The Fans Weigh In
With the last of the Nora movies, comes our last critique from our die-hard Nora fans, Suz and Wym. Let's see what these lovely ladies had to say about last night's premiere of "Carolina Moon."
"This movie worked for me on several levels," says Wym. "I really enjoyed Stephen Tolkin's screenplay. He said, "I worked to make sure that the script did its best to capture the romance, excitement and emotional force of the original." He succeeded. The heart of the story was on the screen." Suz too was a big fan of the movie. "In watching the movie, I found myself wanting to re-read the book. Which to me, is the sign of a good movie.
Turns out both women were a big fan of Oliver Hudson. "He was a delicious Cade—I could sop him up with a biscuit!" says Suz. Even Wym divulged her deep dark secret. "I've always known that there was something inherently wrong with lusting after a man young enough to be your son. Correction. Lusting after a man the same age as your son. Okay. Okay. Lusting after a man who was born in the same hospital as your son and right down the hall! Wrong. Wrong. Wrong."
As for the other character's Wym loved Josie Davis as Faith and Chad Willett as Wade. "While all the layers of their relationship couldn't be explored, I think the viewer got a sense of their history together. And Jacqueline Bissett was a wonderful Margaret Lavelle. So beautiful before Hope's death and so brittle after." While Suz found Josie Davis to be a wonderful actress who encompassed Faith's "bratty, bitchy, confident, and sexy" characteristics, she did find Claire Forlani wasn't what she envisioned Tory to be. "I didn’t feel much passion coming through from her. One moment she’s strong, the next moment she’s weak. I didn’t feel that she gave the character as much depth as she could have."
All in all it seems as though "Carolina Moon" was the fan fave of the four movies. Wym felt it "was true to Nora's vision ... the story, the casting. It showed me that it was possible to make a really good movie from a really good book. Suz found the story was well adapted, and liked the visions and flashbacks technique used. "It had a wonderful pace and prompted me to grab the book off my shelf for a re-read. To borrow from Vanessa Williams' hit song, I think Lifetime “saved the best for last!”
Suz gives “Carolina Moon” 5 out of 5 Glasses of Champagne. Impressive!!
Thank you again ladies for all your critiques!!
I thought CAROLINA MOON was the best adaptation of the four books ... wonderfully done ... hit all the key elements ... the casting was marvelous. All around, BRAVO!
So, Lifetime, what's next for your Nora partnership?!
~Sue
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Posted by: derndecc | Sunday, June 03, 2007 at 07:43 PM
Hi. I feel silly doing this, but I promised a woman at work that I would. She came dashing over to me one night a couple weeks ago, wanting to know what I was reading, because "You're always reading." In exchange, she showed me the Nora Roberts book she was reading, and she was obviously quite the fan. I wrote down all the information at the time, but have now lost it.
Anyway, the paperback was supposed to contain two or three Roberts novels, but something had gone wrong in the printing. The first one was cut short, the second began and ended somewhere in the middle, and the third one was only an ending. The woman didn't care, she was happily reading it all the same. Sharon. Her name is Sharon. I sometimes see Ms. Roberts commenting on one blog or another, and I told her the next time I did, I would be happy to mention to her that Sharon is a huge fan. Now Sharon is getting anxious, so I am seeking out Ms. Roberts to see if she has a word to spare for the woman.
In addition, Sharon showed me a bookmark made of fishing line and polished rocks, and she feels Ms. Roberts needs one color-coordinated for each of the books she's published. ;-) I didn't say that I don't think Ms. Roberts still needs to use bookmarks for marketing any more, I just said I'd mention it. Now I've kept my word to her, and if there's no message from Ms. Roberts I will just say she must be very busy working on her next novel.
Best regards to Ms. Roberts, and to you.
Posted by: Southern Writer | Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 07:34 AM
Carolina Moon is a great show, Oliver Hudson is totally hot. Move over George Clooney. He does a great acting job, I really enjoyed this shoe.
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