http://www.scribophile.com/blog/reading-the-the-real-beowulf/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:22:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.scribophile.com/blog/reading-the-the-real-beowulf/#comment-69 a.mscifi Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:00:10 +0000 http://www.scribophile.com/articles/reading-the-the-real-beowulf/#comment-69 I say "aye" to your article Paige. I remember reading Beowulf in high school my senoir year and it was good. Now with the movie adaptation I realized that the filmmakers had did the project for two thumbs up from Robert Ebert or media reviews. Beowulf along with I Am Legend and Blood and Chocolate are on the list movie adaptations that cut out the depth and details of the book. I admit I Am Legend was a good movie despite that I read the book first and it was much better. Thank you for your 2 cents on the topic! I say “aye” to your article Paige. I remember reading Beowulf in high school my senoir year and it was good. Now with the movie adaptation I realized that the filmmakers had did the project for two thumbs up from Robert Ebert or media reviews. Beowulf along with I Am Legend and Blood and Chocolate are on the list movie adaptations that cut out the depth and details of the book. I admit I Am Legend was a good movie despite that I read the book first and it was much better. Thank you for your 2 cents on the topic!

]]> http://www.scribophile.com/blog/reading-the-the-real-beowulf/#comment-67 RLyn Sun, 13 Apr 2008 06:49:31 +0000 http://www.scribophile.com/articles/reading-the-the-real-beowulf/#comment-67 Hi, you are so right! We read Beowulf in my advanced lit class and it was an amazing book. You can't watch the movie with these types of classics and expect to get the entirety of the book. A book is able to go into so much depth and detail. With a movie all they care about is the drama and action. Thanks for the article! Hi, you are so right! We read Beowulf in my advanced lit class and it was an amazing book. You can’t watch the movie with these types of classics and expect to get the entirety of the book. A book is able to go into so much depth and detail. With a movie all they care about is the drama and action. Thanks for the article!

]]> http://www.scribophile.com/blog/reading-the-the-real-beowulf/#comment-66 Laurie Paulsen Sat, 12 Apr 2008 06:54:48 +0000 http://www.scribophile.com/articles/reading-the-the-real-beowulf/#comment-66 hi, paige-- you are so right! even considering film adaptations loyal to their source, novels almost always include more depth of character and side plot, are more immersive experiences. don't get me wrong, i LOVE movies. i can think of an excellent few which were based on novels and also followed not only the letter but spirit of the message: "silence of the lambs", "a scanner darkly", "brokeback mountain". these films managed to not only remain faithful to the vision, but even add some extra magic of their own. but these examples are few and far between. i do think the growing number of films adapted from existing books is a good thing--working in a bookstore, i can attest to the number of people seeking out a book after they've seen the movie. "atonement" was a big recent example. those people might not have otherwise visited the bookstore at all. (which is another topic. *sigh*) thank you for your thoughtful and thought-provoking essay. :) hi, paige–
you are so right! even considering film adaptations loyal to their source, novels almost always include more depth of character and side plot, are more immersive experiences.
don’t get me wrong, i LOVE movies. i can think of an excellent few which were based on novels and also followed not only the letter but spirit of the message: “silence of the lambs”, “a scanner darkly”, “brokeback mountain”. these films managed to not only remain faithful to the vision, but even add some extra magic of their own.
but these examples are few and far between. i do think the growing number of films adapted from existing books is a good thing–working in a bookstore, i can attest to the number of people seeking out a book after they’ve seen the movie. “atonement” was a big recent example. those people might not have otherwise visited the bookstore at all. (which is another topic. *sigh*)
thank you for your thoughtful and thought-provoking essay.

]]> http://www.scribophile.com/blog/reading-the-the-real-beowulf/#comment-65 Ariadne President Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:42:01 +0000 http://www.scribophile.com/articles/reading-the-the-real-beowulf/#comment-65  Hello, Paige Reinsel! Even though and despite the fact that I had not read the epic called Beowulf (Which is where Beowulf had actually come from. Then there was the book, and then in 2007, there came the movie) nor had I watched the movie, the point that you had demostrated in this article was pretty valid. It really is aggravating when someone says to you that "Oh, I will just watch the movie and not read the book."  Hello, Paige Reinsel! Even though and despite the fact that I had not read the epic called Beowulf (Which is where Beowulf had actually come from. Then there was the book, and then in 2007, there came the movie) nor had I watched the movie, the point that you had demostrated in this article was pretty valid. It really is aggravating when someone says to you that “Oh, I will just watch the movie and not read the book.”

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