I did not like that movie. Most of the story was ruined in the first three minutes. They cut out half of the characters! (Ugh! and I just realized we never even say Ethan's father, he was just talked at or about.) The worst part was all of the silly little changes that did not affect the story in any way: case and point: Coconut Pie. WHY? Why couldn't it be lemon? Is there some trademark on Lemon Pie that I don't know about? So stupid. OK, I understand having to move things along and cutting scenes and characters for timing, but why those little things? Why change who "used to say" something or someone's favorite pie? What is that doing for the story? Seriously, someone please explain this to me!
So, Richard LaGravenese wrote the screenplay and directed the movie. After watching it, I'm under the impression that he did not actually read the book. I think he had an intern read it and tell him what happened.
I'm actually not sure I would have liked this movie even if I hadn't read the book. It feels forced and like it pulls lots of plot points from thin air. Maybe I am being too harsh -- what did you think?
Now that that is over... time for a new adventure:
This month we are reading The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.
Buy Book: Amazon
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Amazon's synopsis:
A MOST UNTRADITIONAL LOVE STORY, this is the celebrated tale of Henry DeTamble, a dashing, adventuresome librarian who inadvertently travels through time, and Clare Abshire, an artist whose life takes a natural sequential course. Henry and Clare’s passionate affair endures across a sea of time and captures them in an impossibly romantic trap that tests the strength of fate and basks in the bonds of love.
Happy Reading!
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