My favorite color is fluorescent beige
I just finished watching Precious. It was a good watch, although you can hardly call it enjoyable. I bought the book about 2 months ago and it has already become one of my favourite reads. I will sit in the bath reading, reading, reading until the water gets cold.
The subject matter is bleak but I find the novel uplifting. The movie doesn't quite capture that. As a teacher, I love Precious' joy for learning and pride in her progress. I love the little touches of improved spelling and grammar in the narrative as Precious herself is learning. I love how her love for Abdul is so evident in the book and is such a driving force.
Precious is such an introverted character that it really needed the first-person narrative. I know narration in film is often considered to be lazy but I think it needed more voice-over. The book Precious is driven by self-determination and love for her son. After leaving Mary her mother isn't much of a factor. Education and hope are what propells Precious forward. In the novel Mary still seems to be holding Precious captive and there needs to be the final revelation in Ms Weiss' office to release Precious.
The book Precious is already free, and the story is about her realising that.
The subject matter is bleak but I find the novel uplifting. The movie doesn't quite capture that. As a teacher, I love Precious' joy for learning and pride in her progress. I love the little touches of improved spelling and grammar in the narrative as Precious herself is learning. I love how her love for Abdul is so evident in the book and is such a driving force.
Precious is such an introverted character that it really needed the first-person narrative. I know narration in film is often considered to be lazy but I think it needed more voice-over. The book Precious is driven by self-determination and love for her son. After leaving Mary her mother isn't much of a factor. Education and hope are what propells Precious forward. In the novel Mary still seems to be holding Precious captive and there needs to be the final revelation in Ms Weiss' office to release Precious.
The book Precious is already free, and the story is about her realising that.