Memoirs of a Geisha book/film
By katkat3
@katkat3 (425)
April 27, 2007 7:58am CST
I read the book first and I thought it was absolutely fantastic!!!! I then watched the film just to see the costumes really because I knew that it wasn't going to be as good as the book because of the detail! I mean the film was about 2 and half hours long and it had missed chunks of it out... what are your views?
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8 responses
@legbamel (179)
• United States
27 Apr 07
Whoa! That's a favorite pastime for folks who read. Normally it's bashing the films for things like miscasting and story desecration, but every once in a while you end up with a film maker who's made a silk purse out of a sow's ear or at least remained faithful to the original mood and story. There's nothing wrong with comparing the two.
As for the original question, I haven't seen the film but I agree that the novel is so involved that there is no way to make a movie that encompasses the whole story. I do want to see those costumes, though. Was it as gorgeous as you expected?
@PunkyMcPunk (1477)
• Canada
4 May 07
I read the book first as well. Then they went and made a movie of it. I held off and held off because like you I know that all movies made from books are horrible. Well, it was a Saturday night and I was bored so I decided to finally rent it because I'd hear that it was actually quite good.
I watched it and my opinion it was slow and BORING!!! It didn't have the emotion and the feel of the book! They cut some very good parts out of it. I didn't like the movie at all.
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@KarenO52 (2950)
• United States
27 Apr 07
I meant to say, I loved Memoirs too. I saw the movie first, because I was waiting to borrow the book from my son. It was a good book and the movie was pretty close to the book, and very well done. Anyway, I hope you have fun here at Mylot.
@summergorgeous (674)
• Philippines
27 Apr 07
i have yet to read the book. and i would read the book first before i watch the movie. i hope its fantastic.
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@brand4less (1061)
• Indonesia
27 Apr 07
from all the films i've seen that based on the novel, i prefer the book. same with the geisha, i prefer the book than the film
@sacredfloe (53)
• Philippines
28 Apr 07
I watched the film, but honestly great cinematography but the story is quite common - there is nothing reat about it.
I first read the book, great story, very lovely (funny, romantic, a total tear jerker) but the a sudden flop to the ending.
I never said that I hated both the book and the film, but 3 years prior to the film, I always wanted that book because I thought it's great. And would go to the book rather than the film.
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@shaggin (72324)
• United States
19 Feb 12
The book was amazing but I didnt enjoy the movie like I did the book. In the book things seemed so deep and magical almost and in the movie it was just kind of like blah. I knew what was going on from reading the book but it just didnt seem as touching as the movie. What really shocked me was that nobu-san the guy who was injured in the war in the book was missing an arm but in the movie he was not. I was like wow thats not right they needed to try to make it look like the guy in the film didnt have an arm but they didnt bother. I expected the kamonos to be much fancier as well.
