rkittine
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I guess I haven't gotten up to the point on the TV series where his wife is killed but in the book Maddie was a little girl when it happened.
Although I do watch the series, I am currently just passing page 300 of the latest Bosch novel.
What bothers me though is that like movies that start off with, "based on a true story" or "close to the true story" etc. etc. I get frustrated when they are changed just to dramatize the real story.
Now for those that read all the books, Harry is not divorced, his wife died.
Just like I think I sent in a prior post, I have read all 22 of the Jack Reacher books and the three short stories, all about a guy who is 6'5" and weighs 250 pounds, but in the movies is played by Tom Cruise ????
Bob
Full agreement on the Jack Reacher casting. I guess if Tom bought the rights he can play the role but it just doesn't work IMHO. Too bad Clint Eastwood isn't 50 years younger as he'd be close to perfect - just would need to add a few pounds.
Great series, Bosch. Great role for the lead actor, whoever he is.
I see him now and then as a character in older stuff and think, "Hey, I know that guy!" E.g., as a bit part doc in NYPD Blue. And I think I saw him in a good movie, made maybe ten or more years ago?, recently, "Gone, Baby, Gone," tho I forget what the role was.... if I did see him in it. That's a good movie, BTW, "Gone, Baby, Gone." Now on Amazon or Netflix. Forget which.
I hear ya. The hard one for me in the TV show was the guy playing his Indian (NA) pal. In the books it's a physically large guy. In the show, the guy is small. Not a bad actor, but small. Just seems .... off. (And I think I read the actor is Filipino, not that that bothers me any.).."Longmire" was an interesting case in point. When the show started, I'd read all the books out by then. In appearance and mannerisms, the actor Robert Taylor was a perfect fit as you would imagine the book character, although personality-wise the book Longmire and the TV Longmire were quite different, and the latter took some getting used to. My favorite characters there turned out to be ones that never were in the books.
I hear ya. The hard one for me in the TV show was the guy playing his Indian (NA) pal. In the books it's a physically large guy. In the show, the guy is small. Not a bad actor, but small. Just seems .... off. (And I think I read the actor is Filipino, not that that bothers me any.)
I have read all the Bosch books as well as the ones where he is with the Lincoln Lawyer too. Is the video series as good as the books?