Books into movies
There are no less then four novels being released to the silver screen this weekend and a couple of them don’t actually look too bad.
The one everyone is talking about is obviously Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass (Northern Lights in the UK). The fact that the book has been out for a decade hasn’t stopped the media from going nuts over the alleged athiestic messages within the movie.
Lacking the same fan fair as Pullman’s book, Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner also comes out this weekend after a 6 week delay in the films release. The delay was to allow the two boys who lead, a chance to escape their home in Afghanistan after fears public reaction to the story’s pivotal rape scene. I was lucky enough to see the advance showing this past Wednesday the pacing and directing are top notch and the acting really brings the story to life. It’s a really good film and I would recommend it.
Also coming out are Richard Matheson’s post apocalyptic I Am Legend and Ian McEwan’s tale of love and tragedy Atonement.
So you have lots of options this weekend. Or you can just curl up in front of the fire with a good book and forget all this film business.
