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When novels cross the line to cinema

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Monday, October 19. 2009

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This weekend "Where the Wild Things Are" proved a bigger hit with adult audiences than family crowds as the adaptation of Maurice Sendak's beloved children's book debuted at No. 1 with $32.5 million.

Perhaps it was because the movie-going adults fondly remember '...Wild Things...' from their childhood as it was originally published in 1963 making the primary (and rather nostalgic) audience to be roughly 40 - 45 years old.

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#1 Anonymous on 10/19/09 at 09:59 AM

I don't think I can recall where any movie was better than the book. The Godfather came close and No Country for Old Men. The adaptations are usully not that faithful. It's hard to put a 400 or more page novel into 2 or 3 hrs. Some do it better than others.
I would like to think that Cinema has not replaced books but it has. Most Americans don't sit down and read anymore...they have iphones, ipods, laptops, HD TV, playstations, etc... (myself included).

#2 Trey on 10/19/09 at 11:40 PM

On something this short I believe there is a greater chance to stay within the story line and expand since the childrens book is only 20 or so pages......I think this gives it a better chance than say a Dan Brown novel of 500 or so pages.

#3 cats on 10/20/09 at 06:29 AM

Movies are fun but cannot possibly replace books, where your imagination does the work.
That being said, I do want to see "The Road".

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