My absolute favourite book-to-movie adaptation is The Perks of Being a Wallflower. In fact, it's the only movie adaptation that I would say I enjoyed more than the book. I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that Stephen Chbosky (the book's author) was the movie's screenwriter and director. With the film, he found a new, even more touching way to tell his story.
You may have loved a lot of other movie adaptations more than the books. I was surprised to learn that Forrest Gump, Jurassic Park, Goodfellas were all adaptations!
I really like how diverse your content is! It really caters to anyone and everyone. Also, we can tell how much research, time and energy you put into your videos. Thank you so much! ♥️✨
hey i'd recommend looking into what east asian people have said about eleanor & park! it really opened my eyes to how racist and dehumanising it is concerning the way the author describes/portrays park
I’m half korean! I loved this book in middle school but i’ve read some articles and quotes recently and I agree with other asian folks that it’s racist and I won’t be supporting the movie
(I also loved Eleanor & park in high school and just recently found out how uncomfortably racist it was, I would really recommend looking into that cause it was actually real bad, park is a last name, his only struggle is hating his Korean identity and never resolves it, the book constantly fetishizes the “exoticism” of park and his mom without giving them any real depth, and tries to equate eleanors being an outcast cause of her hair and clothes with...racism. But again I didn’t realize it when I read it so like no hate just letting you know ❤️❤️)
I totally relate to your point about almost feeling obliged to watching the tv/ movie adaption of a book you read when you were younger. When I saw Looking For Alaska had been made into a tv series, it instantly brought me back to my YA phase and being obsessed with John Green books. I thought the tv series did a good job of bring to life the emotions, characters and the charm of the book . Ps. Loved the little fact of Ireland opening its first cinema in 1909. I’m from Ireland and I didn’t know that!!
!!! here are some articles by Asian Americans explaining some of the more problematic elements: asamnews.com/2020/07/09/acclaimed-ya-novel-eleanor-and-park-continues-film-adaptation-despite-criticisms-of-racist-stereotyping-and-fetishization/ www.nupoliticalreview.com/2018/10/31/the-problem-with-eleanor-park/ But if you want to read more, you can also search “eleanor and park racist” and you will find many articles discussing it
I like that they're adapting more books and stuff. I just hate when it turns bad. But! I'm so glad one of my favorite series (Shadow and Bone, Six of crows) will be made into a series. I can't wait for it to come out, there's already some small issues (and they aren't too too bad) with casting but other than that, it seems good.
There are sooo many book to movie adaptations that I love, It's Kind of a Funny Story, The Lovely Bones, Before I Fall, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, the Twilight series... For some of these books, I look at them through a different lens now because I just overlooked some slightly problematic situations/messages, when I read the books when I was younger. But, I always love it when a book I've read turns into a movie. I don't know why, but it feels like you're in on a little secret or something lol
The Black Cinephile I watched the lovely bones in my freshman year English class and I was blown away at the end when they revealed the girls names and hometowns because it is literally set like 15 minutes from where I grew up I had nightmares for weeks after it
I think to say "the book is always better than the movie" is just unfair. They're two completely different mediums with different advantages and disadvantages. A book's advantage is that they get to flesh things out, since they're much longer than the movies, but a disadvantage is a limit to which words can really tell the story, lacking interesting visuals to help enhance the story. So it's ridiculous to say one is better than the others. It's like saying "steak is better than chocolate." The two shouldn't be compared.
im so pissed bc The Secret History's rights were bought and went back to Donna Tartt like twice and as of now no one seems interested in buying it again 😭😭😭😭 i'd die to see it adapted to a miniseries on HBO.
