I never read the book, which is weird because I read a lot. It was assigned in High School but I only read the Cliffs notes and still got an “A”!
I've read The Scarlet Letter 4 times, and no movie adaptation could ever live up to the book. I tried watching one once and didn't make it all the way through.
The Harry Potter movies are pretty good,but like with most movie adaptations so many details are left out, due to time constraints, if you haven't read the books you can easily get lost.
I haven't read the Twilight series but all of the teenagers around me just love the movies with the “hot” vampire vs werewolf guys.
>>I’ve read The Scarlet Letter 4 times, and no movie adaptation could ever live up to the book. I tried watching one once and didn’t make it all the way through.
I’ve taught the book at least in 6 or so high school classes, and I (even as a cigar chomping, beer drinking guy) am completely in love with the book. You are so correct in saying that a “Scarlet Letter” movie can never match it’s glory. My students tried watching them and had internalized the book so much they instantly remarked “PEARL WOULDN’T DO THAT!” “THAT’S NOT LIKE DIMMESDALE!” etc.
It always makes my students laugh when we finish the book and I reveal that Hawthorne read the book to his wife, and when he finished, she ran to bed weeping loudly.
I got so bored with it that I resorted to Sparknotes. I also got an A. :P
I tried several years ago to red “The Scarlett Letter” but I couldn’t get into it. I’ll try again eventually.
I don’t like the HP movies. I suppose they did what they could with all the regulations placed upon them, but still...
Twilight is a disgusting series. I don’t understand how it can be so popular.