Recalling the movies I have seen which best did the book justice, I submit:

A couple of other good ones are:To Kill a Mockingbird, Jaws, and The Guns of Navarone.

Don't forget Jaws -- better than the book.

Did anybody besides myself find "The Silence of the Lambs" movie to be better than the book??? On another note, if you should happen to read "The Mothman Prophecies" by John Keel, DO NOT expect the movie to be true to the "facts". I would know..... I live in Point Pleasant. We were all quite disappointed with the movie.

I didn't even like Silence of the Lambs (well, at least half of it), so I would probably really hate the book.

I didn't even like Silence of the Lambs (well, at least half of it), so I would probably really hate the book.

"Hannibal" is a case where the movie far surpassed the book. Then again, any random bowel movement would pass the book.

As I said somewhere else in this labryinth I have no great hopes for the film, unpopular I know, but realistic, maybe. Still, I would sooner see it made than not. The change from India to China does not seem too bad. But something no-one seems to have suggested yet. What about Jackie Chan as Jack?

All right, I was just going anyway......

Er, that was a joke....

As I said somewhere else in this labryinth I have no great hopes for the film, unpopular I know, but realistic, maybe. Still, I would sooner see it made than not. The change from India to China does not seem too bad. But something no-one seems to have suggested yet. What about Jackie Chan as Jack?

All right, I was just going anyway......

An all Chinese cast.

Where is Kenji when we need him?

Ken V.

An all Chinese cast.

Where is Kenji when we need him?

Ken V.

...except Kenji is Japanese.

Where is that guy anyway? Didn't he ever make it over to the new message board?

...except Kenji is Japanese.

Where is that guy anyway? Didn't he ever make it over to the new message board?

Kenji started the alternative cast thread on the old board . . . remember?

The Black Repairman Jack cast.

The Asian RJ cast, and so on.

He's signed on, but he hasn't posted yet. Maybe there's a problem with his using the computer at work.

I sure hope he can get back. He always had something interesting to say.

Ken V.

I think my problem with casting for Repairman Jack is that I don't see how any current actors could play a character who doesn't stand out. All of the current actors in Hollywood are there because they stand out in some way (I was going to say "are designed to stand out," but that sounds too creepy...although...designed celebrities...hmmmmmm), and by the time people realize that they are good actors and looks don't necessarily matter (i.e. Harvey Keitel, Robert DeNiro), they're too old for the part.

I will probably go see the film when (if?) it gets made, and then I will reread the book and watch my own movie--in my mind. The special effects in my movie will be killer awesome, dude! .

Anyway, that's my two-hundredths of a dollar worth.