Category: movie review
When Books Become Movies: The Road
I gave the book 4 stars. How did the movie compare? Book Accuracy Really very close to the book. This is a literary novel wherein the story is more about the characters’ journey than a co... Read More
When Books Become Movies: If I Stay
I gave the book 3.7 stars. Read the review here. Book Accuracy Really pretty close. This is a book with not a lot of plot-driven action, so I’d think that makes it a bit easier to adapt i... Read More
When Books Become Movies: Small Apartments
Book Accuracy The movie was made to be funnier where the book was darker. Some of the whole trying-to-dispose-of-the-body sequence was hilarious. How he tries to get the body into the car, trie... Read More
When Books Become Movies: Insurgent
Book Accuracy There was a good bit changed, though it was mostly the way in which things happened, not necessarily the things themselves. Most of the sims we read about Tris going through are t... Read More
When Books Become Movies: Lord of the Flies
This is an older book and an older movie, but until recently, I hadn’t read or seen either one. The book, I read as a Buddy Read with Aussie Bookworm and I talked about it in this video: ... Read More
When Books Become Movies: Odd Thomas
Book Accuracy Really very close. The changed details were so minor, they’re barely worth mentioning. I think the biggest one was that Elvis as the ghost was not there, the colors of unifo... Read More
When Books Become Movies: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
The book was strange, but in a quirky and fun way. The movie, on the other hand, was just weird and a bit confusing. Click here for my review of the book. Book Accuracy It started out the same.... Read More
When Books Become Movies: Silver Linings Playbook
I gave the book 4 stars and really liked the way the author, Matthew Quick, portrayed mental illness and the difficulties of day-to-day life. The movie felt too much watered-down for me, like t... Read More