I've never seen the movie, and didn't even know this was a book until I ran across a copy in a discount book store. It took me a while to start to get into the story and I almost gave up. I'm glad I didn't. As it turned out, this was worth the effort to get going with it. I thought it was funny most of the time, but serious where it had to be. I stayed up pretty late last night just to finish it. Now I'll have to go and see if I can find a copy of the film and check that out as well.
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Re: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Mon, April 7, 2008 - 8:34 AMdo NOT i repeat do NOT watch the movie.
john cusack is perfect. kevin spacey is perfect. the setting is amazing. the music is cool.
the. movie. is. an. AWFUL ADAPTATION.
i was so angry after watching it. i read the book when it first came out and loved, loved, LOVED it. when i heard my favorite actor was starring in it, i was like, "ooooh.... john cusack in a great book movie! awesome!"
yeah, not so much.
okay, watch the movie so you can at least see what the town is like and the drag queen and all that. it makes me actually want to visit georgia.
but consider yourself warned, darling.
has anyone read the other john berendt, that city of falling angels? i'm scared, because i heard it wasn't very good. -
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Re: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Mon, April 7, 2008 - 9:46 AMI really liked this book. The movie didn't bother me because it really showed the city which was very cool. I agree, K, one of the best things about the film was The Lady Chablis. I love drag queens. I even went out and bought her book. I haven't read any other Berendt books, though. My Midnight is a signed hard cover first edition. Well, because of this book, Savannah is on my southern states tour, if I ever go on one, along with graceland, loretta lynn's ranch, the grand ole opry, and uh.. i guess that is it for now. -
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Re: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Mon, April 7, 2008 - 12:47 PMi can't believe you forgot dollywood in there.
and you have to go to beale street in memphis. good food, good tunes.
plus, you can go visit my grandma. she live outside of memphis. she'll fix you some potato pie, stuffing casserole, collard greens, cornbread, and barbecue. -
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Re: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Mon, April 7, 2008 - 2:37 PMThanks for the warning, kristen. I already figured the movie wouldn't be as good, but I wanted to see it anyway. We all know that movie adaptations of books are rarely, if ever, done well. I can only think of maybe 1 or 2 exceptions, and one that I thought was way better than the book. But I'd see anything with John Cusack in it, good or bad. -
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Re: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Mon, April 7, 2008 - 7:37 PMmmm... john cusack.
and the only two movie adaptations that either met or surpassed the book are both stephen king novels adapted by frank darabont: the green mile, and the shawshank redemption.
okay, misery was good, too. -
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Re: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Tue, April 8, 2008 - 9:58 AMYes you are right. I won't skip Dollywood.
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