Books and Movies

Are they the same thing? Well, no, obviously not. One you read and the other you don't (unless you're in a foreign film or at our house because we always use subtitles). Both cost about the same, unless you're in Canada. One is made of paper and well...you get the picture.

So THIS is a book!

Sort of.

 Just in case you forgot which either of them looked like: here they are!








And going to see a movie based on a book used to really bother me. A lot. Especially when the movies deviated from the book. For example, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II. I walked out with a slightly disappointed feeling as the duel between Voldemort and Harry was not observed and the death of Bellatrix was agonizingly short. I remember reading and rereading those parts in the book, savoring the writing. BUT, as my illustrations clearly show, books are not movies and they shouldn't necessarily be treated as equals. Neil Gaiman, when on the set for Stardust and upon seeing the pirate ship felt the need to apologize for all the work the film crew members were doing. He said that his description of the ship was two lines on the page, which translated to months of work for others.

The movie The Help was no way near as good as the book, but there was also no way to fit in all the information from the book into a movie format. Impossible. But they did a pretty good job.

What I'm saying is until I really separated the fact that books and movies based on books are not the same, I began to enjoy movies based on books a little more.

Think of apples and oranges. Different, but still fruit. And both are good. What do you think?