Post #7 where the wild things are reflection

Where the wild things are reflection

I thought where the wild things are movie adaption was done okay, Jonze did a fairly good job, though I thought it was poorly executed and was stretched a bit too long. Now as a movie in and of itself, it was good, but as a book to movie, not so much. But it being based off a children's book it's understandable that the story had to be extended or else it'd be a short film, but Jonze took the movie into a different direction and made it a little depressing, and had some heartfelt moments to make it more entertaining, obviously. I just think it was unnecessary to include the things he did.

One thing he did that I didn't like was that he made the story with the monsters depressing, the whole point of Max going to be with the wild things was to get all of his wildness out, to vent. But the wild things in the movie were well thought out, their personalities were unique and original, but again from book to movie adaptation, giving the monsters personalities was unnecessary, their purpose was for Max to have things that were as wild as he was, not to help solve problems. And the infighting  between the wild things was only for drama and suspense, it didn't really have a point.

The visuals of the movie were great, I liked that the monsters were computer animated rather than people in costumes. As I said before, Jonze did a good job with the movie, he made a good film, not a good adaptation though. I did like that he included a bit of background though, like that Max had a sister and showed that he didn't have a father and his mother was dating and the connection he had to his mother, it adds emphasis to how she got mad at him in which he was so upset, he ran away. That was about the only thing I liked that he added to the story.

So in conclusion, I thought Jonze made a good movie but a poor adaptation, it was too long and had unnecessary additions and character personalities. Good background on main characters, and the only good addition. Story was too depressing for a movie based on a children's book. So, all in all, not good, but not really bad either, I'd give it a C.

Post #6 favorite book movie adaptation

A favorite book of mine that I would like to see on the big screen would be Mass Effect: Revelation written by Drew Karpyshyn. This would make a great movie because it has action, a good on-the-edge-of your-seat story, and great and well thought out characters and a bit of romance, but not the generic kind. It would make a good movie for the readers and for just people who like good movies.

How I would do it:

It would have to be more than one movie however; there is too many important scenes and such that you couldn’t fit into one two and a half hour long movie, probably two movies, there is a short story gap in the book that leaves you with a cliffhanger so it would serve as a good first to second movie transition, and want the audience wanting more of it. Casting would be fairly easy, the alien races in the movie would all be computer animated, costumes wouldn’t work. There wouldn’t be a huge amount of actual people in front of the camera; most scenes would be computer animation because of the setting. But with the technology we have? It would look great. I would keep to the story and still have action scenes of course, as many as I can, but I would have to leave some out, yes, but my goal is to make the adaptation as well as I can, and to meet the requirements of good movies: Action scenes, Loveable characters, and A story with a good ending. Which the book itself meets these requirements. Would I change anything? Probably not, not characters appearances or their roles. I’d find the actor that best fits the description the book gives about them and work with it and try to find popular actors to play the parts, because you’re more likely to see a movie with an actor you know in it more than one you don’t. The only thing that I’d change is the action scenes, because Karpyshyn uses great detail in action scenes, they usually last a few pages, and in reality they only last a few minutes. So I’d shorten them to only a few minutes long, leaving out the great detail and just getting an action scene across, outcomes would be the same, obviously. And of course long dialogue scenes would be shortened for time’s sake, and I would have good dialogue in a short scene and get the point the conversation is making and have memorable quotes from the book in the movie, people who have read the book would know it and it would get popular amongst both people who have read it and those who haven’t because it would be an epic quote, all movies have them.

Conclusion:

Mass Effect: Revelation would make a good movie, it has good, dynamic characters, epic moments and it would promote the book, its author, and the video game series it is based off of. It could be done effectively if done right and please all audiences: the readers, the non-readers, and the people who have played the games and like how the Mass Effect universe is portrayed on the big screen.