Princess Lilue

Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about movies …How do you react to movies made of your favourite books (or even not-so-favourite books)? Do you look forward to seeing them, or avoid them? Do you like to have read the book before seeing the movie?

I do look forward to see the books i've read being made into movies.. However, i sometimes have to remind myself not to judge the movie too harshly for not following the book.. coz sometimes it's just too disappointing to see a good book, especially if one of my favourite turned out less than expected.. but at the same time, i like to see how other people interpret the book & present it in the big screen. whether it matches to my imagination..

I prefer to have read the book before i see the movie, although not always the case..
But sometimes i do get pleasantly surprised with a movie, for example Inkheart. I only read the book after i watched the movie and i have to say that i prefer the movie to the book.. which is a rare one really.. but i think the movie presented the story in a much more fluid way and the actions are much more fast-paced. The book, although pretty good, was a little long-winded at times.. But then, watching an interesting movie such as Inkheart, for one thing, does makes me want to find and read the book for myself..

Some of the books-made-into-movies that i've seen:

• The Notebook - (read first) the movie was also quite good
• Twilight - (read first) Rob is so not like Edward, but he did okay
• The Da Vinci Code - (read first) Tom Hanks so do not fit into the character and the movie, well, not that great
• Harry Potter - (read first) some of the movies was okay but still not up to expectation, especially with Half-blood Prince..
• Memoirs of a Geisha - (read first) the movie was good, but so different than the book.
• Stardust - (read first) i liked the movie even though it was different than the book.

and others that i can't think of right now...

p/s: hmm.. i really should go read My Sister's Keeper before the movie comes out..