Movie Vs Book

This is an ongoing battle.   I always read the book first before I see the movie and maybe I shouldn’t do that anymore because I am constantly disappointed with the outcome.  The book is always better than the movie.  Take Lord of the Rings my all time favorite books. When I learned they were making the movies I was ecstatic!  Then I saw Fellowship and I was totally dissatisfied.  Arwen was not in the book and here she was parading around rescuing Frodo with her whispery elf voice.  Blasphemy!  How dare they change something that  drastic!  I don’t mind little changes. I didn’t mind the whole Tom Bombadil part not being in the movie.  It was long enough even without it.  The Harry Potter movies don’t do the books justice. But I still keep going to see them always hoping the next one will be better than the last.  I love The Princess Bride the movie and the book.  But they left so much out of the movie it feels incomplete.  Now The Last Unicorn one of my favorite movies of all time it’s really one of the best book adaptions I’ve seen.  I think the movie really captures the transformation from innocence and naivety to understanding and regret.  I love the animation style.  Such a great movie I could watch it over and over again.  I just read The Time Traveler’s Wife and The Lovely Bones. I have not seen either movie but I’m not holding my breath that they even come close to the book.  Someone find me a movie that really holds true to the book!

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