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Juliette
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Re: Future Hobbit movies
« Reply #90 on Jul 20, 2012, 10:54pm »

Jul 20, 2012, 3:31am, Bamafan wrote:

Libby, this is a rule of thumb that is almost always true:

The Book is ALWAYS better than the movie.

-Taylor

Hi Taylor,

I have to say that I completely disagree with this statement.

Of course, if, for you, the only purpose of the movie is to see the book in picture, you will always be disappointed or think that it is not enough.

But you have to think adaptations in another way: they are rewriting, they are another and new piece of art. Of course their inspiration comes from something already in existence, but in themselves they are a piece of art on their own. So they can't be just like the book. If they were, yes, it would please all those who love the book in question but that would be so poor in terms of creation. Besides, like every rewriting, a movie is the interpretation of the film maker and/or his crew, their vision of what they read. In this sense, it has to be treasured. We can disagree or don't like that vision of things, but at least, it brings discussion and a point of view/interpretation on the book.

Art needs to be always made of new things, it is a perpetuous re-invention. I think that sometimes film makers shouldn't get all their ideas for films from books, because at some point we need something completely new. But at the same time, since the dawn of time, artists have been using stories or myths already in existence and have been interpretatig them to create their own piece of art.

As cinema is an art relatively new, it is still hard to see it that way and many people tend to think of adaptations as betrayal of books.

But, for example, you would never want a director to stage an opera the same way that someone else did in the past, or a singer to sing the same way than another one, because that wouldn't be interesting.

Or think of Hayley, whose repertoire is mostly made of songs that are not her own... But everytime, she tries to make the song her own and to make it another piece of art, she tries to create something new.

Sometimes, rewriters fail in their job, or sometimes we are just to attached to the original version and we don't like the new one. But sometimes as well, the rewriting is just brilliant, and a few times can be even better than the original.

So, I hope that movies, or songs, or any rewriting, will never be like the originals, because it is then that art will become very boring and uninteresting.

Juliette x