- Do you typically enjoy films that are based off of books or do you avoid them? It really depends on the movie. Sometimes I'm indifferent because I haven't read the book or I'm not into the genre, but other times I love them - or at the very least, I enjoy them. - Would you rather read the book or watch the movie first? Most of the time I prefer to read the book first. That does not always happen - in the case of Howl's Moving Castle and Divergent, for example, I saw the movies before I read either of the books, but usually it's the other way around. - What are some example(s) of films or movies based on books that got it right? While I am a bit of a purist with Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings trilogy and the three Hobbit movies definitely got a lot right, even if I did take issue with some of what they did with the latter. Divergent seriously benefited from the expanded point of view. Tris as the narrator in the novel got on my nerves after the first book, but the movie really surprised me. Howl's Moving Castle is another
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Oh my gosh. Her voice was bad enough here - I can't imagine it being like that. I really hope that someone gets the rights and does a good adaption of it. Even with the issues I had with the third and fourth books I would totally see all of them if they did a good job adapting the series because they were pretty darn good books overall.
The first book wasn't amazing or anything, but it was infinitely better than the disaster that was the movie. I don't think I've ever been so disappointed by a movie before.
I haven't seen the second movie and the first movie has its issues. A lot of them, really. But I had a LOT more issues with the books. I almost rage quit in the middle of the second one after I thought the first one was okay. I only finished the others (including the short story collection) because I'm a completionist and so I could discuss them with my friends. I have a very low tolerance for YA and the whining in them. Tris's narrator made me want to pull my hair out. So not listening to her whining is probably one of the reasons I enjoyed it more. Plus I saw it for free because I had friends that worked at the theatre. So that and being excited to see Cap 2 the next week may have made me see it a bit more favorably. Still, it was better than Eragon or Twilight.
It's been years since I've watched Eragon, and even more so since I've read the books so I can't say I remember it being a terrible adaptation. I do, however, remember feeling like the movie was rushed compared to the book, especially the end, and that kind of did it in for me. The ending to a movie is usually just as important as the beginning & middle, but I feel like a lot of adaptations tend to rush the ending and it comes off as not having been thought out. You can't have 45 minutes of build up only to have a 2 minute conclusion.
I've blocked out a large part of it at this point - I just remember that the majority of the casting was mediocre at best, they got Aria completely wrong (from the little I remember), and a whole bunch of other things that have now slipped my mind. I haven't seen the movie since probably 2007 or 2008, so I know I've forgotten a LOT about it now. I used to be able to pick apart exactly what was wrong with it, but now I hardly remember anything - and that might be a blessing considering how frustrated I was because of it. It was definitely rushed, though, you're right. That much I do remember.
I think one of the things that Lord of the Rings/Hobbit had going for it was that it wasn't squished into a single movie so it was able to do more. It's like the things that get made into mini-series instead of movies usually stick better to the original, so multiple movies probably helps in that regard.
I think you're right about that. I shudder to think of what it could have been like if they had tried to put the whole of The Lord of the Rings into one movie. It sort of reminds me of that one animated movie from a long time ago - I'm not entirely sure anymore since it's been so long since I saw it, but it was pretty condensed and not good at all. The Hobbit probably could have been two movies instead of three, but I do rather appreciate how it wasn't as condensed as it would have been if it had only been one movie. I had a LOT more issues with the adaption of The Hobbit than I did with The Lord of the Rings, but they made it work in a way that I can forgive them, which is saying a lot given how much of a Tolkien fan I am because of my dad.
- Would you rather read the book or watch the movie first? Most of the time I prefer to read the book first. That does not always happen - in the case of Howl's Moving Castle and Divergent, for example, I saw the movies before I read either of the books, but usually it's the other way around.
- What are some example(s) of films or movies based on books that got it right? While I am a bit of a purist with Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings trilogy and the three Hobbit movies definitely got a lot right, even if I did take issue with some of what they did with the latter. Divergent seriously benefited from the expanded point of view. Tris as the narrator in the novel got on my nerves after the first book, but the movie really surprised me. Howl's Moving Castle is another ( ... )
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I haven't seen the second movie and the first movie has its issues. A lot of them, really. But I had a LOT more issues with the books. I almost rage quit in the middle of the second one after I thought the first one was okay. I only finished the others (including the short story collection) because I'm a completionist and so I could discuss them with my friends. I have a very low tolerance for YA and the whining in them. Tris's narrator made me want to pull my hair out. So not listening to her whining is probably one of the reasons I enjoyed it more. Plus I saw it for free because I had friends that worked at the theatre. So that and being excited to see Cap 2 the next week may have made me see it a bit more favorably. Still, it was better than Eragon or Twilight.
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