PartⅢDevelopingideasGoodBook,BadMovie
Theysaythat“apictureisworthathousandwords”,butthebriefestlookatbooksandthemovies(1)basedonthemwouldhave(2)anyonequestioningthiscommonsaying
Alltoooften,greatwordsendupbeingturnedintocinematic“turkeys”
Goodmoviesneedgoodstories
(3)Ifso,whyhasoneoftheearliestandgreatestworksinWesternstorytelling,Homer’sTheOdyssey,neverhadanequallygreatmoviebasedonit
Moviesneedstrongcharacters
SowhyhavethemoviesbasedonTheGreatGatsbyneverbeenpraisedas“great”
Moviesofcourseneedimpressiveimages,sowhyhasAliceinWonderlandonlyresultedinmoviesbestdescribedas“interesting”
Oneofthekeyreasonsbehindthisis(4)that(5)whileabookusuallytakesafewdaystoread,amovietypicallylastsundertwohours
Thismeansthatgreatbookscanloseplotdetailsandcharacterswhentheymovetothebigscreen
Thisissomethingthat