Two mockingbirds in the hand

[vaneramos]

I had never read To Kill a Mockingbird but became intrigued by the Harper Lee character from watching Capote and especially Infamous. So I started the book. Then Danny rented the movie while I was only halfway through. It was an excuse to sit up until 4:30 this morning finishing it. This evening we watched the movie.

With the book so fresh in my mind, seeing the movie was an eerie experience, it captured the spirit so precisely. I was impressed that it did not censor much, except unfortunately toning down the racism (only scoundrels expressed it, no polite, middle-class people or cute children). Gregory Peck and Mary Badham portrayed Atticus and Scout exactly as I had imagined them.

Above all I am enthralled by Lee's narrative skill. The movie made a reasonable impression of it.

Comments

[vaysha.livejournal.com]

the book and the movie are real favorites.
I am glad you enjoyed them.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's a book I can easily imagine rereading someday.
Hugs,
V

[abendstille.livejournal.com]

one of my fav movies! Glad you enjoyed it!

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Yup, it's a favourite!

[fivecats.livejournal.com]

I've read it twice, decades apart. Each time I was taken with just how good the story and the writing was. The strength of the emotions from reading it were just as strong, too.

I think it was one of Peck's best roles. He captured a lot of the quiet dignity and sense of right & wrong quite well.

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[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

I was especially impressed by how smoothly (and poetically) Lee's narrative moved from scene to scene. A chapter could encompass a series of incidents over a period of time without feeling disjointed.

[bellakara.livejournal.com]

It's a great novel. I've read it a few times. Can't remember if I've seen the whole film or only part of it. It was too long ago. But the book is brilliant.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

I expect I'll want to read it again, too. I can see why it's such a classic.