What’s your opinion on movies that are based on classics in general? Are there any that you think were particularly well done, or feel were absolutely dreadful?
(And, of course, I’m wondering if people have seen Wuthering Heights - or plan to - and what you thought of it.)
I’m definitely drawn to movies based on classics, but I have a self-made rule that I have to have read the book before I watch the movie. Sometimes it seems as if the older movies made from the 1930s - 60s made a stronger effort to stay true to the book. Gone With the Wind, To Kill a Mockingbird, Little Women (with Katherine Hepburn), The Outsiders, Polar Express, Dances with Wolves all seemed to be faithful to their books to me. Lonesome Dove, All Creatures Great and Small, and just about any PBS series also seemed to adhere to the book they were based on. And there are many more. I love The Wizard of Oz movie, but after reading the book, the movie seemed to take some liberties. The most obvious movie I can think of, The Mountain Between Us, is not a classic, but the only thing it had in common with the book was the mountain.