Following on from my last post on Tim Winton, Daniel left a comment advising that The Turning was about to hit the theatre in Feb/March – see here, so I have promptly booked two tickets to go and see it.

Danelle and I went to see Cloudstreet when it was playing probably 8 years ago now and it was wonderful. Despite its ‘darkness’ – or maybe because of it, The Turning is another book I loved so I am really looking forward to seeing the production!

Nathan also left a few tips for novels worth reading, one of which is ‘Atonement’ by Ian McEwan. I read this a few years back and am looking forward to going to see the movie some time soon – screening now in the city.

Unfortunatly my crappy memory means I have forgotten the plot-line altogether, but it did leave me with a positive impression, so hopefully the movie won’t disappoint. It seems the imagination is always more powerful than any cinema director so it can be hard to ‘beat’ a decent book with a movie.

On Winton stories, I actually really enjoyed the movie of That Eye The Sky, despite being told I ‘shouldn’t have’ by several people. I couldn’t see what was wrong with it, but then maybe I am just a man with no sense of boundaries….