Namely, that books for children are awesome! On the heels of adaptations such as
Bridge to Terabithia and
Charlotte's Web, MTV Movie News
speculates on ten titles they think would make good movies. I'm not convinced that every, or even any great children's books should necessarily be made into movies, but they've pegged a few that I'd totally dig. Unless they ruined them, which is a very real risk and one that happens more often than not. This is why I'm so skeptical despite my love of movies. Of the titles they listed, two are childhood favorites of mine:
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin and
Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back by Shel Silverstein. The former would easily translate to live action and, as long as they didn't Hollywoodify the characters, would totally work. The latter, though, would be dependant on animation of some sort and I just can't imagine it being any good.
Random Lafcadio-related fact about me: One of the things I liked most about Lafcadio was his love of marshmallows, and the fact that he had a marshmallow suit created for him. I learned how to sew as a youngster and the concept of threading marshmallows into a suit just blew my little mind. Loved it. I also loved eating actual marshmallows until the day when I ate a signifcant portion of a large bag of them and haven't desired to eat any since.
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