Hey, two days off in a row means two posts in a row! Shocking, I know.
This is something new I’ve decided to try - books vs. their movie counterparts - and if it turns out okay then maybe I’ll do some more posts like this. I wanted to try it out because, as a book nerd, I’m generally in favor of books over movies, however there are movies that live up to the greatness of their predecessor. So, The BFG. I picked up this book when I saw there was going to be a movie coming out. I loved Matilda so I thought it was time to read another Roald Dahl book. When I got this book (from a used book sale) it was some time before the movie was set to come out. I wanted to read it before I saw the movie so I’d have an untainted perspective of the novel. Turns out I didn’t actually see the movie until December (it came out in July), but I still read the book first. So ha! I thought the book was good. It wasn’t hugely outstanding in my opinion, but it was fun and funny. It seemed like it would have been a lot of fun to read outloud, what with all of the BFG’s interesting vocabulary. I might still get to read it outloud to my siblings, which will be fun. Or maybe I’ll just record myself reading parts of it so you can hear me stumble over every word. The book was a little bit slow plotwise, but not so much so that I got bored. It just seemed to take a while to accomplish a simple goal. But I suppose it would make an excellent bedtime story because there aren’t very many startling parts that will keep you awake wondering. The film was also slow, more noticeably so, since it was a movie. It did a good job of filling in the long parts with interesting things to look at and little bits of humor, but it was still almost unbearably slow. Despite its pacing, I really liked the movie and how close it stayed to the book. There were a few instances of deviation, which I could see were mostly for cinematic effect and were understandable. I liked how everything looked. The images in the movie were all similar to the illustrations in the novel, which was nice. A few parts of the movie were the same as parts in the book, just moved somewhere else in the timeline, which was okay, but made me grumpy at first because I’d thought they’d left a part out until it appeared later. I must say that the book ending, while close to the movie ending, is way better than the movie ending. I won’t spoil anything, but I think the book found a better way of resolving the issues. I guess the movie ending was okay, but it could have been happier if they stuck to the book. Comparatively, I like the book better (surprise, surprise), but I think the movie was lovely. I’m glad that the movie came out or else my attention would never have been brought to the book and I wouldn’t know about phizzwizards, snozzcumbers, and how well giants can hear things. Good job Roald Dahl and good job Steven Spielberg. Well, did I do an okayish job at portraying the wins and loses of the movie and book? Do you think I should do more “book vs. movie” posts or was this a horrifying experience for everyone? If I do another one, I’d like to do Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, but so far I’ve only seen the movie (shameful, I know). It was a really weird, but kind of awesome movie, so I’m excited to read the book. Thanks for tuning in! Until next time my beans! Book cover from: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/527786.The_BFG Movie poster from: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3691740/
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josh
3/18/2021 08:55:27 am
very horrible
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