#Book To Film

[saraharchivee]

favorite trope, for sure

[intothestacks]

They have a point...

[doubledaybooks]

When Elwood Curtis, a black boy growing up in 1960s Tallahassee, is unfairly sentenced to a juvenile reformatory called the Nickel Academy, he finds himself trapped in a grotesque chamber of horrors. Elwood’s only salvation is his friendship with fellow “delinquent” Turner, which deepens despite Turner’s conviction that Elwood is hopelessly naive, that the world is crooked, and that the only way to survive is to scheme and avoid trouble. As life at the Academy becomes ever more perilous, the tension between Elwood’s ideals and Turner’s skepticism leads to a decision whose repercussions will echo down the decades.   Based on the real story of a reform school that operated for 111 years and warped the lives of thousands of children, The Nickel Boys is a devastating, driven narrative that showcases a great American novelist writing at the height of his powers and “should further cement Whitehead as one of his generation’s best” (Entertainment Weekly).

[rizzoreads88]

Rebecca Yarrso is slaying the game right now. Not only is the Fourth Wing books insanely popular and they are getting a tv adaption but she just announced In the Likely Event will be getting a film adaption with Netflix!

So not only will she be a best seller in the Romantasy genre but she will be in the romance genre as well (if she isn’t already).

I LOOOOVVVEEE this book so I cannot wait for this one!

[viewsfunfictionreality]

Found it today snooping around the web.

Well first time seeing it from this angle.

Notice something here? Leo or El Nene, doesn't make eye contact ?

[maybethistimemegz]

BOOK TO FILM TELEVISION ADAPTATIONS → The Duke and I (Bridgerton) By Julia Quinn

"To meet a beautiful woman is one thing, but to meet your best friend in the most beautiful of women is something entirely apart."

[lunaoblonsky]

[whyarealltheclevernamestaken]

Honestly, the movie Beautiful Disaster was only barely like the book.... and I kind of liked it a lot! There are a few things that I wish they'd kept in, but they made it so that Travis Maddox wasn't toxic and I really appreciated it, like he was still everything else, cocky, vulgar, hot, smart, funny, but in the movie he wasn't a toxic, "I only like this in books" possessive freak, and even if he was he wasn't bad he was just all "You're gonna have to walk away because I cant walk away from you." I loved it.

[mandoreviews]

📽️ The Host (2013)

Having recently reread the book, I can honestly say that the book is WAY better than this movie. I actually watched the movie years ago before i had ever read the book, and I loved the movie. That’s actually why I ended up reading the book. After I read the book, though, I realized the movie actually kinda sucks. Now, if you’ve never read the book, it’s a good movie. My sister has never read the book, and she likes the movie. I’m not saying I don’t like the movie, but it absolutely sucks compared to the book. Some of the lines are straight from the book, but they’re delivered so badly in the movie that they just fall flat and end up sounding corny. The way they did Melanie’s voice all echo-y was weird, although, granted, there weren’t a whole lot of ways they could’ve done that part of the plot. I also feel like the whole relationship with Ian was not given justice in the movie. It’s so much deeper in the book. It just wasn’t developed well in the movie. To wrap it up, this is a good movie for someone who hasn’t read the book. But if you’ve read the book, don’t expect to love the movie.

Sex/nudity: 2/10 (kissing/making out, implied sex, mild sexual dialogue)

Language: 1/10 (very mild, hardly any)

Violence: 4/10 (several fight scenes, some death, not a ton of blood shown, some injuries shown from various sources)

Overall rating: 4/10

[plainselfraisingflour]

The chapter in the book Little Women/Good Wives, and the scene in the movies of Jo's proposal and married life are So Important. They show the heroine living a happy and unconventional lifestyle: It says that this life she leads with work, marriage, and very little money is a good, wholesome life. That is so important.

But - I think an overlooked chapter in the books (not depicted in the films that I have seen) is the one in which Meg tries to cook and preserve currant jam. She has a miserable day, turned even worse when her husband John brings home a friend for dinner. For once, Meg snaps at him and he snaps back when provoked.

Eventually, Meg takes some good advhice from Marmee, and she brings peace. The chapter ends with a line about married life foe these two not being perfect - it will always have its difficulties, but peace has been preserved and quarrels will be managed.

In another chapter, after Meg has had twins, she understandable becomes so wrapped up in them that she neglects both herself and her husband. Neither the book nor I are saying that one partner should be a servant to the other. But in marriage, we have promised something of ourselves to them*. Meg has isolated herself from the world and grown irritable while she rarely sees John who spends time at his friend's house instead of being nagged at home.

Again, Meg takes initiative and fixes it. This is a bit of a pattern that we see the world over today, in which women usually take the emotional burden in the home. I have no comment to make on that, it's not the point of this post.

The point is: The book has made a few excellent points through everyday, domestic scenes about marriage which are not (or only rarely) shown on film. The glamour, unpredictability and excitement of Jo's publishing, marriage to the Professor, work and, from a plot-based POV, the fact that she is the main character, mean that her storyline is in the spotlight. I love her storyline. But I also think that Meg's has something important to teach us: If you choose the more traditional path, your life is just as full of adventure and growth, difficulties, pain and pleasures.

*talking about non-toxic nd non-abusive relationships.

[paddysnuffles]

Why you should watch Red, White, & Royal Blue on Amazon Prime Video

It's a queer romance story

Bisexual and gay representation!

Queer person of colour representation!

There's a woman of colour in traditionally male job

Characters of colour who are just characters who happen to be of colour rather than it being a major part of their character

It's the first queer prince representation I've ever seen in adult pop culture (I've seen one example in kid lit, in the picture book Prince & Knight)

Both the leads are hot eye candy

The storyline's really good

The cinematography is really good

The soundtrack music is bangin'

The story deals with very different experiences regarding what being queer is like

The president of the US in the story is a woman (Una Thurman!)

Happy ending!

It's also a book!

Note: If you're a kiddo you may want to wait until you're a bit older to watch this if your parents aren't okay with you watching stuff with swearing or a sex scene.

[doubledaybooks]

Colson Whitehead shares the different in the characters Elwood and Turner in his Pulitzer Prize-Winning novel, THE NICKEL BOYS. Soon to be a major motion picture directed by RaMell Ross.

[rizzoreads88]

Annndd we’re getting another book to film adaption!

THE HOUSEMAID by Frieda McFadden.

Sydney Sweeney will play Mille

Amanda Seyfried will play Nina

This casting is amazing! Cannot wait!

[bkenber]

'The Garfield Movie' - This is Not the Cat I Was Looking For

I grew up on Jim Davis’ “Garfield.” I loved this lazy cat whose affection for lasagna and reveling in his own laziness and selfishness often had me laughing quite uncontrollably. I even got my first-grade teacher to initiate a celebration which I proudly called “National Number One Garfield Day” which my classmates were eager to participate in. And yes, I reveled in those animated classic…