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Originally posted by sugar and spice
The Virgin Suicides was a book before it was a movie, actually. I think it might have been one of those stories that worked well as a book but was too disturbing to put into a more visual form.
For the record, I hated the book but I know a lot of people who loved it.
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There was a lot in the book that didn't make it into the movie. The girls are more differentiated and in the movie they're all basically ciphers except for Kirsten Dunst.
I also think that you have to be over a certain age (LOL) to really get certain things in the book...I know that there were parts that I was like "oh wow!" but that if you are too young to remember it, it might not have the same resonance.
The all time shittiest book-to-movie translation though, has to be Endless Love. The book is a masterpiece, and the movie....well, Brooke Shields was the star. Need I say more?
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