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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / May 2006Sort of OT: Amusing Old Film
Anyone remember 'The Blue Bird' starring Shirley Temple circa 1940? It's sort of along the lines of 'Hansel & Gretel' and 'The Wizard of Oz'. Shirley's character is a spoiled little girl who thinks she has nothing. A faerie arrives and says she and her brother must go find the bluebird if she ever wants to be happy. Anyway, to accompany them on their journey the faerie turns the bulldog and the cat into humans. The "cat" is played by Gale Sondergaard and she is oh so catlike! Completely disdainful of the dog, a bit snooty and very interested in going on this hunt for the blue bird! I haven't seen this film in at 30 years. It will be fun to watch it all the way through again, which I'm just about to do! Jill > Anyone remember 'The Blue Bird' starring Shirley Temple circa 1940? > It's sort of along the lines of 'Hansel & Gretel' and 'The Wizard of [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Jill I completely forgot the "cat" was more than mischievous; they portrayed her as evil and killed off her character. (sigh) Jill > I completely forgot the "cat" was more than mischievous; they > portrayed her as evil and killed off her character. (sigh) You didn't see that coming with Gale Sondergaard playing the part? Chak  SignatureI'm a born-again atheist. --Gore Vidal >> I completely forgot the "cat" was more than mischievous; they >> portrayed her as evil and killed off her character. (sigh) > > You didn't see that coming with Gale Sondergaard playing the part? > > Chak This is the only film I've ever seen her in and it's been 30 years... Jill "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote in news:4b88q4F10cb17U1 @individual.net: >> You didn't see that coming with Gale Sondergaard playing the part? > This is the only film I've ever seen her in and it's been 30 years... Oh. Her main claim to fame is playing evil, scheming, voodoo-witch sorts. It's the sort of portfolio that makes me wonder what she was like IRL. :-) Chak SignatureAt least two-thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity: idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religous or political ideas. --Aldous Huxley > >> [...Gale Sondergaard...] > Her main claim to fame is playing evil, scheming, voodoo-witch > sorts. It's the sort of portfolio that makes me wonder what she > was like IRL. :-) Well, from everything I've heard and read, Kathy Bates is one of the most well-adjusted, "normal" people around - no drugs, psychodramas, temper tantrums, etc - and look at the kinds of characters *she* plays. Sometimes I think actors like to play against their own personality, just for the sheer novelty of it. Joyce > > >> [...Gale Sondergaard...] > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Joyce Kathy Bates is from Memphis. Used to perform in local playhouses before she hit it big. I've been told she's a very nice person :) Jill > Kathy Bates is from Memphis. Used to perform in local playhouses > before she hit it big. I've been told she's a very nice person :) I actually met her once, rather briefly, at a book signing. She did a reading from a new book that had just been published, written by a friend of hers. It was fun. Not that you could tell that much about a person by how they act in the two seconds they take to sign your book, but she seemed very gracious. Even when the guy in front of me shoved a screenplay at her and asked if she could pass it on to someone influential (can you believe that?), she was gracious. She just wrote down the name and address of her agent on the envelope and was nice as can be. Inwardly, she must have been pretty annoyed at that, although I suppose once you've made it in Hollywood, such things are pretty uncommon. She's one of the few actors I would actually enjoy meeting - she does seem really nice and down to earth, even if she is gifted at playing psychos. One time she appeared on Inside the Actors Studio (that show on Bravo where actors talk before an audience of acting students about their work, etc). The end of the show is formulaic, James Lipton (the host) always asks the same set of questions to each guest. One of these questions is "What is your favorite sound?" Kathy Bates answered, "The sound of my dog eating cheetos". Had to love her after that. :) Joyce jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net wrote in news:444fd3dc$0$1522 $742ec2ed@news.sonic.net: > > >> [...Gale Sondergaard...] > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Sometimes I think actors like to play against their own personality, > just for the sheer novelty of it. Yeah, that's why I say I wonder about it. One suspects she got out all her frustrations playing evil on the screen and was a real sweetheart IRL. And Kathy Bates in _Fried Green Tomatoes_ was wonderful. *Especially* the part where she rams the car of the snotty girls. Chak SignatureAt least two-thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity: idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religous or political ideas. --Aldous Huxley > And Kathy Bates in _Fried Green Tomatoes_ was wonderful. > *Especially* the part where she rams the car of the snotty girls. The weird part is that some insurance company is now using that scene to promote their car insurance. Does anyone else see the oddness in an insurance company using images of someone willfully ramming someone's car to promote policies? Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > > And Kathy Bates in _Fried Green Tomatoes_ was wonderful. > > *Especially* the part where she rams the car of the snotty girls. > The weird part is that some insurance company is now using that scene > to promote their car insurance. Does anyone else see the oddness in > an insurance company using images of someone willfully ramming > someone's car to promote policies? LOL! I've seen that commercial, too. "Sorry girls. I'm older and I have more insurance." Yes, that's very ironic. Joyce > > On 2006-04-29, Chakolate penned: > > > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Joyce I'm betting everyone is getting paid a lot of royalties and last time I checked no one was adverse to making money to promote a product or service. Jill >> > On 2006-04-29, Chakolate penned: >> > > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > time I checked no one was adverse to making money to promote a > product or service. No argument here. I just don't understand an insurance company using that particular scene to advertise their insurance products. Do they really want to associate themselves with people who intentionally cause vehicular damage? Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net wrote in news:444fd3dc$0$1522 > $742ec2ed@news.sonic.net: [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Chak Have you ever actually tasted fried green tomatoes? I'll have to say I didn't until we stopped at a diner last summer on our way outside of Huntsville, Alabama. I'm not going to claim they are fantastic, nor am I ever planning to make them at home. They were dredged in a cornmeal mixture (not even a batter, just dry cornmeal and some spices) and fried up crispy and served with breakfast. John ordered them, not me. I tasted one. I'd have to say they rate about 1/3 on my meter for something I would *maybe* try again. Not exactly something to write home about. Never saw the film but I do enjoy Kathy Bates as an actor. She's good. Jill >> jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net wrote in news:444fd3dc$0$1522 >> $742ec2ed@news.sonic.net: [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > Jill Sounds like the cook did not do them right I almost bet that they fried them in used oil instead of fresh like most places do. Batter is used for real ones sounds like the cook did not know what he or she was doing This was sent to me a while ago it is some where out on the web not sure who is it but it is good the recipe was wrote definitely by a Alabama girl has a good alternative using pickles Sweet's Fried Green Tomatoes When choosing tomatoes for this recipe choose a nice (really firm )tomato.Preferably the tomato is very light green in color and sounds almost crispy when sliced. Get your well seasoned black skillet out (I told ya to get one...*S*) and put enough oil in it to cover the bottom (about 1/4 inch thick). I personally don't like to have my tomatoes covered when frying. Get the oil hot....not too hot to burn but hot enough to sizzle when you put the tomatoes into it. Next step.....LOL...I am writing this off the top of my head....can you tell??? Grab a bag...any kind...I use a giant baggie..you use anything you wish. Slice your green tomatoes (normal thickness) Pour into the bag: Flour Season Salt (or any of your fave seasonings) Pepper (How much?....Your preference) Have two bowls ready. One bowl crack a couple of eggs and stir well. The second bowl just pour some flour into it. Order of preparation: Dip sliced tomato into flour in bowl Then into the beaten egg and last-- into the bag with flour/season salt/pepper mixture. When your bag has enough tomatoes in it to shake....then shake vigorously... From this bag put coated tomatos into the hot oil in skillet. The tomatoes will not take long to cook....just check them in a few minutes and turn... after they are cooked on both sides to your preference, drain on a paper towel. Another variation of the above recipe is to use dill pickles.... just buy the hamburger dills at the grocery store. Skip the two bowls of egg and flour....just douse in the flour/season salt/pepper mixture and deep fat fry....talk about good!!!!! > Sounds like the cook did not do them right I almost bet that they > fried them in used oil instead of fresh like most places do. Batter > is used for real ones sounds like the cook did not know what he or > she was doing Do you mean you think they were deep-fried? I thought they were supposed to be pan-fried. Chak SignatureAt least two-thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity: idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religous or political ideas. --Aldous Huxley >> Sounds like the cook did not do them right I