So Daniel Craig is playing Mikael Blomkvist in the American version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. I'm pretty happy about the casting, which got me thinking about other book-to-movie translations that I liked and disliked.
Likes
The English Patient:
The Hours
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Dislikes
Possession: Ohmygod. The levels of wrong. I actually liked Gwyneth Paltrow as Maud but I was pretty cold about everything else. Well, to be fair, the casting wasn't as egregious for me as the
I really like Narnia movie #1 I think is one of the best adaptations. Thanks for visiting Windowpane Memoirs ;)
ReplyDeleteMichelle -- Ooh, good one. I actually got distracted mid posting this -- I should revisit this with my other thoughts. Especially since I'm all cranky about the further Girl With the Dragon Tattoo casting. :)
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