I feel the same way about “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” book series. I grew up reading them, drawing the characters, and then rereading them over, and over, and over again, until I remembered the stories by heart. Then, in 2019, I heard about the movie adaptation, and when that happens it feels like they’re making the adaptation for you, but... it was NOT for me. Lol
My favorite book to movie adaptation will forever be the Harry Potter series but I also really liked Call me by your name, Emma 2020, little women 2020, IT, the Narnia series, Coraline, series of unfortunate events, The help, the maze runner series and the perks of being a wallflower. There are probably more lol but those are ones I can think of
I think The Lord of the Rings movies were actually better than the books. In the books there was just so much redundant stuff and random diversions that didn't add at all to the story. Tolkien tried to build a mythical universe first, write a story second. For the general audience, adapting it into a movie that focused solely on the characters and narrative while making relevant tweaks was ultimately a good thing I think. And of course, it turned out amazing!
aaaa im fascinated by the topic of adaptation ✨💞 in my film classes we talked a lot about how movies at first were treated like "a lesser art", since it didnt have a language or a technique of its own yet, and usually those first movies were adaptations of books, theater plays or other sorts of performances like dances. later, movies tried to become "a respectable art" by adapting "respectable books", usually meaning popular stories. and then movies became more experimental and tried new things that only were possible with a camera, with editing and other movie techniques... in high school i had "half of a yellow sun" to read, also by chimamanda ngozi adichie. it was an amazing read, and i really recommend it: but it was so raw, so gruesome in parts and so realistic, touching the darker aspects of war, that i really dont want to watch the adaptation -i feel like it was so emotionally taxing i cant go through that again in movie format. i do think that the best adaptations play with the differences between book and movie. i actually made a whole video talking about the differences between movie, netflix series and book of "a series of unfortunate events"; the books played a lot with its literary format, so the adaptation had a lot of things to change and, well, adapt.
im so critical of book to movie/show adaptations because i expect them to present the story well like the book has and mostly stay faithful to the book as well, that's probably why i unfortunately only like a few of them 😂
Many of the Stephen King adaptations have been good. The Silence of the Lambs was another great book to movie adaptation. I didn't care much for The Watchmen movie adaptation, but I like the HBO series, Watchmen. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo was also a great book to movie adaptation. I really like the novels, 1984 and Fahrenheit 451, but I was not impressed with the movie adaptations.
I loved this! Your analysis was both logical and insightful while also incorporating your own thoughts and opinions. You sound very genuine and passionate, and it felt like I was having a conversation with a friend!
i just bought the vanishing half! i'm only a couple chapters in but it's really good so far. i'm also super excited for the americanah miniseries, we read the book in my world lit class last year and i've been buzzing about it ever since. great video!
i like the analogy you said. Coz it makes sense that movies have a different way of portraying something like how books are different as well because you kinda have to imagine it. And i agree that originality is more the way you take things you were inspired by and put them together in your own way
This is not new. It's not a "rise". Cinema has always adapted from books. Think "classics" like Gone with the Wind and Wizard of Oz. Based on books. Almost every Disney film is based on a children's book or fairy tale.
01:51 oh Winter Counts i would highly recommend. For anyone who doesn't know its basically about a half Sicangu Lakota half white vigilante on the Rosebud Rez who gets involved with tracking the source of drugs being brought onto the rez. Its a good read
i think that taking a book and making it into an audio or visual format (like an audiobook or miniseries) is great as long as you respect the original.
I haven't actually read the books myself, but The 100 is one of those weird exceptions where it seems like the consensus on goodreads is that the show is much better than the books. At least that's what people were saying when I was looking through reviews a couple of years ago.
omg i also loved Eleanor and Park, it made me think i could love a man LOL but now looking back at it it was kinda weird because after getting into kpop i realized Park would be his last name not his first so like.. was the author educated?
I think you have to be very open minded if you watch a movie adaptation to your favourite book because the director can't exactly portrait what you pictured in your head. And a lot of people seem to have a problem with that. I generally like adaptations and sometimes chose to read the books after I watched the adaptation to get more insight in the world. But some book are just not possible to put on screen due to high fantasy or lots of inner monologue. It's hard enough to explain the world in just pictures and a script but inner monologue is another level..
as film bro as it might sound: i think "fight club" (1999) is a great example of a film adaptation being "better" than the original book (in my opinion obv, and like you said, it's very hard to compare the same story told by two different types of media.) one of my all-time favourite film adaptations though, and films in general tbh, is "the panic in needle park" (1971). it was al pacino's first leading role on the silver screen (he was primarily a stage actor before that) and is not very well known, but i'd recommend it to absolutely everyone. it's wonderful.
