I haven't seen the movie and will be willing to give it a netflix addy, I don't see it as something I would waste half the price of a dvd on in the theatre. I also haven't read the books. That said, I've noticed that a lot of comments that like the movie were also people that read the books. No offense, you have a biased opinion because of it. I'm not saying this is a bad thing. It's great if the movie lived up to the hype for you because you can mentally fill in the blanks.
Now, I understand that not everyone will look at a movie with the same critical eye as Bob. There are certain aspects that most of us look for in a movie that we know is based on a book, even though I haven't read it. The question I have, does the movie move me to want to read the book? A great example of this, I know it's not a movie, is The Game of Thrones television series. I've never read the books, watched the first season, I have bought all of the existing books because i'm compelled by the great story telling they did.
If a book to movie adaption has crappy filmography in places, the story is hard to understand if you haven't read the books, there are plot holes due to not reading the books....I don't want to read the books and I surely don't want to watch the movie in most cases. Harry Potter did a pretty good job, I still haven't read the books, but my wife did. For each movie we watched, there were some small holes here and there, but not enough to make me dislike watching the movies. My wife confirmed that quite a bit of the source material is there in the movies and doesn't disappoint.
So, I'll give this a rental and see if it lives up to the hype, but with the last few teenage book to movie adaptations...I'm a little wary to the quality. So far nothing has been promising.
Now, I understand that not everyone will look at a movie with the same critical eye as Bob. There are certain aspects that most of us look for in a movie that we know is based on a book, even though I haven't read it. The question I have, does the movie move me to want to read the book? A great example of this, I know it's not a movie, is The Game of Thrones television series. I've never read the books, watched the first season, I have bought all of the existing books because i'm compelled by the great story telling they did.
If a book to movie adaption has crappy filmography in places, the story is hard to understand if you haven't read the books, there are plot holes due to not reading the books....I don't want to read the books and I surely don't want to watch the movie in most cases. Harry Potter did a pretty good job, I still haven't read the books, but my wife did. For each movie we watched, there were some small holes here and there, but not enough to make me dislike watching the movies. My wife confirmed that quite a bit of the source material is there in the movies and doesn't disappoint.
So, I'll give this a rental and see if it lives up to the hype, but with the last few teenage book to movie adaptations...I'm a little wary to the quality. So far nothing has been promising.