Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Question of the Week

I love The Little Dragon and, as I mentioned in my review, it reminds me of one of those British farces with doors opening and shutting everywhere and characters running all over the house with barely-concealed glee/bewilderment/fear.  So that got me thinking:


What Neels novels do you think would work best as movies?

"Would she ever forgive him for being loaded?...and ripped?"

8 comments:

  1. It's no secret that Caroline's Waterloo is one of my fav's...but I don't think it would translate well into a major motion picture. Here's a couple that I think would be great:

    Saturday's Child has possibilities...there's the dramatic drive across Europe, fun family retainer, and several jobs to pick and choose - PLUS the ending is pretty darn awesome.

    Henrietta's Own Castle (but only if Loes is played by someone older - NOT a nineteen year old). Again, an action scene with the airplane down and another awesome ending.

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  2. Couldn't agree more - Caroline's Waterloo would be fabulous,but I also think that The Chain of Destiny (think about - international travel, secret rendezvous,fire, history . . .) I have often wondered why they haven't used her books for a movie - what a chick flick!

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  3. And the terrible thing about rom-cons these days is how terrible they are. Any Neels book, if used as the bare bones, would make a wonderful film.

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  4. Betty Barbara here--
    You are so right! Almost any Betty plot would work wonders as a RomCom script!
    And all those Betty heroines with wide mouths--think Julia Roberts (now a bit old, but...)or Anne Hathaway.

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  5. The only Harlequin I can remember that was made into a movie was "The Snow Leopard" many years ago. Don't think is was a very good movie. Any Betty story would be better in my book! Anyone with an earthquake would be big right now.

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  6. I totally agree with you all. One would think that Hallmark would've made a movie of one of Betty's books already. There have been other books with smaller fan-base (in my opinion) that have been made (i.e., Love Comes Softly). And Betty would be rated PG at most (those Dutch oaths, you know).

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  7. There have been many Harlequins made into movies -Netflix carries a bunch of them. They actually have their own production company. They definitely Go To Brighton, though. :(

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  8. Does Harlequin still make those movies? I had a little adventure. I loved the actor in the movie set in French wine country about ballooning, it was called (I think) Cloud Waltzer. Anyhow, I found his web page and somehow started corresponding with him (just a little don't want to exaggerate here) and actually met him for coffee. I'm sure married, but a really nice guy with virtually none of the sex appeal in person he had on the screen. Thought was was just fascinating!!

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