Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Which came first, the movie or the book?

This post is written in response to a blog prompt on the Story Siren.


Are you going to watch the hunger games this weekend?


I am not going to go see the Hunger games this weekend, next weekend, or anytime soon. Why? because I truly hate watching movies based on books that I have read. I have never enjoyed it, and despite the monumental success of the Harry Potter and Twilight series - I am yet to watch any of the twilight movies and I only watched the first Harry Potter movie in its entirety. And that was only because my children forced me to.  I never watched the film - The Help, but I ravaged the book.

I am too finicky a reader to enjoy watching a what I consider to be a watered-down pictorial rendition of a great story in a book.  It irks me when critical portions of a book that I love are warped, twisted or even worse CUT just to force a well-fleshed out story into the box of a movie screen. I find that I am more apt to watch a movie first without every having read the book and then discovering - hark! there is book behind the movie.

For those of you going to enjoy the Hunger Games this weekend, enjoy! I hope it serves the books well.

I'll be home, watching Rio for the 100th time with my 4-year old.

4 comments:

  1. TPMarch 21, 2012 at 8:48 PM

    I don't usually watch movies based on boks I've read or vice versa - but for Hunger Games I'm making one of the rare exceptions. My step-son and I are going to a close to midnight showing on Friday night.

    Tanya
    Girlxoxo.com

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    1. MoMarch 22, 2012 at 4:34 PM

      Sounds like you have a nice night planned! Don't mind me, I'm a purist at heart. Enjoy your movie and have a great night!

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  2. Bibliosaurus TextMarch 21, 2012 at 9:07 PM

    I'm going, because I'll never get my boyfriend to read the book, but he's willing to see the movie with me. I'm still cringing over the casting of Peeta and Gale, though. I hope they do a decent job.

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    1. MoMarch 22, 2012 at 4:36 PM

      I can see where you're coming from. The story is definitely a fantastic one and I hope for your sake it's wonderful! I love Josh Hutcherson - He's not a bad pick in my mind for Peeta. Have a great time! and share your impressions when you've seen it! I'll be waiting to hear from you!

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