Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper
I enjoyed reading Jodi Picoult's My Sister's Keeper, but having watched the movie starring Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Sofia Vassilieva and Jason Patric, I wasn't too happy with how they've made the movie out of the novel. I guess because I have read the book, I felt the film lack the deeper emotional issues each character had in the novel. The film had a different ending to the book. It leaves the film with no essense to remember it by. I just had dinner with a close friend last night, and told her I have a short term memory at the moment. So, thinking the ending in the film can't have been right, I re-read the book's ending. Both endings were different. I don't know, I guess I preferred if they had stuck to the story line instead of making such a drastic change to the original ending. Well, I would give the film a 6/10. The book is definitely better.
2 comments:
I haven't seen the movie yet, but I have read the book. Often I find that a movie is nothing at all like the book was, as if the emotions and deeper meaning of the book can't come through in a movie...
So if this is true for "My Sister's Keeper" also, I might just not watch the movie....
Ya, I was quite disappointed in the film. The book is definitely way better. Also, I'm pretty sure they didn't follow the book for most of the time in the movie. I find the movie was very focused on Kate rather than the characters in the whole just as the book has interestingly been. Well, strange thing is, most of the movie reviews actually liked the film. .......
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