****WARNING: The movie clip beside the book cover has profanity.*******
I have to say that I read the book before I watched the movie. From the opening chapter the author's words really captured me and enthralled me to Pat's world. The title of each chapter was quite clever and captured the mood as well. This book was really good and had a bit of twist at the end which i didn't expect. so after I finished reading the book i couldn't wait to watch the movie. I heard a lot of people that watched it loved the movie. I wasn't surprised by this since the book that it came from was really gripping and interesting. So my expectation was high when i checked out the film.
So, the start of the movie, it had some similarity to the book which I thought was okay but from mid- way to the end there were major changes which surprised me. I couldn't believe they didn't stick to the source material as it read like an amazing movie but instead the movie took its own course that was a pale comparison to the book. Sadly, I didn't enjoy the movie adaptation. If I've watched the movie alone, maybe i would have enjoyed it a bit but reading the book and knowing what they left out and the changes they made overall made me not like the movie at all. In fact I really dislike it but the casts of the movie did an awesome job especially Jennifer Lawrence (as you can see from the movie clip above). I was really irritated about the unnecessary changes and how the movie told the story. I would just say that it's better to watch the movie first before reading the book. Perhaps that way you would enjoy both of them because reading the book first (from my experience) ruined my enjoyment of the movie. so clearly you can tell that i think the book was way better than the movie. Case closed.
I have to say that I read the book before I watched the movie. From the opening chapter the author's words really captured me and enthralled me to Pat's world. The title of each chapter was quite clever and captured the mood as well. This book was really good and had a bit of twist at the end which i didn't expect. so after I finished reading the book i couldn't wait to watch the movie. I heard a lot of people that watched it loved the movie. I wasn't surprised by this since the book that it came from was really gripping and interesting. So my expectation was high when i checked out the film.
So, the start of the movie, it had some similarity to the book which I thought was okay but from mid- way to the end there were major changes which surprised me. I couldn't believe they didn't stick to the source material as it read like an amazing movie but instead the movie took its own course that was a pale comparison to the book. Sadly, I didn't enjoy the movie adaptation. If I've watched the movie alone, maybe i would have enjoyed it a bit but reading the book and knowing what they left out and the changes they made overall made me not like the movie at all. In fact I really dislike it but the casts of the movie did an awesome job especially Jennifer Lawrence (as you can see from the movie clip above). I was really irritated about the unnecessary changes and how the movie told the story. I would just say that it's better to watch the movie first before reading the book. Perhaps that way you would enjoy both of them because reading the book first (from my experience) ruined my enjoyment of the movie. so clearly you can tell that i think the book was way better than the movie. Case closed.