tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post2589974620551439239..comments2024-03-17T10:09:07.770-07:00Comments on Grow Wings -- the Journal of Laini Taylor: What writers can learn from The Golden CompassLaini Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14064837312936707024noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-83220320437522069542016-02-04T22:41:35.045-08:002016-02-04T22:41:35.045-08:00thanks to shar information in the website,after re...thanks to shar information in the website,after reading i' very like'it<br /><a href="http://is.gd/UozNLN" rel="nofollow">obat benjolan di ketiak kiri dan kanan tradisional</a>abieuserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05507185886724919529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-29792249682666189882008-07-01T16:44:00.000-07:002008-07-01T16:44:00.000-07:00Thank you for your analysis, I agree whole-hearted...Thank you for your analysis, I agree whole-heartedly. I spent the week after seeing this movie wondering what other movies would be like adapted by Weitz. My Favorite is Star Wars. The first line in the movie would sound like this, "THREEPIO: Did you hear that? They've shut down the main reactor. And by 'they' I mean the Evil Empire... who are bad. Gosh, I sure hope the leader of the Sith, Darth Vador, doesn't us the force to find us. We'll be destroyed for sure. This is madness!"<BR/>"THREEPIO: Unless the Force helps us, there'll be no escape for the Princess this time. Unless there was some new hope.. like I heard from a guy that Darth Vador is her Father, she has a twin brother. That means that HE might be able to use the Force!" etc etc<BR/><BR/>Lesson: The audience doesn't need to know all of the secrets and plot points in the first 10 minutes of a movie!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-39506399820252752462008-01-01T21:22:00.000-08:002008-01-01T21:22:00.000-08:00I was having such a hard time trying to crystalliz...I was having such a hard time trying to crystallize what my feelings. My husband has not read the books and my girls and I were trying to explain what it was that had disappointed us. You have exactly pinpointed my problem with the movie. It looked wonderful. The acting was excellent but ultimately, I missed the emotional punch of the story. <BR/><BR/>Your comparison to Fellowship of the Ring is spot on. Thank goodness New Line and Jackson have made up and the Hobbit will go on and Jackson will have a role.Camillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10422449200792287901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-12297534875687503252007-12-29T13:42:00.000-08:002007-12-29T13:42:00.000-08:00I think you are being unfair to the director/scree...I think you are being unfair to the director/screenplay writer. I didn't enjoy the movie, but didn't come away blaming Weiss. Instead, I thought he did as well as anyone could with an impossible task. I think the book was a bad pick for a movie. There are just too many nuances that are crucial to the story, to the emotional response, and to the emotional manipulation you are talking about. If it was going to go on screen, I wish they'd made a really high quality six or eight part mini-series.<BR/><BR/>--hopeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-38717898515094282602007-12-28T16:34:00.000-08:002007-12-28T16:34:00.000-08:00Excellent job pin-pointing what was so wrong with ...Excellent job pin-pointing what was so wrong with the film. I was so bummed that the visual spectacle of the movie was in service to such a plodding, yet rushed, screenplay.<BR/><BR/>I doubt they make the other two books into films, even with a different director, which is kind of a blessing after seeing this one.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03113130840039776447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-20097477900910314282007-12-24T10:11:00.000-08:002007-12-24T10:11:00.000-08:00I haven't seen the movie, and, I think will read t...I haven't seen the movie, and, I think will read the book/s instead. I have heard that the movie was bad from other people as well. For another movie that was made from a book, look at Bourne Identity. It has pretty well nothing to do with the book except certain names. The movie was very disapointing. Your exercise would work well for this book too!Lindarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02797196616629018678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-4794195357930369832007-12-18T22:44:00.000-08:002007-12-18T22:44:00.000-08:00My daughter doesn't want to see the movie for this...My daughter doesn't want to see the movie for this reason. She loves the way the story was told by Pullman and doesn't want it spoiled.<BR/><BR/>Just FYI, my hubby sent me a BBC link and Jackson is on for the Hobbit movie(s), yes 2 Hobbit movies!Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09194108171481863286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-45214448537928427202007-12-14T22:09:00.000-08:002007-12-14T22:09:00.000-08:00Well - here's the upside, I just learned a whole l...Well - here's the upside, I just learned a whole lot about story telling in this post. And I'm about to put that learning to good use as I try to write the story of my two years in Afghanistan in a way that makes the reader care about what is going on. <BR/><BR/>I've completed part one of the assignment (of course, loved it) and now I am ready to complete part II - maybe they'll have it on the plane on the way home and I can take notes... <BR/><BR/>Thanks for carying this much about story telling. It is a sacred art in my humble opinion.Mariannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12207654558892777493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-50416352373622856752007-12-12T12:58:00.001-08:002007-12-12T12:58:00.001-08:00Isn't it interesting when you find a work of art t...Isn't it interesting when you find a work of art that triggers this sort of clarification of your own ideas about the process and the work, etc? It's happened to me in the oddest of places (bad chick lit, etc). It's unfortunate that it happened to you with a disappointing rendition of a book you love.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, we got this post out of it...and I am so grateful for THAT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-85195692493091307882007-12-12T12:58:00.000-08:002007-12-12T12:58:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-82603901463846499412007-12-10T17:17:00.000-08:002007-12-10T17:17:00.000-08:00I haven't read the book, but I saw the movie last ...I haven't read the book, but I saw the movie last night. In the end, the movie did make me want to read the book. But that's primarily because I'm a writer and saw a lot of cool things on the screen and knew they would be better explained in the book. All in all, I was very entertained by the movie...but not blown away.<BR/><BR/>My wife, on the other hand, leaned over halfway through and asked if I wanted to leave.<BR/><BR/>- JayDisco Mermaidshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16749764215612594204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-48465122655620167782007-12-10T11:42:00.000-08:002007-12-10T11:42:00.000-08:00Oh, I meant to say re that heavy-handed comment: A...Oh, I meant to say re that heavy-handed comment: Another example my husband gave when I told him this (again, I don't remember from the novel) was that the head of the college tried to poison Asriel in the novel, not the guy from The Magesterium (whose name I'm blanking on), who was made to look like, I dunno, a Nazi villain or something. Just too much. <BR/><BR/>-- JulesJules at 7-Imphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14439756778611468303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-37865421580666248502007-12-10T11:39:00.000-08:002007-12-10T11:39:00.000-08:00This was a great read. My husband and I saw the mo...This was a great read. My husband and I saw the movie yesterday. He had a chance to re-read the novel this week; I did not, and when I read it, it was, oh, probably 2000. We both thought the movie had problems, but he was way more disappointed, saying specifically that they revealed the answers to too many mysteries way, way up front in the film. <BR/><BR/>Also -- and, again, it's been a long time since I've read the books -- what I found interesting was how I kept reading about how fans were disappointed that the director (who also wrote the screenplay) had gutted the film of its anti-organized religion theme or whatever you want to call it. Instead, I felt like that was way too heavy-handed. The Magesterium this, the Magesterium that. Authority Is Bad every five minutes. Talk about a hammer. And my husband said that, yeah, they appeared in the movie WAY more than in the book (I wouldn't remember this). <BR/><BR/>Anyway, thanks for this great write-up! Too bad negotiations with Tom Stoppard fell through; I had read he was going to write the screenplay. That would have been something. <BR/><BR/>Jules, 7-ImpJules at 7-Imphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14439756778611468303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-17399009306539610322007-12-09T19:47:00.000-08:002007-12-09T19:47:00.000-08:00Having a musical score that was completely forgett...Having a musical score that was completely forgettable also didn't help. These big epics need some seriously stirring original music, not just some lacklustre orchestra fitting in the job between some Enya stint.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21997604.post-25350690054719292262007-12-09T16:34:00.000-08:002007-12-09T16:34:00.000-08:00I'm so sorry it is so disappointing - we've been l...I'm so sorry it is so disappointing - we've been looking forward to it here, too. I finished the book just in time and loved every word of it. It's one of the reasons I read the book first for any movie that comes out - so I can get the REAL story first.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09492950209121399762noreply@blogger.com