| | So last night Trey and I watched The Golden Compass. Having read the book a while back and really enjoyed it I was interested in seeing how it would transfer to film. Unfortunately it was poorly done and didn't give nearly enough details to tell the actual story not to mention that several things were completely out of order. The book itself is very addicting and has a very intricate story line that is nicely strung together in an orderly and intelligent fashion, something that you would not expect if you were only to watch the film. I know that this happens with just about every book turned into film, so I really shouldn't be surprised, but I was still hoping for a little bit more. It's just one of those things where the people in charge of adapting the screen play should be smart enough to realize that their "story" is about to ruin the original story and that they should just cancel or re-do the entire thing. It's just frustrating...... This isn't even a favorite book of mine, but I did really enjoy it and I don't like that it was so poorly translated to film.
In other news.
Trey and I are supposed to go on a weekend over-night sail starting tomorrow. It should be pretty fun except there's no way I'm even going to put my feet in the water with that rabid great white shark still on the loose after last weekends fatal attack. I mean.... he's probably not rabid, but still.... I'm just hoping it's warm and that I can wear a swim suit and not a sweat suit. (not that I even wear sweat suits.... come on). But I do love my "yoga" pants. They've got to be the most comfortable type of pants to wear. srsly. But that's totally beside the point. All I'm saying is, it better be warm or I'm gonna row right back to shore and spend the weekend at Intelligentsia sipping Angeleno's and reading a good book!
Ok. I guess that's all. Life is being nice to us these days and I hope it's the same for everyone else.
Love,
Erin
PS - my sister Ashlee is really great!
A favorite old picture of a couple people I love and miss.
 
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| | Posted 5/2/2008 2:13 PM - 65 Views - 4 eProps - 6 comments
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