FLYWHEEL
I've seen the movie and read the book.
FLYWHEEL - the movie by Alex Kendrick & Stephen Kendrick - is a good movie.
It is good, clean, wholesome family fun.
My whole family likes it - not sure if we currently own the DVD or if we are going to buy it.
FLYWHEEL - the novelization by Eric Wilson - is just as good IMHO.
You don't have to watch the movie to understand the book.
You don't have to read the book to follow the movie.
They are two separate things.
One could say the book enhances the movie, but that's it.
The movie (Flywheel) is complete in and of itself. So is the book.
Personally I like the book better, but I am a reader.
I like how the book starts out - from the son's perspective about fifteen years after the events chronicled during the movie - which helps tie all the events together - and ends back in the 'present'.
And seeing more from the mechanic's perspective, that was pure win. There's a few side stores and scenes that didn't make it into the movie (? this isn't the screenplay so I can't say that for certain), that the book delves into.
The humor from the movie is present in all its glory in the book.
Here's an excerpt taken from the back of the novelization - since I can't do the storyline justice:
"Jay Austin did what it took to get ahead and make the quick sell at work. Problem was--the more successful he was, the more he traded what really mattered. His integrity. His relationship with his wife. His time with his son.
"He was chasing things that had no eternal significance. It wasn't until God slowly unravel everything that he saw how empty his life had become.
"Now it will take a courageous heart and a saving grace for Jay to finally turn his drive into a desire for a more authentic life with God as well as with his wife and son.
"In a world fillwed with cheap imitations that distract us from God's higher plans, Flywheel is a powerful parable for all who hunger to live an authentic life."
FLYWHEEL - the movie by Alex Kendrick & Stephen Kendrick - is a good movie.
It is good, clean, wholesome family fun.
My whole family likes it - not sure if we currently own the DVD or if we are going to buy it.
FLYWHEEL - the novelization by Eric Wilson - is just as good IMHO.
You don't have to watch the movie to understand the book.
You don't have to read the book to follow the movie.
They are two separate things.
One could say the book enhances the movie, but that's it.
The movie (Flywheel) is complete in and of itself. So is the book.
Personally I like the book better, but I am a reader.
I like how the book starts out - from the son's perspective about fifteen years after the events chronicled during the movie - which helps tie all the events together - and ends back in the 'present'.
And seeing more from the mechanic's perspective, that was pure win. There's a few side stores and scenes that didn't make it into the movie (? this isn't the screenplay so I can't say that for certain), that the book delves into.
The humor from the movie is present in all its glory in the book.
Here's an excerpt taken from the back of the novelization - since I can't do the storyline justice:
"Jay Austin did what it took to get ahead and make the quick sell at work. Problem was--the more successful he was, the more he traded what really mattered. His integrity. His relationship with his wife. His time with his son.
"He was chasing things that had no eternal significance. It wasn't until God slowly unravel everything that he saw how empty his life had become.
"Now it will take a courageous heart and a saving grace for Jay to finally turn his drive into a desire for a more authentic life with God as well as with his wife and son.
"In a world fillwed with cheap imitations that distract us from God's higher plans, Flywheel is a powerful parable for all who hunger to live an authentic life."