As the movie ends, Norman drives Lucille and her kids off along this really long road and they're so happy because they're free now. But exactly where were they going? Back to Hollywood so Lucille could continue being a star? And if not there, where? Her house couldn't have been that far away from the rest of them, could it?
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Well Crazy in Alabama is definately one example of the movie being better than the book, the book was allright but in it Lucille didn't care much about her kids...in fact as soon as the trial was over she ran off and never came back for them and Meemaw had to raise them up and send them to college...and she did marry Norman if I recall, but after the trial, nobody really wanted to hire her again so she just did a few commercials after that.
I liked the movie better because she loves her kids and she wants to be found not guilty so she can take back her kids, and at the end they all go off together to be happy.
I think it pretty much implies that she goes back to Hollywood, considering the fact that her chauffeur showed up at the courtroom with her limo and she stands up through the sunroof at the end on that long road.
It would probably be difficult for her to get another drive, but they "went for a ride" and I doubt that the road they were on was in Alabama.
I just finished reading the book and I think the movie was better. This is odd because I usually like the books better than their movie. They were both quirky and weird but the movie was more enjoyably done. Although I don't understand why they changed her hair color from blond to black in the movie.
In the book, Lucille bribes the judge with sex in order to let her go free. After the trial, she lives up to her end of the bargain and sleeps with the (married) judge while Norman obliviously waits outside with the limo. Lucille marries Norman, but can't get any more work in Hollywood so she changes her name and does some commercials. Then she changes her name again and lands a t.v. series that runs for I think about 6 years. She calls PeeJoe, who is a scriptwriter and begs him to give her the lead in one of his upcoming movies that parallels Lucille's life. He says no, but then Lucille suggestively says something to the effect of, "You know what happens when I don't get what I want!" And that's where the book ends.
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Hmm. You haven't read the book but you write a long, semi-coherent paragraph ranting at the author for the book's "shallowness?" I'm not reporting this as abuse but this is a seriously weird review.
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I did read the entire thread. You took what some people said about changes between the book and movie, and went on a long tirade about how the author (of BOTH the book and the movie) ought to be ASHAMED for making changes from one medium to another. That is simply ridiculous. For you to offer sweeping generalizations about how the author should be ASHAMED based on something you haven't even read is just balderdash. Thanks for listening.
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