I LOVE Alfonso Cuarón’s sci-fi action movie Children of Men. I’ve watched maybe six times and every time, the ending always almost brings me to tears. So when I learned it was adapted from P.D. James’ book of the same name, it was a no-brainer deciding what my next book would be.
After finishing the book, it wasn’t difficult to reach to the conclusion that I enjoyed the movie better.
While James’ book gives a more in-depth look at how human infertility and humanity’s slow death march towards extinction affects the sexual dynamic between men and women and almost demented ways humans try to cope with a world without children or a race of dead men walking, I feel the book dedicates WAY too much time describing the failing of human civilization and the Regrets and guilt of Theo Faron. It’s not even until after 2/3 through the book where it feels like the plot and story are properly paced and stuff of consequence actually begin to happen.
The film’s adaptation by, comparison, feels consistent in its pacing and the world building and woe-is-mes of Theo feel more compact a take up less of the audience’s time.
What books do you feel were worse than its film adaptation and why?
The Notebook
YES I came here to say this one, I’m surprised it’s so far down
My mom says this book is the only time she believes that the movie is better. She LOVES the movie and was so excited when she got a copy of the book. I don’t even think she finished it, but maybe she did. She was absolutely heartbroken over how bad the book was.
For sure. Nothing but blank pages.
Came here to say this!
This is what I came there to say. The first time I read a book and said “wow the movie is better.”
I think the biggest problem with it was it focused too much on Allie and Noah in the retirement home. I didn’t want to read about their sad current existence, but the book glossed over such much of how they actually fell in love, which is the best part of the movie.
Yes! The entire book was them reflecting on “that one summer we fell in love” instead of actually showing us their story of falling in love
I almost said what? Then realized I was thinking of “A walk to remember” that Nicholas Sparks book is actually better than the movie, though the movie is good too