good job, you managed to un-class a classic...
There are two things that I love and find highly entertaining: watching movies, and reading. And let me tell you, when they make a movie out of something I enjoyed reading, I am usually quite enthused about it. But usually when you make a book into a movie, it is either really good, or really bad!
There are some books that have made great movies!
At the top of this list for me, are the Harry Potter movies. The books are just outstanding - and the movies are awesome too! Although they can never get as much detail into the movie as I think they should (do they ever compared to the book), they still manage to tell the story without leaving out any major events, and still manage to include lots of little fun bits of the wizard world that drive our imaginations wild. I enjoy going to the midnight showing of the latest Harry Potter movie!
Even though some don't agree with me on this, I also go opening weekend to see the Twilight movies. Now most people who have read the books, watched Twilight - the first movie, and said these movies were lame. I will agree that the first movie was not up to par with the books. But let me tell you something, they learned from their mistakes, and have come a long way. Eclipse was really good, and I can't wait to see both parts of Breaking Dawn.
Nicolas Sparks are in my top ratings of books turned into movies also. First of all, his books are just amazing. If you haven't read him, you need to...NOW! Buuuutttt..my favorite book of his, is my least favorite movie made - Message in a Bottle. They changed the ending and pivotal parts of the plot. But the quality of all his other books and movies made me continue to return to the screen. The world is very familiar with the wonder that is The Notebook. Although this book is extremely special, read his others and then see those movies - they are also great.
And #4 are my top list is Charlotte's Web. The remake of this movie did the book justice! I love the quotes from the book throughout the movie, and how they captured the true emotion of the story.
Now let's talk a little about those books they SHOULDN'T have made into movies. There are many of these in the world, but I am going to mention the few that actually anger me just a bit that they couldn't do the books justice. I mean, come on - if you are going to screw up a classic, just leave it alone. You know that old saying, if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all....well.... I know that the ones I am about to mention are children's books, but I tend to get more emotional about these. I have a weak spot for children's literature, and an even weaker one for ones turned into movies. I want kids to read! I want them to be excited to do so. So please, don't make a crap movie about a classic book and discourage my students from reading a literary treasure.
First of all, what the world is up with Where the Wild Things Are???? What a cute book about dreams, imagination, and letting your mind wander to talk yourself down and make the most out of a situation. The movie is on HBO, I think about my tattered copy of a classic story, I decide to take a peak. HOLY CRAP! I am literally spooked by the creatures that are walking around with Max! I have a fear of bugged out eyeballs on a normal person, but these monsters would have traumatized me as a child. If I had had children at the time of this movie opening, I might have been falsely swayed into taking them to the movies. I would have been walking out with my kids. This is just weird and creepy. Click. Channel change. Not even watching five more minutes of this.
AND, what is the deal with some of the Dr. Seuss books they have made into movies??? I love Dr. Seuss. I'm not quite sure love is a strong enough word to describe how I feel about Dr. Seuss books! I dedicate an entire week to celebrating his birthday each year in my classroom. He has a beautiful way of showing children that being different is an awesome quality! Weird = Cool. I like that! I do NOT like the fact that Mike Myers took The Cat in the Hat to a whole new level of odd. It was that awkward kind of odd that you sit there and think, should he have just said that joke in a children's movie? The Cat was supposed to be obsessed with having fun and making everything into a game. The Mike Cat was just obsessed with making everything into a lame joke. We can have lots of good fun that is funny turned into wouldn't it be good if Mike cat knew how to be funny! Jim Carey did a slightly better job at being The Grinch. But the people who wrote this movie - again - tried so hard at making the movie world of Dr. Seuss more weird than needed be. Yes, his stories were about weird creatures who did funny things, but folks there is a line where we must not go into crazy-weird-that makes no sense. Dr. Seuss liked to make things fun for children. Let's not go overboard here. You just took the class out of that classic book for kids. Congratulations.
There are some books that have made great movies!
At the top of this list for me, are the Harry Potter movies. The books are just outstanding - and the movies are awesome too! Although they can never get as much detail into the movie as I think they should (do they ever compared to the book), they still manage to tell the story without leaving out any major events, and still manage to include lots of little fun bits of the wizard world that drive our imaginations wild. I enjoy going to the midnight showing of the latest Harry Potter movie!
Even though some don't agree with me on this, I also go opening weekend to see the Twilight movies. Now most people who have read the books, watched Twilight - the first movie, and said these movies were lame. I will agree that the first movie was not up to par with the books. But let me tell you something, they learned from their mistakes, and have come a long way. Eclipse was really good, and I can't wait to see both parts of Breaking Dawn.
Nicolas Sparks are in my top ratings of books turned into movies also. First of all, his books are just amazing. If you haven't read him, you need to...NOW! Buuuutttt..my favorite book of his, is my least favorite movie made - Message in a Bottle. They changed the ending and pivotal parts of the plot. But the quality of all his other books and movies made me continue to return to the screen. The world is very familiar with the wonder that is The Notebook. Although this book is extremely special, read his others and then see those movies - they are also great.
And #4 are my top list is Charlotte's Web. The remake of this movie did the book justice! I love the quotes from the book throughout the movie, and how they captured the true emotion of the story.
Now let's talk a little about those books they SHOULDN'T have made into movies. There are many of these in the world, but I am going to mention the few that actually anger me just a bit that they couldn't do the books justice. I mean, come on - if you are going to screw up a classic, just leave it alone. You know that old saying, if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all....well.... I know that the ones I am about to mention are children's books, but I tend to get more emotional about these. I have a weak spot for children's literature, and an even weaker one for ones turned into movies. I want kids to read! I want them to be excited to do so. So please, don't make a crap movie about a classic book and discourage my students from reading a literary treasure.
First of all, what the world is up with Where the Wild Things Are???? What a cute book about dreams, imagination, and letting your mind wander to talk yourself down and make the most out of a situation. The movie is on HBO, I think about my tattered copy of a classic story, I decide to take a peak. HOLY CRAP! I am literally spooked by the creatures that are walking around with Max! I have a fear of bugged out eyeballs on a normal person, but these monsters would have traumatized me as a child. If I had had children at the time of this movie opening, I might have been falsely swayed into taking them to the movies. I would have been walking out with my kids. This is just weird and creepy. Click. Channel change. Not even watching five more minutes of this.
AND, what is the deal with some of the Dr. Seuss books they have made into movies??? I love Dr. Seuss. I'm not quite sure love is a strong enough word to describe how I feel about Dr. Seuss books! I dedicate an entire week to celebrating his birthday each year in my classroom. He has a beautiful way of showing children that being different is an awesome quality! Weird = Cool. I like that! I do NOT like the fact that Mike Myers took The Cat in the Hat to a whole new level of odd. It was that awkward kind of odd that you sit there and think, should he have just said that joke in a children's movie? The Cat was supposed to be obsessed with having fun and making everything into a game. The Mike Cat was just obsessed with making everything into a lame joke. We can have lots of good fun that is funny turned into wouldn't it be good if Mike cat knew how to be funny! Jim Carey did a slightly better job at being The Grinch. But the people who wrote this movie - again - tried so hard at making the movie world of Dr. Seuss more weird than needed be. Yes, his stories were about weird creatures who did funny things, but folks there is a line where we must not go into crazy-weird-that makes no sense. Dr. Seuss liked to make things fun for children. Let's not go overboard here. You just took the class out of that classic book for kids. Congratulations.
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