A little bit further along

I'm enjoying Pillars of th Earth so far.  I started watching the mini-series a while back and saw the first two episodes and really like it.  I remembered at that point that I had the book, and that I should probably read the book first so I stopped watching the rest of it.  I've read about 100 pages or so, and its well written, but I just don't have time for much pleasure reading.  I'm still not up to the point where I was in the TV show though, looking foward to blazing new territory soon. 

This got me thinking about movies I've seen based on the books on the list.  Here are the books/movies 1 - 20 that I've seen:

1. The Lord of the Rings:  This is one of those backwards ones where I'm so glad I saw the movie first.  I NEVER would have made it through the book.   They are stuck in the damn Old Forest with Tom Bombadil for what seemed like an eternity, had I not known there was more story - that was amazing - to come I probably would have put the book down right then.

3. His Dark Materials: I've seen The Golden Compass...  I think I enjoyed it at the time.  It made me think - "I bet I'd like the books" but - it really didn't stick with me because all I remember is a polar bear and Nicole Kidman as a very bad woman. There is some controversy surronding these books and how they were 'anti-religon' or was it 'anti-christian' - but really that just makes me want to read them more.

4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:  I started to watch the movie -- but fell asleep...

5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire:  I've read all the Harry Potter books and seen all the movies... so I have a hard time remember what was in the books vs. what was in the movies.  The Goblet of Fire was such a long book, I know they had to cute out a lot of stuff.  It did introduce America to Robert Pattinson though, such a cutie!

6. To Kill a Mockingbird:  Amazing book, amazing movie, not much else to say.

9. The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe:  confession time - I read this book in the 3rd grade, so I honestly didn't remember much of it until I saw the movie.  It was funny how it all came back to me, the story that is.  There is also some religous controversy with these books, with the promise of the return of the king, even though I'm not Christian I still think its a very entertaining and fun story for children.

16. The Wind in the Willows: Does the cartoon count?  I really like "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride" at Disneyland!

17. Great Expectations: I saw the version they made about 10 - 15 years ago.  I haven't read the book, and I went to the movie with someone who had read the book many times and had to listen to her remark on every little thing in the movie. 

18.  Little Women:  I read this book one winter when we were snowed in at home in Foresthill.  I think I was about 15 or so.  I enjoyed the movie as well, Winona Ryder pre-shoplifting, did a good job as Jo. 

I'll write about the next 20 books in next weeks blog.