tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757044872953235728.post5820700918285021511..comments2024-01-11T13:34:15.538-05:00Comments on Feed Your Head: Movie vs. Book: "Child 44: Where it Fell Short"Amanda Loweryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12780694519127196495noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757044872953235728.post-39254046452213383032017-08-06T20:29:18.738-04:002017-08-06T20:29:18.738-04:00I've only just seen the film and I am astounde...I've only just seen the film and I am astounded that what I considered to be one if the most critical elemnts of the story, the long-lost-brother foundation of the killings, has been ripped out. This isn't the film I wanted/hoped to see, and calling it Child 44 is misleading!No-onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18067921246545632589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757044872953235728.post-13990666106907058992017-03-06T14:40:15.002-05:002017-03-06T14:40:15.002-05:00I'm sitting here watching the movie for the fi...I'm sitting here watching the movie for the first time, and, I'm about to just turn it to be honest. I'm the type of person who prefers books over movies... so when I see a book turned into a movie, I want it to be close enough to the book that I can see it come to life. I look at absolutely every single detail. The casting in this movie, was actually surprisingly pretty good. However; what made Child 44 one of my favorite books was everything about the story. The fact that the entire plot was changed, makes me pretty disgusted by the screenplay writer. The directing is ok, as far as lighting and camera angles. Not that it really has anything to do with the book. Just a side note. But I'm honestly really really upset with this movie. How can they even call it Child 44? It's not really like the book. They took the idea and the characters and pretty much changed everything else. I just feel like any movie based off of a book should be like you're reading it, in live action. I understand some things should be left out or cut, to save film time. But to actually just capture the vision... this didn't do any of that, in my personal opinion. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02547266288519956746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757044872953235728.post-17207873220630571962016-11-19T10:20:41.439-05:002016-11-19T10:20:41.439-05:00I just saw the movie and couldn't even watch i...I just saw the movie and couldn't even watch it all the way through, I was so confused by it. Child 44 is one of my favorite books, the plot around Leo and his brother made the book together with the strong description of the Soviet life during Stalin's time, the fear, the denouncements, the poverty and class differences.<br /><br />All of that was not shown nor felt in the movie at all. The first chapter of the book, where Leo and Andre goes to hunt the cat, kicks you in to the mentality of the time and place immediately. When starting to watch the movie I was looking forward to this scene so much and was greatly disappointed was it did not come.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757044872953235728.post-33965750732779956292016-10-28T19:42:13.384-04:002016-10-28T19:42:13.384-04:00I agree i was devastated to find out a book that i...I agree i was devastated to find out a book that i absolutely loved which intrigued but also educated me was turned into such a basic and highly modified film adaptation. Though the acting was good i would not of cared if they left out a few scenes of the book that would have been expensive and hard to do but they changed so many scenes that would not have been costly and were easy to do but yet still changed them but if they had not have done that then it would have been a more popular film and have a higher rotten tomatoes film review score.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757044872953235728.post-60883340345364783162016-04-10T15:03:30.076-04:002016-04-10T15:03:30.076-04:00"The Shining" movie introduced a lot mor..."The Shining" movie introduced a lot more ambiguouity into the back story than the book did. Thus it was more interesting and better than the book.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17546638558373622546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757044872953235728.post-74762695945040437832016-01-28T18:49:53.084-05:002016-01-28T18:49:53.084-05:00I love books and love movies and yes,it is very ha...I love books and love movies and yes,it is very hard to find a movie which is as good/better than the book.i think that just show how big a challenge it is,almost impossible.however i would like to point out 2 instances where the movie is better than book,perhaps because its adaptation is more freely based on books.those are Forrest Gump and Children of Men.excellent moviesAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00825103451493867602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757044872953235728.post-59178550934460527772015-12-14T20:59:26.952-05:002015-12-14T20:59:26.952-05:00The movie was an outrage. That plot point literall...The movie was an outrage. That plot point literally made the book. I agree with your thoughts on book-film adaption as an art form, but I still have not seen any film that has been as good/better than the book. Point one out, I dare you. Creating your own vision of a story in your head will always be superior than what someone else shows it to you as from their perspective. That is our individual creativity speaking and I believe that it is our creativity what makes us different from one another.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04888934835238725434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757044872953235728.post-5153609801556575042015-09-26T22:43:14.971-04:002015-09-26T22:43:14.971-04:00I post your article on my Facebook page. Good luc...I post your article on my Facebook page. Good luck with your writing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757044872953235728.post-176557673357024952015-08-01T19:06:24.566-04:002015-08-01T19:06:24.566-04:00When the opening scene in the book was left out I ...When the opening scene in the book was left out I knew it wasn't going to go well haha. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757044872953235728.post-44044864909426058732015-07-21T22:00:30.486-04:002015-07-21T22:00:30.486-04:00I agree wholeheartedly with your well-written revi...I agree wholeheartedly with your well-written review. I liked the movie, but the nuances were lost. And I think Tom Hardy could've easily delivered it closer to how the book played out. Also, Gary Oldman was kinda wasted as a minor character.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757044872953235728.post-15532301059409984902015-05-08T11:23:20.080-04:002015-05-08T11:23:20.080-04:00Agreed. Agreed. Amanda Loweryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12780694519127196495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757044872953235728.post-86790634555284245522015-05-08T00:45:01.071-04:002015-05-08T00:45:01.071-04:00You write really good and detailed reviews. Can...You write really good and detailed reviews. Can't wait to read more!!Ara Pradohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08326373133278734320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3757044872953235728.post-19483098751025631352015-05-06T22:12:25.912-04:002015-05-06T22:12:25.912-04:00No but this is so true. I loved this book and whil...No but this is so true. I loved this book and while I liked the movie, I think people who hadn't read it would be missing out on so much. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09649726609340853970noreply@blogger.com