almost bet that they >> fried them in used oil instead of fresh like most places do. Batter [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Chak No a lot of times the restaurants don't change their oil like they are supposed to or don't clean the pans all the way due to amount of food volume they have to cook. It can leave the food with after taste or ruin the meal all together And probably did deep fry them that would give it one heck of a oil after taste and make them turn out like crap >> jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net wrote in news:444fd3dc$0$1522 >> $742ec2ed@news.sonic.net: [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > have to say they rate about 1/3 on my meter for something I would *maybe* > try again. Not exactly something to write home about. A proper fried green tomato will be very similar to a good fried eggplant. And it is just as easy to mess up as eggplant. When I was growing up, my mother loved them and I wouldn't even taste them. Now I've got Charlie trained on what to look for on a proper green tomato for frying so he can get them for me at the farmers market. A green tomato will get pale before it turns pink and then red. That is when they are perfect. Earlier and they can be bitter. (Also raised on corn meal mush. Both just cook, and fried. Never heard of polenta.) Jo >>> jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net wrote in news:444fd3dc$0$1522 >>> $742ec2ed@news.sonic.net: [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] > > Jo It is similar to grits polenta is made from yellow corn >>>> jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net wrote in news:444fd3dc$0$1522 >>>> $742ec2ed@news.sonic.net: [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] > > It is similar to grits polenta is made from yellow corn Oh, I know now. But back in the day we didn't let on to outsiders that we ate and liked corn mush lest they feel sorry for us. Polenta only differs from regular corn meal in that it is ground slightly coarser. Jo >>>>> jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net wrote in news:444fd3dc$0$1522 >>>>> $742ec2ed@news.sonic.net: [quoted text clipped - 57 lines] > > Jo I remember those days growing up in the back hills a lot of needy folks back than up there. You did not let people know you were eating oatmeal gruel with thick molasses to give it taste, barley porridge, barley cakes, fat back stew, barley and onion stew, bolled ( that is not misspelled ) beans, boiled cabbage, long potatoes slices put raw into bacon grease and fried until they had thin dark crusty rims along the edges. Burgoo burgoo which is funny it is a county meal that was eaten by poor farm families it fills you up completely, it will last for days and had everything in it all you could find on a farm even a poor one. But some how it became a famous Kentucky meal. Before you ask here is what it is. Burgoo is a savory stew made from a varying array of ingredients. It is often cooked in enormous iron kettles outdoors over an open flame. Cooking can take as long as 30 hours and flavor improves as it ages. The meats could include any or all of the following meats: sheep, lamb, beef, pork, chicken, veal( not likely in the hills) possum, squirrel, raccoon. You will also find some combination of these vegetables: potatoes, corn, carrots, onions, lima beans, tomatoes, okra, black eye peas, green peas. You get the picture it is a slop meal what ever you have at your finger tips. You ate in a tin cup with a slice of thick home made white bread is how I was raised. after you ate it you weren't hungry no more it stuck to your ribs to say >>>> A proper fried green tomato will be very similar to a good fried >>>> eggplant. And it is just as easy to mess up as eggplant. [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] > how I was raised. after you ate it you weren't hungry no more it stuck to > your ribs to say My mother was born in Patterson Creek WVa. I suspect that meal would be familiar. I don't remember anything like that. But I still miss the Apple Butter that a friend of hers made every year. Cooked in that black outdoor iron kettle. There is nothing to equal that taste. I can make apple butter in the oven and its pretty good, but just not quite the same. Jo >>>>> A proper fried green tomato will be very similar to a good fried >>>>> eggplant. And it is just as easy to mess up as eggplant. [quoted text clipped - 53 lines] > > Jo Every country cook should have 2 things black iron skillet and a iron kettle http://www.tejassmokers.com/newproducts_page13.htm http://www.pickyourown.org/applebutter.htm I still have my families black iron tea kettle and pot. I still use it I have had them professional cleaned and everything. During the winter back home in Kentucky when we had the fire going always put that tea kettle over the fire to heat up. Get the kettle cooking in the backyard making preserves and everything. Nothing beats the taste The neighbors always tend to make house calls about the same time I don't know where you are in the world Jo but if you are near go to this in October it will bring