The Eagle of the Ninth
Categories: life-in-general, talking-about-books
Tags: Friends
Date: 15 April 2012 09:23:20
I know this is cheating a bit, but I want to tell people who don't read my other blog what we did last night, because it was so enjoyable. So here's a cut-n-paste from Fat Dormouse:
We had an enjoyable evening last night - Mr FD and I went up to see Cathy. Our friend Richard was there, with the two boys from next door. We had dips (courtesy of River Cottage, we had bean & artichoke dip , houmous, and a made-up-as-I-went-along salmon (tinned) and cream cheese dip) then pizzas, then very creamy desserts, courtesy of Carrefour, via Richard. We watched "The Eagle" on the big screen
which we all enjoyed, although it was only loosely based on the wonderful, wonderful Rosemary Sutcliff book:
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I have a version, called "Three Legions" which includes three of her Roman Britain stories. Meant for young teenagers, I still enjoy reading them today. I felt the film showed a lot of (beautiful) scenery and riding through Wild Scotland, plus a lot of chasing (a little bit like Doctor Who - there's always rather too many shots of The Doctor running about) and lacked some of the excitement of the book. But, isn't that often the case with films of books? Here is a really interesting article from The Guardian about the books, about the author and about the journalist's reaction to the book. I've now lent my copy to Max and Joe - I hope they enjoy it as much as I did!
Have you ever seen a film that was better, or at least as good as, the book it was based on?
I apologise for the sporadic postings. I know I should post more often than once a week - my blogging friend Ang sometimes posts twice or even thrice a day! And always something interesting or quirky. I don't think my life provides enough quirk to manage that, but I should make the effort to post twice a week, I feel. I shall try harder!
And a quick PS - I've not heard any news about Paul, the old man who collapsed in church last week. Thank you though to those who have prayed for him. I will update you when I have heard.