Ker-Ching! They got it right on the money.
my a-level english lit teacher lent me his copy of less than zero a fortnight after it was published in the uk (fuck me, that makes me feel well old ;-( what with christmas coming on!) and it blew my fucking mind!
IT BLEW MY FUCKING MIND!
sorry for shouting, but BEL has long been a fave author of mine and to see a novel translated to the screen like TROA was does the author the opposite of a dis-service which i guess is a service.
the hotel new hampshire*, on the other fucking hand was an absolute travesty of a clockwork abortion of a film. it really serviced the novel and the author, but in more of an arse-rapey way. tear lubricated**.
wanted to like the film, from knowing the novel, but...
it spoiled the novel for me :-(
is it wrong to hate that?
*John Irving. Incest, bears, death, rape, sorrow (obviously), schlagobbers(sp?) etc.
**Jimmy Carr.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Mon 6 Dec 2010, 23:48, Reply)