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The lovely bones
I read the book this was based on a long time ago. So long ago that I don’t really remember the details. But I do remember thinking that it wasn’t the most film-friendly of novels when I heard that it was to be adapted. But of course neither was The Lord of the Rings and look how well Jackson et al did there. This, however, is a very different kettle of fish from LOTR Continue reading
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Tagged 4 Stars, based on book, clichéd, disapointing, murder, The lovely bones
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Lemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events
based on books by Daniel Handler I’ll admit first off that I haven’t read the books … yet. I did give the first three to my little sister for Christmas though, so I may get around to them at some … Continue reading
Interpreting LOTR
Open Democracyhas recently had a couple of articles written about the film trilogy that is LOTR. The first one:The Return of the King: Tolkien and the new medievalism by K.A. Dilday offer a negative view of the books & films. … Continue reading
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Tagged empire, interpretations, K.A. Dilday, Lord of the Rings, racism
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