There are often striking differences between a book and its movie adaptation. Readers and movie-goers alike need to be keen on the fact that while you may be intending to experience the same effect from an adapted story, what you receive is more often than not a completely different message.
Let me start by saying “American Psycho” is one of my favorite movies of all time. I almost have an emotional attachment to it despite its morbidity. I could write up a whole other post entirely based upon what’s good about this movie. Don’t worry, I won’t.
Because I loved the movie so much, and even ended up watching it three or four times, I decided to buy the book. So I walked into Indigo, fully prepared to read a more detailed account of Patrick Bateman’s murders; the raunchy details the general public simply couldn't handle.
After three days of devouring, I finished the book a different person. I didn’t want to leave the house. I didn’t think that any human being was capable of even thinking of such crimes. I puked at least twice. My mom desperately wanted to know what it was that had effected me so obviously in this book. I wouldn’t even let her touch it.
Eventually, I recovered. After all, it is just a story. And I can’t say that I didn’t enjoy it. The fact that it had put me in such a state was baffling and beautiful all at the same time.But the bottom line is, you should never start reading a book expecting the same feel from its movie counter-part. It’s dangerous. Especially if said movie is about a serial killer.
Everytime there is a movie to be made about a book, I hear people like: " ugh,I hope they don't completely run the book."
ReplyDeleteThen they go and see the movie, and all through the movie, they're like: " That wasn't in the book. they skipped so much."
I think that movies are an artistic representation of the novel, they are a different take on the same thing. It's like a song being covered by another artist it's not going to sound the exact same.
Anyways, I liked your post! :)
i find that reading is a more permanent way to see things in your mind since you can read the same thing over and over and look at it the way you see it as many times as you want. movies have an image for you and it will be different in everyone's opinions. if we read, a horror for example, the mind will begin to process scary things and whatnot that relate to yourself. like place, and the way the person looks. in my opinion anyway.
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