Book vs. Movie

As a reader I have an intense love-hate relationship with books that have been turned into movies. For me it seems most book adaptations to the big screen fail miserably, and the whole movie experience turns into a rant fest about how much the movie changed, messed up, didn’t get right etc.

Of course, once in a while I’m blown away by how well they were able to translate the book into movie. Then it is excitement and being impressed, and a great movie experience.

For this swap we will write about these experiences!

We will pick one Great book to movie adaptation and write about why you liked it. Actor choices, great content editing, faithfulness to the book etc, please tell every reason that you enjoyed both book and movie.

On the flip side, we will also write about the book to movie adaption that you most dislike.(If you are like me, you will have a long list to choose from!) What made the movie so terrible, major plot point left out? Minor unnecessary changes made in the movie? Bad actor choices? We want to hear all your gripes about the movie!

To sum up: 2 Partners, snail-mailed review of one good book to movie adaptation and one bad book to movie adaptation.

Planning on making this a series of swaps, please be on the lookout in the forums for a thread I’d like to have your input!