For today's My Thoughts On... I've chosen the topic of
Books to film!
I think that I speak for a lot of people when I say that if a book to film interpretation is done right, it can be spectacular. Hello, Harry Potter anyone!? Now, when it's done poorly... that a whole different story. Okay, for all of you who are fans of the Twilight movies, you may not want to read this part. Anyway, personally, I think that the Twilight films are awful. I was a huge huge fan (you don't even know how huge! I ran a fan site and everything...) of Twilight around the time the first movie was being filmed and I was absolutely dying to see it. At least, until I finally saw it. Honestly, I was such a huge fan (I'm not much of a fan anymore, in case you're wondering) and I wanted to like the movie so bad, but it was just not good at all and I really wish that I'd never even seen it.
Like I said, if it's done right, a book turned into a movie can be phenomenal! I love being able to see characters come to life on the big screen, I think that it's a whole different way to experience your favourite books, but it's so hard to do right. It must be hard to be in charge of making a book into a film because, especially when it comes to casting, you can't please everyone! I do think that if the movie stays as true to the book as possible and has good actors then it's on the right track!
Like I said, if it's done right, a book turned into a movie can be phenomenal! I love being able to see characters come to life on the big screen, I think that it's a whole different way to experience your favourite books, but it's so hard to do right. It must be hard to be in charge of making a book into a film because, especially when it comes to casting, you can't please everyone! I do think that if the movie stays as true to the book as possible and has good actors then it's on the right track!
Some examples of books to film are Harry Potter, Twilight, The Vampire Diaries and many, many more.
What are your thoughts on books to film? Do you agree with me or disagree? Let me know in the comments! Also, please leave me suggestions for future "My Thoughts On..." topics, I'm running low on ideas!
Claire :)
I agree with your assessment entirely. I haven't seen the HP movies yet (I want to read the books first) and most of the book to movie's that I've seen aren't YA. My personal favorite's are Gettysburg (based on the book Killer Angels) and The Searchers (based on the book of the same title). In both cases the movie is actually better than the book, for me anyway.
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