may be taught. It is not only with the brain and with the mind that the initiate must take Freemasonry but also with the heart. -C. H. Claudy

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04-05-2008, 02:41 AM	#12 (permalink)
Green-Moo Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 88	I agree. I find that I'm almost invariably disappointed if I read the book first, then see the movie. It's never as I imagine it. However, if I see the movie first then read the book it just superimposes the actor's faces over the characters as I'm reading, it doesn't really spoil it otherwise. I've never seen the movie Dead Poet's Society but the copy of the book I read showed a still from the movie featuring Robin Williams on the front cover. All the way through I had Robin William's face in the role in my imagination, despite the character being black in the original.

05-29-2008, 12:35 PM	#13 (permalink)
mndane Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 37	Not all books make for great movies, but in case of the Borne series of books, I believe the movies are a lot better than the books. I found the books dry, long winded and the the plot way different than the movies.