I agree with your definition of originality! I think I sometimes reference it as innovation. When you innovate, you take information that's already there and sort of reupholster it and create a completely new concept or new way of viewing a concept. Anyway, I love your channel. Love your videos.
I have the same exact experience with After. I remember being a gross little preteen reading Harry smut. When the movie was coming out I almost defied watching it but I had to for the nostalgia (even though it didn't bring back any of the memories related to my initial reading)
9:18 the exception of this rule (to me at least) is Life Of Pi, the movie was more enjoyable than the book, I am not so sure why (probably because the movie gave better resolution than the novel? I mean as far as I remember it the novel resolved the premise in definite terms too, but the movie (seemed to have) showed it even better. Also the CG didn't hurt for me at the very least 😅😂🙈🐅)
I think a huge part about how well a book to movie adaption is good is if the director and producers and whoever to respect the authors content more. Many directors tend to leave the author completely out of the filmmaking process and editing, which means the director can essentially alter the viewing of the authors original story with a full movie but with marketing and such. That’s what happened to Forrest Gump, as it was somewhat based of the authors real life, the movie got changed so much to the degree where the author said he never wants his sequel of Forrest Gump to be made into a movie. The director has to change some things in a story to fit the medium from reading to watching a story, but sometimes they go too far and then change too much of the original content or the story line alongside their changes, doesn’t quite work. Good one is Harry Potter as (said transphobe) was on set for some of the movies, especially the first movie to convey the story in the best way and the director was okay with it, and the franchise has a strong book and movie fan base. I truly think it’s about mixing the authors art and directors ideas while respecting the authors original content that the production bought the rights to
Fun fact! The writing staff of Americanah was doing preliminary work in my office building at the time, and the only reason I knew was because my show's old writer's room used to be in that office. I scoured for the very little info that was on the internet at the time and found a connection to the writer's assistant, cold emailed her and told her I LOVED the book and I would love to work on the show in a post-production capacity (I'm a composer but was then working as a PA). She wrote me back and said while they hadn't yet been greenlit, they would refer back to me once they were looking for post staff! Unfortunately that never happened (which is all good, and now I'm a fulltime composer), but it's GREAT to know Americanah is becoming a miniseries because I AM READY to watch it and cry.
I love that more books are being turned into tv series. I think the Spellslinger book series should be adapted into an animated tv series. It would be so good. Also more people should read the spellslinger series
i never really considered how the languages of both are so different! I think the Vanishing Half would work better as a series than a book so I'm excited to see how that turns out
i love this video and your other video essays so much. i can tell u put so much effort in them :) i would love to see a rise of animation to live action video if that intrigues you at all
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My absolute favourite book-to-movie adaptation is The Perks of Being a Wallflower. In fact, it's the only movie adaptation that I would say I enjoyed more than the book. I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that Stephen Chbosky (the book's author) was the movie's screenwriter and director. With the film, he found a new, even more touching way to tell his story.
You may have loved a lot of other movie adaptations more than the books. I was surprised to learn that Forrest Gump, Jurassic Park, Goodfellas were all adaptations!
I really like how diverse your content is! It really caters to anyone and everyone. Also, we can tell how much research, time and energy you put into your videos. Thank you so much! ♥️✨
awww I appreciate that!
the Percy Jackson movies were a monstrosity of evil XD that's why we have so much fan art in the fandom. We just pretend the movie doesn't exist
And that's on period
hey i'd recommend looking into what east asian people have said about eleanor & park! it really opened my eyes to how racist and dehumanising it is concerning the way the author describes/portrays park
hsmsaachi There are articles and tweets that talk about that book and that they hated it as well. i think cari can read had some links.