back the feelings http://www.berkeleysprings.com/apple/ Personally not the biggest fan of applesauce. rather have a huckleberry, cranberry or raspberry sauce and use them to make a butter >>>>>> A proper fried green tomato will be very similar to a good fried >>>>>> eggplant. And it is just as easy to mess up as eggplant. [quoted text clipped - 71 lines] > Personally not the biggest fan of applesauce. rather have a huckleberry, > cranberry or raspberry sauce and use them to make a butter That's the town where my brother retired. And where my Grandparents are buried. Just a short way from Paw Paw where he was born. Jo > I remember those days growing up in the back hills a lot of needy folks back > than up there. You did not let people know you were eating oatmeal gruel [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > raised. after you ate it you weren't hungry no more it stuck to your ribs > to say We always called that "Hunters Stew." We would start it on a Monday, using whatever leftovers and foods we had in the pantry that looked interesting and then add something every day. Usually, whatever we served up on Saturday would taste totally different than what we started with. I still make a mean stew, but I use more planning than we did when I was starting out in the kitchen. Pam S. "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote in news:4bneddF122aulU1 @individual.net: > Never saw the film but I do enjoy Kathy Bates as an actor. She's good. The book was even better than the movie. Chak SignatureAt least two-thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity: idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religous or political ideas. --Aldous Huxley > "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote in news:4bneddF122aulU1 > @individual.net: [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > The book was even better than the movie. Seconded. Actually, I would say the book was much better. I liked the movie, but after reading the book, the movie seemed far less colorful. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >> "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote in news:4bneddF122aulU1 >> @individual.net: [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > the movie, but after reading the book, the movie seemed far less > colorful. Books always spoil the movies. How many movies were better then the books I can only think of a few > Books always spoil the movies. How many movies were better then the > books I can only think of a few Yeah. Well, I would say the original is almost always better than the knockoff. Books written to capitalize on the success of movies are usually pretty bad. Lucky for me I like to read =) (More like, I'm obsessed with reading. I always need to have something going.) Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > > Books always spoil the movies. How many movies were better then the > > books I can only think of a few [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Lucky for me I like to read =) (More like, I'm obsessed with reading. > I always need to have something going.) Yes, I'm an inveterate reader, too. It makes traveling difficult. I usually try to take paperbacks I don't think I'll want to read again. Then, as I finish one, I leave it in a drawer in the hotel room, on a seat in the airport, in the pocket on a plane, etc., in the hope that someone will find it and enjoy it. Joy > Yes, I'm an inveterate reader, too. It makes traveling difficult. > I usually try to take paperbacks I don't think I'll want to read > again. Then, as I finish one, I leave it in a drawer in the hotel > room, on a seat in the airport, in the pocket on a plane, etc., in > the hope that someone will find it and enjoy it. That's very generous! I hoard my books selfishly. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >> Yes, I'm an inveterate reader, too. It makes traveling difficult. >> I usually try to take paperbacks I don't think I'll want to read [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > That's very generous! I hoard my books selfishly. Same here when we moved in to this house I had to donate 25 boxes full of paperbacks and over 50 boxes full of hard cover books to the library > > Yes, I'm an inveterate reader, too. It makes traveling difficult. > > I usually try to take paperbacks I don't think I'll want to read [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > That's very generous! I hoard my books selfishly. I've run out of room in my four bookcases, so I'm rereading all my books and deciding which ones I can part with. I usually bring home some of the books I took on a trip, but if I'm traveling around, jettisoning one every day or two does make the luggage a little lighter for lugging around. ;-) Joy > I've run out of room in my four bookcases, so I'm rereading all my > books and deciding which ones I can part with. I usually bring home > some of the books I took on a trip, but if I'm traveling around, > jettisoning one every day or two does make the luggage a little > lighter for lugging around. ;-) I've been eyeing wall space to see where I