Netflix complained that i wasn't letting anybody else see it:-) definitely will read it.
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 10:17 PM, Deepa Mohan <mohande...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Radhika, Y. <radhik...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> having seen To kill a mockingbird 32 times (kept the netflix dvd for 3 >> months) i have to agree: atticus finch was an amazing character played with >> great conviction by gregory peck. >> > > > Radhika, I hope you've also read the book..if you haven't do so eftsoons > and right speedily, as any Wodehouse character would say. Once in a rare > while you come across a book and a movie which are as good as each > other...this is one of them. The book comes alive in the movie. > > It's also wonderful to see children depicted as children and not as > mini-adults. R K Narayan and Bill Watterson have this gift, too. > > And why did you keep the DVD only for 3 months?! The book and the movie > still have the power to bring tears to my eyes. After this, the next time I > felt like this was when I finished "The Remains of the Day". That was > powerful writing too. > > Deepa. >