I’m half korean! I loved this book in middle school but i’ve read some articles and quotes recently and I agree with other asian folks that it’s racist and I won’t be supporting the movie
(I also loved Eleanor & park in high school and just recently found out how uncomfortably racist it was, I would really recommend looking into that cause it was actually real bad, park is a last name, his only struggle is hating his Korean identity and never resolves it, the book constantly fetishizes the “exoticism” of park and his mom without giving them any real depth, and tries to equate eleanors being an outcast cause of her hair and clothes with...racism. But again I didn’t realize it when I read it so like no hate just letting you know ❤️❤️)
I totally relate to your point about almost feeling obliged to watching the tv/ movie adaption of a book you read when you were younger. When I saw Looking For Alaska had been made into a tv series, it instantly brought me back to my YA phase and being obsessed with John Green books. I thought the tv series did a good job of bring to life the emotions, characters and the charm of the book .
Ps. Loved the little fact of Ireland opening its first cinema in 1909. I’m from Ireland and I didn’t know that!!
Eleanor and Park has so many racist elements and what’s worse, the author refuses to acknowledge it 😭 love this video tho!
oh damn I haven't read it since high school I didn't realize :/
wat i love elanore and park, I'm soo taken aback lol
Does it?! Damn, I read it in high school before I was woke. 😭 It was one of my fav romances.
!!! here are some articles by Asian Americans explaining some of the more problematic elements:
asamnews.com/2020/07/09/acclaimed-ya-novel-eleanor-and-park-continues-film-adaptation-despite-criticisms-of-racist-stereotyping-and-fetishization/
www.nupoliticalreview.com/2018/10/31/the-problem-with-eleanor-park/
But if you want to read more, you can also search “eleanor and park racist” and you will find many articles discussing it
ahhh that’s one of my fav books...what a let down :/ white women can’t write shit without being racist
I'm really looking forward to the film adaptation of Tomi Adeyemi's Children of Blood and Bone!
Omg, I didn't realize it was getting an adaptation! I'm so excited for it now, I hope the movie does the book justice
@@thatrantinggirl7376 yep Disney is doing it. I really hope they cast dark skinned actors
@@tiffanyheartsu7271 let’s pray🙏🙏👩🏾👩🏿
me tooooiooooii
same I’m so excited;)
Could you make a video on the top ten movies you like.
Please🙏🏽✨
I like that they're adapting more books and stuff. I just hate when it turns bad. But! I'm so glad one of my favorite series (Shadow and Bone, Six of crows) will be made into a series. I can't wait for it to come out, there's already some small issues (and they aren't too too bad) with casting but other than that, it seems good.
Yes I’m so excited for Soc/ shadow and bone nervous tho tbh
jam_ buddies i’m so excited for soc omgg
I literally just found and subbed to your channel like an hour ago and now you’ve posted! This is great!
Welcome aboard!
There are sooo many book to movie adaptations that I love, It's Kind of a Funny Story, The Lovely Bones, Before I Fall, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, the Twilight series... For some of these books, I look at them through a different lens now because I just overlooked some slightly problematic situations/messages, when I read the books when I was younger. But, I always love it when a book I've read turns into a movie. I don't know why, but it feels like you're in on a little secret or something lol
The Black Cinephile I watched the lovely bones in my freshman year English class and I was blown away at the end when they revealed the girls names and hometowns because it is literally set like 15 minutes from where I grew up I had nightmares for weeks after it
Laura Elena omg, the movie is definitely creepier than the book. I would be spooked out too
adaptation by charlie kaufman deserves an honorable mention here. a movie about a screenwriter (charlie kaufman) writing an adaptation. must watch.
Can’t wait till children of blood and bone movie comes out
Me too 😊
The vampire weekend poster :0
Wow, I love how much research you put into your videos!
