I think it probably depends on how well you can detatch yourself from the book. Obviously it's unrealistic to expect a film to capture every nuance of a book; but it's possible for some people to get het up about deviations which aren't necessarily bad per se, but absence of something expected is inescapably disappointing.
The example I'll quote is Everything is Illuminated. It was a pretty good film in it's own right, although an awareness of how much they'd changed from the book (out of necessity - it was a bit of a concept-driven book) did threaten to spoil it a little.
So basically, if you can let yourself be flexible, and appreciate how the director/actors/screenplay writers have interpreted source material that you've already interpreted (easy enough for me, because in a few months whatever I read becomes a bit hazy anyway - those with better memories might find it harder), there's no reason why films can be just as worthwhile as the book.
Sorry, long rambling answer... it's that time of night I think. :/
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Date: 2007-04-12 06:31 pm (UTC)The example I'll quote is Everything is Illuminated. It was a pretty good film in it's own right, although an awareness of how much they'd changed from the book (out of necessity - it was a bit of a concept-driven book) did threaten to spoil it a little.
So basically, if you can let yourself be flexible, and appreciate how the director/actors/screenplay writers have interpreted source material that you've already interpreted (easy enough for me, because in a few months whatever I read becomes a bit hazy anyway - those with better memories might find it harder), there's no reason why films can be just as worthwhile as the book.
Sorry, long rambling answer... it's that time of night I think. :/