The meaning to life. Well, no not really. But I have figured out why I don't like movies made from my favorite books.
by Michael Connelly
I loved this book. Well, I still do. I love this book. It was different than any book I had read, and I've read many courtroom books (like all of John Grisham). My Dad and I share the same taste in thrillers, and we so enjoyed this book. So when they announced a movie was been made from it, my dad was super excited.
I'm watching the movie right now. And it's a great movie ... but I hate it. And I've figured it out. It's too fast. When you read a book, you become a character in the story. In the Lincoln Lawyer, it's Micheal Haller. I understood him. I felt him. I cried when he cried. I smiled when he smiled. I feared when he feared. This is one of those books that I lived whether I was actually reading the words or not, thought of always, and stayed up way too late into the nights to read this book.
With the movie, a 30 second scene encompasses a chapter or two. I feel like I'm being dragged along by the movie. They keep going, but I want to yell 'stop' wait, you didn't tell them about this; wait, there not going to get it; I know the background, I know this character and you just can't fit a book into a movie. In the movie they spent 10 seconds at a crime scene that had me sobbing while reading the book.
You just can't fit that kind of emotion into a book. Movies are great, but books pull at your heartstrings. Books make you feel, think, believe you are someone else.
It's a good movie. You should watch it. Then go read the book. Because it's better.
I love to read and I almost never like a movie made from a book Ive read. The only two exceptions are The Green Mile & Shawshank Redemption.
ReplyDeleteI think you're reason is exactly true! Another thing for me is, the author paints a picture and I imagine it a certain way in my head. Then someone else interprets it for the movie and often it's very different from what I imagined - and I like my version better!
Totally agree. I generally try to watch a movie before I read the book for that very reason! Hard to be disappointed in the movie if you haven't already immersed yourself in the story :)
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