Thank you!
the one dislike is just the director of the percy jackson films
There was no chemistry in the everything everything movie and the sun is also a star as well, it was so disappointing
the way she went through this whole video without talking about twilight😭
I think to say "the book is always better than the movie" is just unfair. They're two completely different mediums with different advantages and disadvantages. A book's advantage is that they get to flesh things out, since they're much longer than the movies, but a disadvantage is a limit to which words can really tell the story, lacking interesting visuals to help enhance the story. So it's ridiculous to say one is better than the others. It's like saying "steak is better than chocolate." The two shouldn't be compared.
I love your videos! You're so well-spoken & seem really nice
Thank you so much!! :)
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You get excited when a book you like is getting adapted and I get anxious like "BOI they better not fuck this up again."
im so pissed bc The Secret History's rights were bought and went back to Donna Tartt like twice and as of now no one seems interested in buying it again 😭😭😭😭 i'd die to see it adapted to a miniseries on HBO.
I feel the same way about “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” book series.
I grew up reading them, drawing the characters, and then rereading them over, and over, and over again, until I remembered the stories by heart.
Then, in 2019, I heard about the movie adaptation, and when that happens it feels like they’re making the adaptation for you, but... it was NOT for me. Lol
There are no percy jackson movies in the percy jackson universe...the percy jackson movies can not harm you.
My favorite book to movie adaptation will forever be the Harry Potter series but I also really liked Call me by your name, Emma 2020, little women 2020, IT, the Narnia series, Coraline, series of unfortunate events, The help, the maze runner series and the perks of being a wallflower. There are probably more lol but those are ones I can think of
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Hollywood running out of good ideas? I hope these authors are getting paid well.
damn the last time i was this early on a youtube video, james charles and tati were still hot news XD
lol
Omg hey girlll love your vids
I think The Lord of the Rings movies were actually better than the books. In the books there was just so much redundant stuff and random diversions that didn't add at all to the story. Tolkien tried to build a mythical universe first, write a story second. For the general audience, adapting it into a movie that focused solely on the characters and narrative while making relevant tweaks was ultimately a good thing I think. And of course, it turned out amazing!
im sorry but i just had to say that ur hands are too cute >.
aaaa im fascinated by the topic of adaptation ✨💞 in my film classes we talked a lot about how movies at first were treated like "a lesser art", since it didnt have a language or a technique of its own yet, and usually those first movies were adaptations of books, theater plays or other sorts of performances like dances. later, movies tried to become "a respectable art" by adapting "respectable books", usually meaning popular stories. and then movies became more experimental and tried new things that only were possible with a camera, with editing and other movie techniques...
in high school i had "half of a yellow sun" to read, also by chimamanda ngozi adichie. it was an amazing read, and i really recommend it: but it was so raw, so gruesome in parts and so realistic, touching the darker aspects of war, that i really dont want to watch the adaptation -i feel like it was so emotionally taxing i cant go through that again in movie format.
i do think that the best adaptations play with the differences between book and movie. i actually made a whole video talking about the differences between movie, netflix series and book of "a series of unfortunate events"; the books played a lot with its literary format, so the adaptation had a lot of things to change and, well, adapt.
This is the kind of content I LIVE FOR!! So glad I found your channel 🤩
the vanishing half is so good!! also daisy jones and the six is amazing (and even better as an audiobook)
im so critical of book to movie/show adaptations because i expect them to present the story well like the book has and mostly stay faithful to the book as well, that's probably why i unfortunately only like a few of them 😂
hope youll like daisy jones and the six, i personally love the author's other book, the seven husbands of evelyn hugo (which i greatly recommend) 💕
Many of the Stephen King adaptations have been good. The Silence of the Lambs was another great book to movie adaptation. I didn't care much for The Watchmen movie adaptation, but I like the HBO series, Watchmen. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo was also a great book to movie adaptation. I really like the novels, 1984 and Fahrenheit 451, but I was not impressed with the movie adaptations.
