- Do you typically enjoy films that are based off of books or do you avoid them? I often get excited to see a movie if I've just read the book and I'm usually let down. Usually, if I see the movie I don't bother with the book so I don't get upset about what was left out. - Would you rather read the book or watch the movie first? I'd rather see the movie first because the book has so many more details, generally, so it's like a bonus, whereas if I read the book and then see the movie sometimes i get upset about what they left out. - What are some example(s) of films or movies based on books that got it right? Um... is this a trick question, or... Maybe the Orchid Thief... not because Adaptation was spot on for the book, because it wasn't but that was the whole point. Oh and Matilda was pretty much spot on. - What are some example(s) of films or movies based on books that got it wrong? A Series of Unfortunate Events is the movie adaptation I'm still the most upset about. I LOVED that book series and they ruined it by casting the absolute wrong actor for Count Olaf and they ignored so many details that wouldn't have been hard to actually do right. And they did the first three books as one movie so they moved around the timeline and that was annoying. Billy Connolly and Meryl Streep were absolute perfection but nearly everything else was terrible. Mostly the issue was that tone of the movie was so different than the books and I'm really mad that by ruining the first one I will never get to see the rest of them made into movies. Major suck. The Giver. Jeff Bridges had been wanting to make it into a movie for like a decade and he can't even bother to follow the really easily followed details? Then just make a different movie if you're making a different movie! - If you see a film based on a book does it make you want to go and read the book? Actually, not really. Not usually. The only exception is usually books that Meryl Streep movies are based on because I love and worship her and I like to read those books. Although, I will say I couldn't stand Devil Wears Prada (book), it was so bad. Every character was terrible.
Jim Carrey really was the biggest problem with that Series of Unfortunate Events movie. Have you heard about Netflix's series? Not that's there's any info besides it's happening but I'm excited because a series is a much better way of tackling those books than a movie.
Although, I will say I couldn't stand Devil Wears Prada (book), it was so bad. Every character was terrible.
Did you enjoy the movie or just the MS parts? I didn't read the book but after I watched the movie I ended up hating it SO MUCH because of Anne Hathaway's character and her stupid friends and bf. Were they all worse in the book?
I thought the Giver was both a good and bad adaptation. It stayed fairly faithful to the original book, which I liked. What I didn't like was the non Jonas POV they added. Those just didn't seem to match my internal view of what that must have been like (because we don't get that in the book; it's left up to the imagination).
- Would you rather read the book or watch the movie first? I'd rather see the movie first because the book has so many more details, generally, so it's like a bonus, whereas if I read the book and then see the movie sometimes i get upset about what they left out.
- What are some example(s) of films or movies based on books that got it right? Um... is this a trick question, or... Maybe the Orchid Thief... not because Adaptation was spot on for the book, because it wasn't but that was the whole point. Oh and Matilda was pretty much spot on.
- What are some example(s) of films or movies based on books that got it wrong? A Series of Unfortunate Events is the movie adaptation I'm still the most upset about. I LOVED that book series and they ruined it by casting the absolute wrong actor for Count Olaf and they ignored so many details that wouldn't have been hard to actually do right. And they did the first three books as one movie so they moved around the timeline and that was annoying. Billy Connolly and Meryl Streep were absolute perfection but nearly everything else was terrible. Mostly the issue was that tone of the movie was so different than the books and I'm really mad that by ruining the first one I will never get to see the rest of them made into movies. Major suck. The Giver. Jeff Bridges had been wanting to make it into a movie for like a decade and he can't even bother to follow the really easily followed details? Then just make a different movie if you're making a different movie!
- If you see a film based on a book does it make you want to go and read the book? Actually, not really. Not usually. The only exception is usually books that Meryl Streep movies are based on because I love and worship her and I like to read those books. Although, I will say I couldn't stand Devil Wears Prada (book), it was so bad. Every character was terrible.
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Did you enjoy the movie or just the MS parts? I didn't read the book but after I watched the movie I ended up hating it SO MUCH because of Anne Hathaway's character and her stupid friends and bf. Were they all worse in the book?
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