Tag Archives: Adaptation

RTW: Movies that were better than the books

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Suzanne van Rooyen

This Week’s Topic:  What movie have you seen that actually (gasp) IMPROVED on the book?

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Adaptation: Book to Film

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Suzanne van Rooyen

Since I’m moving house on Friday, I decided to shuffle around regular programming and bring you my weekly blog post today instead. I’m the type of person who prefers to read a book before seeing the film version, but that’s … Continue reading →

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John Carter of Barsoom

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Suzanne van Rooyen

VERSUS I’m tending towards the right this time, although I’m usually a book first, movie second type of person, preferring the original to any form of adaptation. There are few exceptions to this, but I suspect John Carter may just be … Continue reading →

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