http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Wed, 14 May 2008 09:14:33 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/05/13/181354.php#comment-717866 Good call on Children of Men; as for Clockwork Orange, yes the controversial final chapter was cut, but the majority of the film adapted the novel quite well; it very closely resembled what was on the page, and the main reason the whole meaning was even changed was because of the exclusion of that one chapter. His other adaptations, on the other hand, are extremely different from their film counterparts. 717866@blogcritics.org Wed, 14 May 2008 09:14:33 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/05/13/181354.php#comment-717827 Another good example is Children of Men, not even close to the novel but in many ways superior. 717827@blogcritics.org Wed, 14 May 2008 03:06:26 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/05/13/181354.php#comment-717793 "A Clockwork Orange...faithful adaptation." Kubrick cut the last chapter and changed the whole meaning of Burgess' work. But it still worked for me. 717793@blogcritics.org Tue, 13 May 2008 22:29:25 EDT