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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Jul 24, 2019 0:07:20 GMT
Inglourious Basterds (2009).  
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Post by Sulla on Jul 24, 2019 0:14:26 GMT
Sulla, I just finished reading the novel for the first time... omg... I never saw the miniseries, how closely did it follow the book? This scene seems verbatim. Is the miniseries as profoundly thoughtful as the book? I've never read the novel, so I couldn't say. One of my best friends has read it and he gives it his seal of approval. I imagine it's pretty close because McMurtry was one of the writers involved. It's in 4 parts over 5 hours. It features quite a few stars including Barry Corbin.  It's one of my favorite Westerns.
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Post by rachelcarson1953 on Jul 24, 2019 1:29:47 GMT
Sulla, I just finished reading the novel for the first time... omg... I never saw the miniseries, how closely did it follow the book? This scene seems verbatim. Is the miniseries as profoundly thoughtful as the book? I've never read the novel, so I couldn't say. One of my best friends has read it and he gives it his seal of approval. I imagine it's pretty close because McMurtry was one of the writers involved. It's in 4 parts over 5 hours. It features quite a few stars including Barry Corbin. It's one of my favorite Westerns. I am a visual girl, so soon into the novel, I headed to IMDb to see who played what part. I saw Robert Duvall, and thought he was Captain Call. But as I read trivia and what-not, I realized he was Gus; it explained that after Duvall read the script, he asked to switch to Gus's character. As I read the novel, I just couldn't see him as Gus, nor could I see Tommy Lee Jones as Call. So I am concerned, if I watch the miniseries, it might mess with the book experience. I may just have to stick with the book. Plus there was so much 'inward thought' of each character, I wonder how that translated to film. Yeah, Maurice Minifield is in it, surprisingly as the deputy Roscoe Brown, and this was released right around the time that NX was starting, I think. Danny Glover sounds perfect for Deets, and the guy that played Pea Eye was the same actor who was Smokey Lonesome in Fried Green Tomatoes, in the flashback segments, and I can visualize him perfectly as Pea Eye. Angelica Huston sounded perfect for Clara, too.
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Post by Sulla on Jul 24, 2019 2:32:03 GMT
I've never read the novel, so I couldn't say. One of my best friends has read it and he gives it his seal of approval. I imagine it's pretty close because McMurtry was one of the writers involved. It's in 4 parts over 5 hours. It features quite a few stars including Barry Corbin. It's one of my favorite Westerns. I am a visual girl, so soon into the novel, I headed to IMDb to see who played what part. I saw Robert Duvall, and thought he was Captain Call. But as I read trivia and what-not, I realized he was Gus; it explained that after Duvall read the script, he asked to switch to Gus's character. As I read the novel, I just couldn't see him as Gus, nor could I see Tommy Lee Jones as Call. So I am concerned, if I watch the miniseries, it might mess with the book experience. I may just have to stick with the book. Plus there was so much 'inward thought' of each character, I wonder how that translated to film. Yeah, Maurice Minifield is in it, surprisingly as the deputy Roscoe Brown, and this was released right around the time that NX was starting, I think. Danny Glover sounds perfect for Deets, and the guy that played Pea Eye was the same actor who was Smokey Lonesome in Fried Green Tomatoes, in the flashback segments, and I can visualize him perfectly as Pea Eye. Angelica Huston sounded perfect for Clara, too.
Ahh, the dangers of reading books.
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Post by rachelcarson1953 on Jul 24, 2019 3:20:14 GMT
I am a visual girl, so soon into the novel, I headed to IMDb to see who played what part. I saw Robert Duvall, and thought he was Captain Call. But as I read trivia and what-not, I realized he was Gus; it explained that after Duvall read the script, he asked to switch to Gus's character. As I read the novel, I just couldn't see him as Gus, nor could I see Tommy Lee Jones as Call. So I am concerned, if I watch the miniseries, it might mess with the book experience. I may just have to stick with the book. Plus there was so much 'inward thought' of each character, I wonder how that translated to film. Yeah, Maurice Minifield is in it, surprisingly as the deputy Roscoe Brown, and this was released right around the time that NX was starting, I think. Danny Glover sounds perfect for Deets, and the guy that played Pea Eye was the same actor who was Smokey Lonesome in Fried Green Tomatoes, in the flashback segments, and I can visualize him perfectly as Pea Eye. Angelica Huston sounded perfect for Clara, too.
Ahh, the dangers of reading books.
Guilty; somehow the film version never does match the subtleties of the book. I found this in the trivia section: Originally written by Larry McMurtry in 1971, as a movie script. He intended John Wayne to play Woodrow Call, James Stewart to play Gus McCrae, and Henry Fonda to play Jake Spoon, with Peter Bogdanovich directing. Wayne turned it down, and the project was shelved. Ten years later, McMurtry bought the script back, and wrote the book (on which this miniseries was based). Now that casting would have worked! I could have seen Paul Newman or James Garner as Gus, and Duvall as Call. And in my mind, I pictured Johnny Crawford (The Rifleman) as Newt. Oh, well, an incredible book.
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Post by Sulla on Jul 24, 2019 6:13:32 GMT
Ahh, the dangers of reading books.
Guilty; somehow the film version never does match the subtleties of the book. I found this in the trivia section: Originally written by Larry McMurtry in 1971, as a movie script. He intended John Wayne to play Woodrow Call, James Stewart to play Gus McCrae, and Henry Fonda to play Jake Spoon, with Peter Bogdanovich directing. Wayne turned it down, and the project was shelved. Ten years later, McMurtry bought the script back, and wrote the book (on which this miniseries was based). Now that casting would have worked! I could have seen Paul Newman or James Garner as Gus, and Duvall as Call. And in my mind, I pictured Johnny Crawford (The Rifleman) as Newt. Oh, well, an incredible book. I've been ruined by the miniseries because I can't imagine Wayne, Stewart and Fonda in those roles.
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Post by rachelcarson1953 on Jul 24, 2019 18:57:09 GMT
Guilty; somehow the film version never does match the subtleties of the book. I found this in the trivia section: Originally written by Larry McMurtry in 1971, as a movie script. He intended John Wayne to play Woodrow Call, James Stewart to play Gus McCrae, and Henry Fonda to play Jake Spoon, with Peter Bogdanovich directing. Wayne turned it down, and the project was shelved. Ten years later, McMurtry bought the script back, and wrote the book (on which this miniseries was based). Now that casting would have worked! I could have seen Paul Newman or James Garner as Gus, and Duvall as Call. And in my mind, I pictured Johnny Crawford (The Rifleman) as Newt. Oh, well, an incredible book. I've been ruined by the miniseries because I can't imagine Wayne, Stewart and Fonda in those roles.
Ahh, the dangers of watching the film version first!  Of course, I have been ruined by the movie The Shining; I will never read the book or see any remakes. As far as I am concerned, it is flawless. Edit: I have seen only the first trilogy of Star Wars, and stopped after that. All the kerfuffle over what is canon and what is not, in the following prequels and sequels... it's almost a religion. I've had more than enough of that, thank you very much. I don't need any more mythologies, though I am tempted by The Matrix and may someday binge-watch the whole thing.
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