can fit the next book case =P Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > Yes, I'm an inveterate reader, too. It makes traveling difficult. I > usually try to take paperbacks I don't think I'll want to read again. > Then, as I finish one, I leave it in a drawer in the hotel room, on a > seat in the airport, in the pocket on a plane, etc., in the hope that > someone will find it and enjoy it. I do that, too, except that if I liked the book, I don't want to leave it, and if I didn't, I feel like I'm littering by leaving it somewhere. :-p BTW, a friend told me that one way to have more room in the suitcase when you travel is to pack your oldest, holiest underwear. Then wear it and toss it. No laundry to wash, you get rid of old stuff, and you have more room for souvenirs. :-) Chak SignatureIn religion and politics, people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination. --Mark Twain >> Yes, I'm an inveterate reader, too. It makes traveling difficult. I >> usually try to take paperbacks I don't think I'll want to read again. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > toss it. No laundry to wash, you get rid of old stuff, and you have more > room for souvenirs. :-) I find it much easier to toss out old things when I'm traveling. Not just underwear. Jo > Yes, I'm an inveterate reader, too. It makes traveling difficult. I > usually try to take paperbacks I don't think I'll want to read again. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > find > it and enjoy it. Are you familiar with Bookcrossing? Cathi > Books always spoil the movies. How many movies were better then the > books I can only think of a few Weren't the Star Wars books written before the movies? I never much cared for Star Wars, particularly, but the books were really dreadful. Chak SignatureIn religion and politics, people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination. --Mark Twain >> Books always spoil the movies. How many movies were better then >> the books I can only think of a few > > Weren't the Star Wars books written before the movies? I never much > cared for Star Wars, particularly, but the books were really > dreadful. I don't think so ... there were a lot of SW books written, but I think mostly after the original trilogy. Or something. I'm not really a fan, but someone here probably is =) Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > I don't think so ... there were a lot of SW books written, but I think > mostly after the original trilogy. Or something. I'm not really a > fan, but someone here probably is =) I'm not much of a Star Wars book fan, either, but my son, Michael, is. The first SW book was written after the movie, by Dean Foster, called "Splinter of the Mind's Eye." All of the books written since then are either from the scripts or based on the LucasWorld. I suspect that he even has a blue book (series bible) for authors so that the stories fit more directly into the series. Pam S. Tanada <tanada@earthlink.net> wrote in news:9gU5g.6378$An2.6168 @newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net: > I'm not much of a Star Wars book fan, either, but my son, Michael, is. > The first SW book was written after the movie, by Dean Foster, If I'd known the name of the author I'd have known it was post-movie - that's the hack that wrote most of the Star Trek books that were written from the original series. What a waste of paper. Chak SignatureIn religion and politics, people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination. --Mark Twain > Tanada <tanada@earthlink.net> wrote in news:9gU5g.6378$An2.6168 > @newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net: [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > - that's the hack that wrote most of the Star Trek books that were > written from the original series. What a waste of paper. Alan Dean Foster? I know that I've read a few of his books that I liked. He tends to be rather tongue in cheek, with a very obvious love of cats. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > Alan Dean Foster? I know that I've read a few of his books that I > liked. He tends to be rather tongue in cheek, with a very obvious > love of cats. I did read somewhere that he was a bit hamstrung with what he could write by the studio, but still, it was totally vanilla. Chak SignatureThere is something wonderful in seeing a wrong-headed majority assailed by truth. --John Kenneth Galbraith >> Alan Dean Foster? I know that I've read a few of his books that I >> liked. He tends to be rather tongue in cheek, with a very obvious >> love of cats. > > I did read somewhere that he was a bit hamstrung with what he could > write by the studio, but still, it was totally vanilla. Yeah, I'm not saying he's Shakespeare, but I've enjoyed some of his books. