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Sometimes the book is better.
I watched The Goldfinch movie and, honestly, it wasn’t great. I later read the book, and to this day it’s one of my favourites.
Sometimes the movie is better.
Didn’t even finish reading Call Me By Your Name, but the movie was decent.
Sometimes both are great.
Fight Club!!
My point is that either way it’s difficult to judge something fairly unless you have read the book and watched the film.
Jul 15, 2024
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I used to be hardcore book before movie but two recent experiences changed my mind.
1. I finally read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and it is radically different from Blade Runner. Setting, tone, themes—Blade Runner ditched them all and just kept the replicants and the protagonist's name. And its still a fantastic adaptation. One piece of art begat another.
2. I decided to read Poor Things after watching the movie because the characters were so charming. The two works' presentations are different but equally endearing. Reading the book now makes me appreciate the omissions and condensation made for film, and the director's visual choices and additions. It's like I watched a creatively interpreted abridge version and now I'm reading deeper in a textbook.
I think being so staunchly book-first made me approach movie adaptations with a lot of judgement. Now it's like I'm tasting a sample of a story and can choose to dive into the full course if it's compelling enough.
Feb 23, 2024
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The book and the movie, even if you’ve already finished one or the other. They’re striking in different ways, and I loved both experiences. The book takes its time with each conversation in a way that the movie can’t, and for your patience you get some incredibly potent and profound exchanges and moments of shared reflection.
Feb 5, 2024
I was itching to watch this since it came out, but I wanted to read the book by Ottessa Moshfegh first. The book was pretty good, I have my critiques, I’ll save them for now. The movie failed to capture the same level of disturbed that Eileen or Rebecca were in the book. They also changed the way Rebecca’s character looked in the movie for some reason? They actually changed quite a bit when it came to characterization of all of the characters, and it really was not to the movie’s benefit. Not a bad movie, much much much different than the book.
Jan 24, 2025
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Video someone you love whilst they talk. Record the sound of the birds singing at your grandparents’ house, the sound of traffic in the distance. Write about literally anything, or even just make notes of what you think. Make shitty art, whether it’s poetry or painting or music. One day, you’ll be glad that you have more than just photos to remember your life by; there’ll be evidence you lived.
May 17, 2024
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I can’t cope I need more movies I need to watch them I need to log them I need to rate them I need to review them I need to read everyone else‘s cooler and more witty reviews
Jun 14, 2024
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