tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295647504230837189.post3446682420398706167..comments2024-03-28T02:10:59.211-05:00Comments on You, Me, and a Cup of Tea: The Classics BooktagLois Tinúvielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01113667315479652015noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295647504230837189.post-16422601977194805752015-03-16T10:17:16.742-05:002015-03-16T10:17:16.742-05:00What really grated on me about the 2007 adaptation...What really grated on me about the 2007 adaptation was casting Billie Piper as Fanny. It just isn't her role. They really do need to re-adapt it for a miniseries! Lois Tinúvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01113667315479652015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295647504230837189.post-58411033882330932112015-03-15T20:30:52.309-05:002015-03-15T20:30:52.309-05:00Ooh, methinks I will fill out this tag, it looks l...Ooh, methinks I will fill out this tag, it looks like fun! :)<br /><br />If you watch the 1999 adaptation of <i>Mansfield Park</i> thinking it's not an adaptation of the book, then it's a pretty decent watch. But as an adaptation, no, so much no. I like the 2007 adapation all things considered but it's just too short! lol. I'm still waiting for someone to re-adapt it for a miniseries that's closer to the book. Fanny's a lot more interesting/stronger than people realise. <br /><br />Omg, yes to <i>Our Mutual Friend</i> for Charles Dickens (also <i>Little Dorrit</i> but so much so for OMF). It always seems to get left out in the lists for some reason, and one of the last to get shiny new covers. What is up with that? And it's such a fantastic book too...Lianne @ eclectictales.comhttp://www.eclectictales.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295647504230837189.post-52607759800169586322015-03-14T11:26:15.858-05:002015-03-14T11:26:15.858-05:00I haven't read Catcher in the Rye yet but I ov...I haven't read Catcher in the Rye yet but I overheard a conversation between two of my coworkers the other day, one of whom loved it and the other one had the same opinion as you did. I'm thinking though that I probably won't like it if the character is really pretentious but thinks everyone else is. Those kinds of characters grate on me. Lois Tinúvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01113667315479652015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295647504230837189.post-54201969922291624062015-03-13T03:37:15.696-05:002015-03-13T03:37:15.696-05:00Great tag! For me, the most overhyped classic is C...Great tag! For me, the most overhyped classic is Catcher in the Rye. I read that for the first time last year and I just didn't get it. I hated the main character and more importantly, I hated how he thought EVERYTHING (and everyone) was pretentious. I think Holden was pretentious. Ha. I love the movie Gone with the Wind and I am not sure why I have never read the book. I hope to change that later this year though. :)Cynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16050447428759378366noreply@blogger.com