Me as a reader

I have learned a lot about me as a reader. I always say or think that I hate reading, but I have found that the more then the more I like to read. I do know that if I don’t like the book in the beginning then I defiantly can’t read the whole book. I am mostly drawn to romance novels. Some of my favorite books that I have read are romance novels like, Anna and the French Kiss, The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight, and The Lucky One. I read all of those this year and they are some of my favorite books that I ever read. Another type of book that I like, but I normally don’t read are books like, The Fault in Our Stars. I read that book for my summer reading project because a lot of people suggested it and it was really good, I enjoyed it. I am drawn to fiction books, I can’t read a lot of non-fiction books. The only non-fiction books I can sometimes read are about a star that I like or something like that. Fiction books, I like ones that I can either relate to, have a really good plot, or I like the people in the book. Over this trimester I wouldn’t say that I have changed a lot as a reader. I still like to read the same genre of books. The only thing that I have noticed is that I read more this trimester and faster. As a reader I have learned that I don’t mind reading as much as I say I do, I like fiction books especially romance novels, and I have learned to like reading a lot more this trimester then I have in the past few trimesters. 

Where the Wild Things Are

The classic children's book, Where the Wild Things Are, transformed into a film, in my opinion was just okay. I personally thought that a lot of the film was not changed in a way for the best. When I say that I mean that I think the movie adaptation was not filmed to the best of its ability. I thought a lot of the scenes that you remember as a child being so normal and not creepy were very creepy in the movie. For example, the part where they are having the good and bad groups and then having a war, I always remember that not being as weird and awkward in that scene. One more scene that was like that was when he bit his mom in the beginning of the movie. That could of not been included in the movie. Another thing that I didn’t like about the movie is how unbelievable fake some of the scenes were, I couldn’t stand that! An example of this is when he is sailing back to his house on the boat and he is just in the middle of nowhere yet he makes it back to his house. I know it’s just a kids movie that is fake and transformed into a movie, but there is no way he knew where he was going and that something that could have been changed to actually make a little bit more sense. Another example of it being so unbelievably fake and unacceptable was when Carol rips Douglas’ wing off. That was so fake and unrealistic it could have been changed to be a lot more ‘real’ you could say. A lot of little parts of the movie really annoyed me for being like that and those are part of the reasons that I didn’t think that Where the Wild Things Are is a good film adaptation. Some things that I did like about the movie were first that it was a lot like the book, so there wasn’t a lot changed and it wasn’t to noticeably different in the movie. I liked that because then you can tell that they really were trying to convert the movie and keep as close as they could to the original book. I think that it is good how they got a lot of the characters to look and resemble the characters in the book, they are all at least similar to how they had them in the book. In my opinion I like the book a lot better then the movie. So, if I were the one deciding if this should have been converted into a movie I defiantly wouldn’t of said yes after watching this film adaptation. 

Blog post #5

The book that I think would make a really good movie is, Anna and the French Kiss. I think this would make a good movie because the story line is easy to follow so there aren’t any flashbacks or anything that would be harder to film and capture. Another reason that this book would be a good to turn into a movie is because it’s not in some made up setting that would be hard to film and create, instead it is in Europe. Europe is a real place, many options of where to film and in which buildings, also many other movies have been filmed there so it’s not like it would be impossible to do. As the producer I think that they would need to cut out some of the book so that it wouldn’t be so long, or they need to shorten scenes. An example where they could shorten up the scenes is how they have breakfast every morning together, they don’t need to show us that every time because we know that from past events and the book. You would have to shorten a lot of the scenes because the book is so long and each scene could be a mile long if you went and added all the details, if we cut some scenes and shorten others then that will make the movie the perfect length. Some actors that I would have play the parts are, for Anna I would have someone kind of like Jennifer Lawrence or someone around the age that she is with the dark hair. Then for St, Clair I would need someone British so I think I would choose someone like Robert Pattinson because he is British and he looks pretty young and could fill this spot. These actors both look pretty young and fit the characteristics of what the cover of the book looks like. I think that if people know what the book cover looks like they will be able to relate these two actors to the movie. I don’t think that a lot of scenes would need to be changed for this movie, but I do think that a lot of them will need to be shortened or cut. One part of the book is that Anna goes to a bunch of theaters and watches movies, but they are all different theaters, so it might be hard to try and get that many theaters for her to watch movies in. A solution to the problem is to cut some of the scenes with the movies that way you wouldn’t have to find as many movie theaters for Anna to watch movies or films in. I think that with the actors that I said earlier, some cuts and shorter scenes, and some of the solutions the book, Anna and the French Kiss, will make an amazing movie!