I loved this! Your analysis was both logical and insightful while also incorporating your own thoughts and opinions. You sound very genuine and passionate, and it felt like I was having a conversation with a friend!
Imagine being able to even get a book published 😭 Amanda, as always, glowing both inside and out! What a mind!
i just bought the vanishing half! i'm only a couple chapters in but it's really good so far. i'm also super excited for the americanah miniseries, we read the book in my world lit class last year and i've been buzzing about it ever since. great video!
i like the analogy you said. Coz it makes sense that movies have a different way of portraying something like how books are different as well because you kinda have to imagine it. And i agree that originality is more the way you take things you were inspired by and put them together in your own way
This is not new. It's not a "rise". Cinema has always adapted from books. Think "classics" like Gone with the Wind and Wizard of Oz. Based on books. Almost every Disney film is based on a children's book or fairy tale.
01:51 oh Winter Counts i would highly recommend. For anyone who doesn't know its basically about a half Sicangu Lakota half white vigilante on the Rosebud Rez who gets involved with tracking the source of drugs being brought onto the rez. Its a good read
i think that taking a book and making it into an audio or visual format (like an audiobook or miniseries) is great as long as you respect the original.
Wish hero’s Olympus came first cus it got better representation Leo was my childhood hero
I haven't actually read the books myself, but The 100 is one of those weird exceptions where it seems like the consensus on goodreads is that the show is much better than the books. At least that's what people were saying when I was looking through reviews a couple of years ago.
omg i also loved Eleanor and Park, it made me think i could love a man LOL but now looking back at it it was kinda weird because after getting into kpop i realized Park would be his last name not his first so like.. was the author educated?
I think you have to be very open minded if you watch a movie adaptation to your favourite book because the director can't exactly portrait what you pictured in your head. And a lot of people seem to have a problem with that. I generally like adaptations and sometimes chose to read the books after I watched the adaptation to get more insight in the world.
But some book are just not possible to put on screen due to high fantasy or lots of inner monologue. It's hard enough to explain the world in just pictures and a script but inner monologue is another level..
My least favorite book-to movie adaptation was the Darkest Minds because I feel like it left out so many important details from the book.
Have you seen I’m Thinking Of Ending Things yet?
I haven't watched the Enola Holmes movie yet but I'm so excited to because I loved the books as a kid.
As someone who has adapted short stories into short films, it's haaaard to nail it. I have so much respect for an amazing adaptation.
I loved the Looking for Alaska tv show adaptation
you are so smart and beautiful! I love your channel :)
please do books to audiobooks adaptations next !!!
The movies most the time aren’t as good as the books but some movies (that aren’t based off books) hit the same as good books
The music is perfect. Early Spike Lee vibes.
i loved the format of this video :)))) sending love
Love your vids! Would you be interested in doing a vid on how hbo is killing it with series rn??
omg i read americanah last year i had no idea it's becoming a mini series
Me hearing Daisy jones and the six omg
amandamaryanna what camera do you film with?
my new favorite youtuber
I like this look
such a beautiful video! Love to see young people promoting reading these days
you seem like you’d be such a great friend 🥰
AMANDA :) Eleanor&Park PUhleassee I'm so excited you gave me this great information
as film bro as it might sound: i think "fight club" (1999) is a great example of a film adaptation being "better" than the original book (in my opinion obv, and like you said, it's very hard to compare the same story told by two different types of media.)
one of my all-time favourite film adaptations though, and films in general tbh, is "the panic in needle park" (1971). it was al pacino's first leading role on the silver screen (he was primarily a stage actor before that) and is not very well known, but i'd recommend it to absolutely everyone. it's wonderful.
Eleanor and park is very controversial which is why I'll never read or watch it go research the controversy
Ready Player One adaptation is GOD AWFUL. Not that the book is Shakespeare, but they ruined it.
New video yay!
I love your shirt, where did you get it?
thrifted!
