coolest things about the oscars last night: the clip of barb rockin' a choker; the clip of barb with mr. robert redford; the clip of barb winning an oscar in 1968.
so, i plan on going to see the other boleyn girl, which opens this friday. i bet robin bana already has a ticket. anyway, i read philippa gregory's book and really enjoyed it. i have a trade arc of tobg that is 661 pages, so considering a two-hour film is is a 120-page screenplay, i will be interested to see what makes it into the film, and what doesn't.
i'm as much a film critic as i am a book critic. that's because i'm a screenwriter too. in college i took every film class offered, including screenwriting. for class we were only required to write the first act, but my professor fancied my idea, so he encouraged me to complete it and enter it in this little contest. my professor (Dr. Hillwig, hi ... if you're reading the Spanksters blog:) had 9 screenplays under his belt, an agent, and he'd optioned a few (option means you get paid a lot of money just to have your idea considered), so heck yes i was excited and finished - Amelia - in 10 months (that's while going to school and working a full-time summer job). i placed as a quarterfinalist in the american screenwriters association international screenplay competition, and my name is actually still listed on the asa website. barb, if you're reading the Spanksters blog too, i would be honored if you'd direct and produce my film. we can even share a trailer. that would be fun, right? your agent, marty, can call me anytime to get this ball rolling.
so, i noticed philippa gregory was not the screenwriter for the movie. hmm. dan brown was not the screenwriter for davinci code (i did not like the movie at all - yuck). jack engelhard also was not the screenwriter for indecent proposal. ok, that was a good thing. indecent proposal, IMO, was a better movie than book. could you have seen robert redford as an arab? or woody harrelson as a speech writer? or demi moore named joan - joan for gosh sakes?
anyway, i can only dream of being a fraction of barb, who directs, produces, acts, sings, writes, and lands hot older man ... so in dreaming out loud, i would love to write a book (done that) AND write the screenplay for a movie of a book written by me. however, right now, my baby's just lookin' for a cradle, so i'll take that first and worry about the day bed later.
what about you? what books did you like better than the movie? movie better than the book? what big dreams do you have ... in addition to writing and finding a home for your book?
4 comments:
I like DaVinci Code movie better than the book. Maybe I should go back and read it. Never saw Clan of the Cavebear but heard the book was much better than the movie. As I liked the book I don't care to see the movie. I liked Chocolat movie better than the book, although I liked the book, everything but the ending. Might be b/c I kept looking for Johnny Depp in the book. :) Oh well.
"full-time summer job" = making ice cream cones with surprise flavors at the Dippy Whip.
I thought the film version of "Glitter" lacked some of the social commentary of the book. The fact that the character of "Dirty Red" (the crack dealer with a heart of gold) was left on the cutting room floor is reason enough to skip the movie and read the book.
Following a cal post is a little intimidating. I’m just saying. Funny stuff.
So here’s my lame a$$ comment:
Black Hawk Down was a way better movie than book. I’m still struggling with the book. It's been six months.
On a scale of 1-10, how lame was that?
The Harry Potter books are better than the movies.
I'm really just here to see if I actually got my picture up on the blog.
Yea!
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