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To: tfecw

I think my kids have enjoyed my books beyond repair. (They can get me a new set for my birthday!)

We generally wait for DVD's to come out, unless my parents come to visit and want to take some of the kids to a movie.

I'm very hard to please on book adaptations - the words mean a lot to me! The only ones I can think of that I've really approved recently are TNT's films of Louis L'Amour stories, with Tom Selleck or Sam Elliot.


21 posted on 06/28/2005 11:35:44 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Benedicere cor tuo! Quomodo cogis comas tuas sic videri?)
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To: Tax-chick

The BBC does a much better job of book adaptation than others. I enjoyed their Jane Austin stuff, especially Pride and Prejudice. Colin Firth was just as I imagined Mr. Darcy. Their Lion Witch and Wardrobe was quite good. Hallmark can do good stuff also.

Aamazingly, Ted Turner did a fairly good job with bible stories. His Abraham is excellent. TBN also did the wonderful Charlton Heston version of Treasure Island. Also the George C Scott version of a Christmas Carol is fairly accurate.

Still waiting for a good, accurate version of so many novels. Little Women disappoints me every time they make it. The Susan Sarandon version, while fun, was morphed into a liberal anti Christian show.


75 posted on 06/28/2005 12:01:59 PM PDT by I still care (America is not the problem - it is the solution..)
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