I agree with your definition of originality! I think I sometimes reference it as innovation. When you innovate, you take information that's already there and sort of reupholster it and create a completely new concept or new way of viewing a concept. Anyway, I love your channel. Love your videos.
Such a well done video!
I have the same exact experience with After. I remember being a gross little preteen reading Harry smut. When the movie was coming out I almost defied watching it but I had to for the nostalgia (even though it didn't bring back any of the memories related to my initial reading)
Wait...she's 20 years old?! I thought she was like 17!
I absolutely love your videos! so excited I found your channel. also great Vampire Weekend poster.
Nice video! 👍Intrigued by "Winter Counts." Also, thought the "Normal People" series on Hulu was decent 👍
9:18 the exception of this rule (to me at least) is Life Of Pi, the movie was more enjoyable than the book, I am not so sure why (probably because the movie gave better resolution than the novel? I mean as far as I remember it the novel resolved the premise in definite terms too, but the movie (seemed to have) showed it even better. Also the CG didn't hurt for me at the very least 😅😂🙈🐅)
gj as always!
I really like your videos! They're really soothing. I think your voice might be a little quiet though, it can be kind of hard to hear over the music.
OMG Americanah is becoming a miniseries ??? That just made my day !!!
I love the unique perspective your videos have. You research specific topics that maybe not many channels in the same field cover. Keep Goin’ !!
I feel like I’m never getting my Kingkiller Chronicle adaptation. 😭
I think a huge part about how well a book to movie adaption is good is if the director and producers and whoever to respect the authors content more. Many directors tend to leave the author completely out of the filmmaking process and editing, which means the director can essentially alter the viewing of the authors original story with a full movie but with marketing and such. That’s what happened to Forrest Gump, as it was somewhat based of the authors real life, the movie got changed so much to the degree where the author said he never wants his sequel of Forrest Gump to be made into a movie. The director has to change some things in a story to fit the medium from reading to watching a story, but sometimes they go too far and then change too much of the original content or the story line alongside their changes, doesn’t quite work. Good one is Harry Potter as (said transphobe) was on set for some of the movies, especially the first movie to convey the story in the best way and the director was okay with it, and the franchise has a strong book and movie fan base. I truly think it’s about mixing the authors art and directors ideas while respecting the authors original content that the production bought the rights to
I recommend you read Opposite of Always! It’s also getting a movie & it has a really cool plot
Also, the book The Vanishing Half is freaking great! Just finished reading it, would be such a great book to analyze
Fun fact! The writing staff of Americanah was doing preliminary work in my office building at the time, and the only reason I knew was because my show's old writer's room used to be in that office. I scoured for the very little info that was on the internet at the time and found a connection to the writer's assistant, cold emailed her and told her I LOVED the book and I would love to work on the show in a post-production capacity (I'm a composer but was then working as a PA). She wrote me back and said while they hadn't yet been greenlit, they would refer back to me once they were looking for post staff! Unfortunately that never happened (which is all good, and now I'm a fulltime composer), but it's GREAT to know Americanah is becoming a miniseries because I AM READY to watch it and cry.
omg that's crazy!!
also the subject of this video is something I am SO INTERESTED in
We don't talk about the PJ&O movies...they don't exist...
Love the video as always and now this video is making me want to read actual books instead of just WatTpaD 🥴
Good video, enjoyed.
I love that more books are being turned into tv series. I think the Spellslinger book series should be adapted into an animated tv series. It would be so good. Also more people should read the spellslinger series
Wait Eleanor and park is becoming a movie!!! Hold up
This video has inspired me to read more👍🏾 also your vibe is immaculate😂
i never really considered how the languages of both are so different! I think the Vanishing Half would work better as a series than a book so I'm excited to see how that turns out
i love this video and your other video essays so much. i can tell u put so much effort in them :) i would love to see a rise of animation to live action video if that intrigues you at all
when they announced the movie of artemis fowl i was so excited as i loved that series as a kid but it was so disappointingly awful