Triffids

I thought it was quite good, a little scary in fact - to the point where i was eyeing up my aloe-vera plant Boris for signs of suspicious behaviour!

It did have a few tense moments. Too much was invented for this, though, rather than used from the book.

I think, In short..

If I hadn't read the book, I would have enjoyed it more.

Originally Posted by speedplay

I think, In short..

If I hadn't read the book, I would have enjoyed it more.

Probably the same with any adaptation, though.

Originally Posted by thedonal

Probably the same with any adaptation, though.

yup.

Theres loads of things I have watched where I have come away feeling robbed.

I think the problem is that when you read a book, you set the scene, what the characters look and sound like etc in your mind.

But you have hit the nail on the head when you said "adaptation".

They have to cut and change things to fit it into a 2 part show.

Although, they could have done a much better job by spreading it over 6 weeks.

Originally Posted by speedplay

yup.

Theres loads of things I have watched where I have come away feeling robbed.

I think the problem is that when you read a book, you set the scene, what the characters look and sound like etc in your mind.

But you have hit the nail on the head when you said "adaptation".

They have to cut and change things to fit it into a 2 part show.

Although, they could have done a much better job by spreading it over 6 weeks.

They could have done justice to the book by sticking to it more- there would have been more time for this, even in the 3 hours given, if they'd written less of their own stuff in.

I guess that's the arrogance of the screenwriter- they think they know better than the author and misjudge what would make better watching than reading. Though I remember criticism of the first Harry Potter film being that it stuck too closely to the book...