Comments on: Why Catcher in the Rye isn’t a movie. http://twentytwowords.com/2009/12/10/why-catcher-in-the-rye-isn%e2%80%99t-a-movie/ Curious | Cute | Comical | Crazy Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:11:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Idhrendur http://twentytwowords.com/2009/12/10/why-catcher-in-the-rye-isn%e2%80%99t-a-movie/#comment-53163 Idhrendur Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:18:53 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=5562#comment-53163 90 years until it enters the public domain (well, in the US). Perhaps the only time I've liked how long copyright lasts. 90 years until it enters the public domain (well, in the US).

Perhaps the only time I’ve liked how long copyright lasts.

]]> By: Idhrendur http://twentytwowords.com/2009/12/10/why-catcher-in-the-rye-isn%e2%80%99t-a-movie/#comment-50416 Idhrendur Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:06:29 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=5562#comment-50416 While I disliked Catcher in the Rye (it probably deserves a reread), I'm glad to see an author stick to his guns on this point. While I disliked Catcher in the Rye (it probably deserves a reread), I’m glad to see an author stick to his guns on this point.

]]> By: abbey http://twentytwowords.com/2009/12/10/why-catcher-in-the-rye-isn%e2%80%99t-a-movie/#comment-50375 abbey Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:51:08 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=5562#comment-50375 I wonder what if he might feel less vehement if he could see the way today's film makers work. Creativity in the film industry has increased so much since 1957. I wonder what if he might feel less vehement if he could see the way today’s film makers work. Creativity in the film industry has increased so much since 1957.

]]> By: EmilyB http://twentytwowords.com/2009/12/10/why-catcher-in-the-rye-isn%e2%80%99t-a-movie/#comment-50268 EmilyB Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:32:03 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=5562#comment-50268 I love this book but agree it would be a horrible movie. I hope they never make one; I really think it would be awful without Holden as he is in the novel. I love this book but agree it would be a horrible movie. I hope they never make one; I really think it would be awful without Holden as he is in the novel.

]]> By: Chelsea Bass http://twentytwowords.com/2009/12/10/why-catcher-in-the-rye-isn%e2%80%99t-a-movie/#comment-50246 Chelsea Bass Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:12:25 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=5562#comment-50246 Well, he certainly convinced me that it would be a bad idea. Well, he certainly convinced me that it would be a bad idea.

]]> By: Laura http://twentytwowords.com/2009/12/10/why-catcher-in-the-rye-isn%e2%80%99t-a-movie/#comment-50244 Laura Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:48:02 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=5562#comment-50244 Agreed. It's very refreshing to know there is at least one author who isn't a total sell-out If the part had to be cast, though, I'm thinking Adam Brody. Agreed. It’s very refreshing to know there is at least one author who isn’t a total sell-out

If the part had to be cast, though, I’m thinking Adam Brody.

]]> By: ED... (who blogs at Sincere Ignorance and Conscientious Stupidity) http://twentytwowords.com/2009/12/10/why-catcher-in-the-rye-isn%e2%80%99t-a-movie/#comment-50242 ED... (who blogs at Sincere Ignorance and Conscientious Stupidity) Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:32:53 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=5562#comment-50242 He's right, of course. It's barely coherent, let alone interesting, as a story, if you take the personality of the narrator away. The whole Catcher experience hinges on dramatic monologue. Soliloquy, though it can be engaging in small bursts in the theatre, is grim in film. He’s right, of course. It’s barely coherent, let alone interesting, as a story, if you take the personality of the narrator away. The whole Catcher experience hinges on dramatic monologue. Soliloquy, though it can be engaging in small bursts in the theatre, is grim in film.

]]> By: Michael Krahn http://twentytwowords.com/2009/12/10/why-catcher-in-the-rye-isn%e2%80%99t-a-movie/#comment-50238 Michael Krahn Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:11:51 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=5562#comment-50238 I love the closing line: "My mail from producers has mostly been hell." When I think of Catcher as a movie I think of DiCaprio in "The Basketball Diaries". Who knows, he still looks so young he might be able to pull off a good Holden. I love the closing line: “My mail from producers has mostly been hell.”

When I think of Catcher as a movie I think of DiCaprio in “The Basketball Diaries”. Who knows, he still looks so young he might be able to pull off a good Holden.

]]> By: Lowell Stoltzfus http://twentytwowords.com/2009/12/10/why-catcher-in-the-rye-isn%e2%80%99t-a-movie/#comment-50233 Lowell Stoltzfus Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:04:27 +0000 http://twentytwowords.com/?p=5562#comment-50233 Compelling reasons why good books seldom make good movies. Compelling reasons why good books seldom make good movies.

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