Comments on: The Feast of Love http://thomaslitchford.com/blog/2008/06/09/the-feast-of-love/ Writing.Life Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:05:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: NanMel http://thomaslitchford.com/blog/2008/06/09/the-feast-of-love/comment-page-1/#comment-5693 NanMel Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:51:01 +0000 http://thomaslitchford.com/blog/?p=236#comment-5693 In a way, I hate to keep leaving these kind of book v movie posts. But in another way, I'm just telling you what I know. So, anyway... Don't bother with the movie. First of all, the movie was NOT set in wonderful Ann Arbor. Therefore, no charm. Secondly, it was narrated by Morgan Freeman for no reason whatsoever. As one of my esteemed colleagues pointed out "Just because Morgan Freeman is in your movie, doesn't mean you have to have him narrate your movie." The narration was pointless. Thirdly, the bad thing I think you might be talking about was laughable in the movie. It wasn't supposed to be of course, but it was set up so badly, laughter was the only appropriate response. On film, it was not a good story. I would recommend holding on to the characters you enjoyed from the book and not tainting their memory by watching the dreadful film. In a way, I hate to keep leaving these kind of book v movie posts. But in another way, I’m just telling you what I know. So, anyway…

Don’t bother with the movie. First of all, the movie was NOT set in wonderful Ann Arbor. Therefore, no charm.

Secondly, it was narrated by Morgan Freeman for no reason whatsoever. As one of my esteemed colleagues pointed out “Just because Morgan Freeman is in your movie, doesn’t mean you have to have him narrate your movie.” The narration was pointless.

Thirdly, the bad thing I think you might be talking about was laughable in the movie. It wasn’t supposed to be of course, but it was set up so badly, laughter was the only appropriate response.

On film, it was not a good story. I would recommend holding on to the characters you enjoyed from the book and not tainting their memory by watching the dreadful film.

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