So, having just heard that they’re making a movie of Eagle of the Ninth — which when I had to read it in Grade Six I though was the coolest book ever — I fully expect every other book I have ever had to read for school to be adapted to the screen, post-haste, starting with The Endless Steppe. (Boy, was that book titled accurately.)
Don’t neglect the French books, Hollywood — I can’t wait to see mustard being used as a weapon in Jeanne, Fille du Roy or a post-nuclear Montreal in Surreal 3000, or four guys slowly dying of woods-related causes because they hunted a moose illegally in Revanche de l’Orignal.
Don’t think that you’re off the hook just because I can’t remember the title of a book, either. I’m counting on seeing that one where the girl with the harelip runs away and her whole family follows her, and her little brother sees the sea for the first time and decides he wants to live there. Also the book about John Cabot where he disses spices and his mom serves him a lasagna with no spices and rancid meat. Take that, John Cabot — if that is your real name (it’s not.)
And don’t forget the books I just made up because it was easier to do that than read them for book reports. Coming in 2012: “Shakespeare’s Planet,” based on Matthew Johnson sort of skimming the back cover of the book by Clifford D. Simak and hoping his teacher hadn’t.
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I really hope they start adapting some of MY childhood movies. I’m not sure if Bunnicula would work on screen, but I’d definitely see it.
Er. http://www.amazon.com/Bunnicula-the-Vampire-Rabbit-VHS/dp/6301906594
An anime version of “Ghost Paddle” wouldn’t be too bad. 🙂
Oh man! I did not know that existed. And a steal at only 43 dollars!
The only title I recognised was the one you didn’t read. ‘Shakespeare’s Planet’ was one of Simak’s weaker novels, though. It would be better if Hollywood went with ‘Enchanted Pilgrimage’ or ‘Where Evil Dwells’ or even ‘Mastodonia’. Or if short stories are under consideration, the classic ‘The Big Front Yard’, which is pretty much the original version of ‘Mastodonia’.
As an American, I never read any books in French. I assume that’s a Canadian thing. (Do all Canadians have to read French books in school, or is it just in Quebec or other Francophone places?)
I guess the best book I read in school was ‘Huckleberry Finn’. That’s already been made into a movie, dozens of times. I’m still waiting for them to do it right.
Actually, Eagle of the Ninth is a classic and still pretty famous (at least it still is here in the UK where Sutcliffe lived and worked); plus I know some of the people working on it, and it’s gonna be brilliant.
But sad that the Narnia abomination hasn’t died off yet. Ya win some…
@Mary – I’m not sure how it works in other provinces, but in New Brunswick your parents can opt to put your in a full French immersion program (grades 4-10), and I had to read a lot of French language books and watch a lot of movies. I can’t remember any of their titles though.
Oh, and there are many Francophone school options as well in NB.
Speaking of “Eagle of the Ninth” —
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I can’t wait for the movie version of Lizard Music.