Best and worst adaptions of books

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...that *made sex dull.

[Paul]

Kubrick died before the film was finished so maybe his vision was lost on the editing table. Probably not though as it was that awful

[[deleted user]]

I don't think Kubric would have started it without a completed script, so I think you're right and it is just terrible.

[Paul]

2001 was ok but I think its been extremely over rated. Full Metal Jacket and A Clockwork Orange are much better films

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I like 2001... and Full Metal Jacket. When I eventually saw Clockwork Orange I was surprised at how mediocre I found it.

[Paul]

I liked Clockwork Orange it but think I first watched during my very brief rebellious phase. I preferred the book ending which was very different

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@Paul. I had no idea the endings were different. It kind of spurs me to read it.

@Jamielynn. It was the first book my sister read in years. She loves it and found it very uplifting, apparently.

[Paul]

The book ends on a bit of a darker note

[Paul]

@Emma. You're forgetting all the YA books aimed at boys. Still the same tragic first romance and dystopic themes but with more aliens ;-) some quite good YA books out there at the moment

[Paul]

Once they dont try to be too clichéd

[John]

I'm not entirely sure why, but I've somehow ended up reading more than my fair share of YA in the last year. I'm not exactly the target market. I've just somehow ended up reading rave reviews of these books without anyone specifically mentioning that they are YA.

I quite enjoyed The Fault in our stars. Though the smugness of youth got quite annoying on occasion. I mean one of the characters kept an unlit cigarette in his mouth "as a metaphor for death." pfffft.

I didn't like the Hunger Games at all. Obviously I know lots of people, young and old, really enjoyed this but I found it quite dumbed down in places.

Tell the Wolves I'm Home This was a great 5 star read. Which I may have avoided if had realised was YA. But I'm glad I didn't avoid it. I guess that's the trouble with labels sometimes.

Eleanor & Park was ok. Not a hell of a lot more too it than boy meets girl. Very typical YA I suppose.

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Tell the Wolves... looks like something I could get into.

[Paul]

Some great YA stuff ive read in the last while as well. Brandon Sandersons Steelheart was brilliant and very different from all the rest of his stuff.
Tom Pollocks The Glass Republic was a great twist on London and ideas of beauty. Both are well worth a look no matter what your age

[Isabella]

Jamie Lynn wrote: "I haven't read or seen The Fault in Our Stars. I wonder if anyone has? It's really being pushed here. The book and the movie both. I have no desire to see or read about a young girl..."

My friend's daughter auditioned for the part of the heroine as a child in The Fault In Our Stars, and got it - she'd never acted before but they thought she looked like her. She then surprised everyone by agreeing to have all her hair cut off.

[Isabella]

Jamie Lynn wrote: "Wow Isabella! That's very exciting!"

It is, Jamie Lynn.

Her name is Lily Kenna. Such an adventure for her.

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I'm so glad you mentioned that, Isabella. That'll be a little conversation starter for me over the next few weeks.

[Diane]

@John. I didn't realize Tell the Wolves I'm Home was YA either. It just shows that good writing can encompass all ages.

[Diane]

@Isabel. that is even more exciting than my what I call my close brush with fame - a friend's boyfriend's brother was in prison with one of the members of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons group back in the sixties.

[[deleted user]]

That's a pretty interesting brush with fame, Diane.

[Diane]

I know. What can I say.

[[deleted user]]

It's pretty cool, too.

[Isabella]

Diane, you might think mine is more exciting, but yours is more interesting!