*spoiler alert*
We watched "The Fault In Our Stars"
today (Friday) and it was amazing! I'm
having a little hangover right now that I can't sleep and I want to see it all
over again.
As for my hangover, I'm reading tweets under
#tfios and I get a little reaction from what I'm reading like "don't watch
the movie if you haven't read the book" and somehow about people who are
joining the bandwagon because of the movie. Of course the book still wins over
movie but I'm not against to the people who don't read the book and decided to
watch the movie but its an advantage if you read first. Its an advantage because
you know what will happen but at the same time you are excited for what will be
the outcome of the movie. As always, some scenes were better or worse in my
head than in the movie or vice versa.
In The Fault In Our Stars, there are a lot
of small things that wasn't mentioned, scenes that were deleted and some
changes from here and there but mostly the ending and they didn't even
mentioned that they sell the swing online and Augustus have sisters and nephews;
on the pre-funeral, Isaac said something funny and I was waiting for it but it
was deleted. Same thing with The Perks of Being a Wallflower, the small things
wasn't mentioned and some scenes were deleted. Well, I guess everytime that a
book will be a movie there will always be that unmentioned stuff, cut scenes
and changes.
Reading a book is a big challenge. There
will always be a time that you read an introduction or information about it but
then when you're in the middle of the story there will be this turning point
where you don't want to continue anymore; when you are sick of the same situation
from another book to the one you're currently reading; what if you're expecting
too much from the author that at the end you were disappointed that he/she did
not give justice to the characters or there will be no sequel but you think it
should have one. The most challenging and the best part at the same time was creating
the scene in your head, creating your own characters, imagining what they look
like base on the authors description and imagining the unforgettable scenes. Spending
your free time reading because you want to find out what will happen next. Attaching
yourself with the characters and at the end, you need to move on because you're
so attached that they lives changes but your reality is still the same.
While in movies, you sit there in a theater
or in your couch for 1 1/2 hour or so and sometimes you don't have any idea
what will happen next (unless you read something about it from the internet).
Usually, when you watch in theater, its like you want to escape for a little
while and forget the reality or you just wanted to laugh, cry, or be scared
(when watching different genre of movie) or maybe you just want to feel
something (if that make sense). If the movie is a tearjerker then I guess you
are trying so hard not to sob on the theater but if your watching from your
couch then congratulations, you can cry as long as you want. However, if it was
a horror one if your in a theater its less scary since there are other people
around you but when you're at home you'll be freaking about it that you already
imagine it will happen in a while (unless you love horror films). If you love
the movie and its a new release then you can't watch it all over again unless
you want to pay again but if there's a DVD for that then you can watch it the
whole day.
I think that's the difference of the book
and the movie itself.
Of course its a plus if the movie have a
good cinematography.
That's my reaction to book-become-movie
bandwagon. Next in line will be "If I Stay" on September and
"Gone Girl" on October. I'll expect the same thing but I'll read the
book first (because I have a copy ever since) maybe a week or two before the
movie release and I don't know if I'll rant again on what was cut or changed
as I said, it will always be like that.
Okay?
Okay.
