• Fanatic Deliberations,  Movies Vs. Books

    Enjoying the Adaptation

    Can you Enjoy a Movie Adaptation? You know, sometimes it’s really hard to enjoy a movie adaptation. I get so excited that a book I love is being made into a movie. The commercials always show the best part of the movie, and I can’t help but think, this is gonna be great! Yet, I end up walking out of the movie theatre depressed and disappointed. I mean, how is it possible that a three-minute commercial can show the only good scenes in a movie? How do the moviemakers completely destroy a book’s story when they have a prewritten guide to said story? Now, I don’t think all adaptations are…