it's not life that matters but the journey...

I've got to see if I can find Before Night Falls - I love Javier Bardem and - Johnny in drag is worth it alone! though he is also in drag in Ed Wood . that's a hilarious movie!

I saw that version of Little Women with Winona Ryder, but I'm ashamed to admit I never read the book in entirety. I really should. did that movie version stray from the book a lot?

we had a great hard-bound version of Lewis Carroll's works, including Alice's Adventures , and it had color pictures. I think we sold it at a garage sale, though now I realize I should have kept it!

I suppose you're right about Shakespeare - but what do you think of that Hamlet with Ethan Hawke that was set in modern-day NYC? Being the purist, I preferred the version with Mel Gibson:) oh they should never play with the language of Shakespeare - but I guess that's why I had trouble with that 2000 version of Hamlet - seeing people in a modern-day American city (New York) reciting Shakespeare line-for-line is a bit awkward for me.

No I didn't see Scotland, PA - but after reading this synopsis: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265713/plotsummary
I laughed that they list William Shakespeare as a writer! that sounds nothing like MacBeth! I'm with you on being iffy on those kinds of "loose" adaptations. if it's not even close, then why call it an adaptation?