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >> The first SW book was written after the movie, by Dean Foster, > If I'd known the name of the author I'd have known it was post-movie - > that's the hack that wrote most of the Star Trek books that were written > from the original series. What a waste of paper. Were those books written from the Star Trek movies as well? I read the novelization of Star Trek II (Wrath of Khan), which was written by Vonda McIntyre, who is pretty well-respected in the sf world. I enjoyed the book a lot, and in fact it went into the science of the "Genesis" experiment a lot more than the movie did. (This was the best of all the ST movies, IMO.) The worst novelization I've ever read was the one from Close Encounters of the Third Kind. I liked that movie a lot, but the book was horrible. As a rule, I don't read novelizations of movies, especially after that experience! Joyce > >> "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote in news:4bneddF122aulU1 > >> @individual.net: [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Books always spoil the movies. How many movies were better then the books > I can only think of a few Books written after the movie is made are disappointing. Movies made from books rarely live up to the book. I can only think of two instances where I felt the book and the movie were equally good, mainly because they were very close to each other. Those cases are "The Green Mile" and "Harold and Maude". I haven't read "Fried Green Tomatoes...", or I might agree that it's a third. Joy > Books written after the movie is made are disappointing. Movies made > from books rarely live up to the book. I can only think of two > instances where I felt the book and the movie were equally good, > mainly because they were very close to each other. Those cases are > "The Green Mile" and "Harold and Maude". I haven't read "Fried Green > Tomatoes...", or I might agree that it's a third. Oh, then I'm definitely going to have to read both of those books - I loved the movies. Chak SignatureIn religion and politics, people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination. --Mark Twain > Seconded. Actually, I would say the book was much better. I liked > the movie, but after reading the book, the movie seemed far less > colorful. Yup. You just didn't get the same feel for the characters as you did in the book. Chak SignatureAt least two-thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity: idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religous or political ideas. --Aldous Huxley > "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote in news:4bneddF122aulU1 > @individual.net: [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > The book was even better than the movie. That's true for a lot of books made into movies. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk >>> Never saw the film but I do enjoy Kathy Bates as an actor. She's >>> good. >> >> The book was even better than the movie. > >That's true for a lot of books made into movies. That's true for just about ALL books made into movies. Movies just can't do a book justice. Gone With the Wind was good, but still nowhere as good as the book. The Lord of the Rings trilogy did a very good job, but they had cut out huge chunks of the books in order to keep the movies down to a reasonable time. Jane - owned and operated by Princess Rita > >>> Never saw the film but I do enjoy Kathy Bates as an actor. She's > >>> good. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Jane That is one of the two problems with making a book into a movie. A lot always has to be cut. The other problem often occurs when the producer, director or screenwriter thinks they can improve on the original. They almost never can't. I do have to say that I thought the ending of "The Shining" was better in the Stanley Kubrik movie. However, I hated most of the other changes. I think King must have hated them too, because years later he supervised the making of a TV movie that was much closer to the book. I did think that "The Green Mile" and "Harold and Maude" were as good as movies as the books were. I used to think I liked whichever I encountered first. If I read the book first, I didn't like the movie as much, and vice versa. However, I read "The Green Mile" before I saw the movie, and "Harold and Maud" after seeing the movie. Joy > jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net wrote in news:444fd3dc$0$1522 > $742ec2ed@news.sonic.net: [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Chak Yes, she was, and that part was great! Joy > > >> [...Gale Sondergaard...] > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Joyce I suspect that's mostly true, but I also suspect there are exceptions. I'm thinking of Jack Nickleson, for example. I wouldn't want to meet him in a dark alley, or a spooky old house. ;-) Joy >> > >> [...Gale Sondergaard...] >> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Joy He is a nut job ain't he > I suspect that's mostly true, but I also suspect there are exceptions. > I'm thinking of Jack Nickleson, for example. I wouldn't want to meet > him in a dark alley, or a spooky old house. ;-) Still, I suspect he was a normal sort of fellow until he started to believe his own publicity. Chak SignatureIn religion and politics, people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination. --Mark Twain |
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