rec.arts.movies.past-films

Howard Brazee wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:27:27 -0700, Sean O'Hara wrote
> (in article <61n012F1umji4U1@>):
>
> >> In some sense the BEST case for a faithful adaptation of an author's
> >> book to the movie was The Princess Bride.
> >
> > "The Princess Bride" completely changed the tone of the story. While
> > Goldman himself made those changes, the end result is still not
> > faithful to the book.
>
> I agree with the first poster that it was one of the most faithful
> adaptations in moviedom.

But I didn't say it was a faithful adaption. I said it was the best
case you could hope for to get a faithful adaption and DIDN'T, because
faithful adaptions are a bad thing and Goldman knew better than to
give us one, even of his own work.

I've reread my post because several people seem to think I said it was
a faithful adaption, and I really don't see why they think I said
that. I said it was a best case based on the writer and his degree of
influence, and specifically pointed out that it still wasn't all that
faithful/

DougL