As it happens, I just watched the movie about Harold Fry tonight. I found it very moving (and I won't ruin the plot for others either by talking more about it here). I appreciate your recommending the book, too. Movies and books don't always come out equally well.
So glad you enjoyed the movie, Meg, and that you make that point about how books and movies don't always come out equally well. When I first read Howard's End as a college student, it didn't make any kind of an impression on me. Then I watched the Anthony Hopkins-Emma Thompson movie years later, and fell in love with it. Then I reread the book, and loved it more than the movie, because by virtue of being a book, it could include the Emma Thompson character's ruminations about the place of England in the history of the world. I still love the movie--and I loved the recent PBS serialization of the novel. But it's interesting to think of how books and movies/series based on them can and can't do the same things. Maybe how well they can "come out equally well" depends on the actual book. Fun to think about; thanks, Meg.
Intrigued by this description of the book and the novel. Thanks!
Have been meaning to get the book, so thanks for your lovely reminder. And thanks for not revealing too much of the plot. Just enough!
Thanks, Susan--I worked hard at not unintentionally revealing too much of what happens in the book!
As it happens, I just watched the movie about Harold Fry tonight. I found it very moving (and I won't ruin the plot for others either by talking more about it here). I appreciate your recommending the book, too. Movies and books don't always come out equally well.
So glad you enjoyed the movie, Meg, and that you make that point about how books and movies don't always come out equally well. When I first read Howard's End as a college student, it didn't make any kind of an impression on me. Then I watched the Anthony Hopkins-Emma Thompson movie years later, and fell in love with it. Then I reread the book, and loved it more than the movie, because by virtue of being a book, it could include the Emma Thompson character's ruminations about the place of England in the history of the world. I still love the movie--and I loved the recent PBS serialization of the novel. But it's interesting to think of how books and movies/series based on them can and can't do the same things. Maybe how well they can "come out equally well" depends on the actual book. Fun to think about; thanks, Meg.