Books made into movies yes or no?
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Re: Books made into movies yes or no?
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Even though we all know that movies ALWAYS leave out the best parts from the book. So I am not always excited to see a movie that has been adapted from a book as much as I am excited to get a new book.
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Sometimes I enjoy the film more than the book. For instance, Dickens and Tolkien spend a lot of time describing the world they create which can sometimes make their books feel like hard work. But this style of writing translates well to creating a TV series or film from the books. And I find them easy to digest than the books. Some Nick Hornby books such as About a Boy, I enjoyed more than the books thanks to great characters that made the flawed characters really likeable.
In general I prefer the books, but I can still enjoy the film in their own right. I try not to consume both in quick succession to avoid direct comparisons.
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This doesn't apply to all movie adaptions, of course. I recently saw Gerwig's 2019 adaptation of Little Women and thought it was brilliantly done. The movie is almost completely faithful to the book, which is rare. I loved being able to see the actual interactions between characters, especially since Alcott's writing doesn't lend much to the imagination compared to more modern writing. I thought Gerwig's use of switching between two timelines, or the two volumes of Little Women, brought more food for thought than Alcott's own writing did (although that may be because I've matured more since the last time I read the book). Yet, Gerwig was still able to make the movie feel like her own creation, instead of just an homage to Alcott. In cases like this, I think the movie enriches the reading experience because the movie in and of itself is an analysis of the novel. I would say this goes for movie adaptations for any classic, when writing had to be more spare in words, or used language that we don't quite understand anymore, i.e. Shakespeare, so that we can more clearly comprehend the original writing.
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