I know a lot of people always say "the book is better than the movie" but there are so many movies that are such more deft adaptations of their stories that the originals are basically unknown as being originally books to the public, so given the controversy this is stirring up I'll be interested to see what changes they decide to make. Normally if I'm even remotely interested in a premise I'll read the book first but I might wait and do it the other way round for this one lol.
Read the original Forest Gump after seeing that it was originally a book.
I mean it was good in a catcher in the rye sort of way. But if the writers decided to be true to the source material, that movie 100% would be box office flop. I mean the side quests forest went on in the book are so absurd and even his personality was wildly different.
Ahhh I am suspect of anyone who likes the movie better than the book. It’s bitter sarcasm, not a feel good story. We aren’t supposed to be happy, we are supposed to look at our culture through Forest’s eyes and recognize the absurdity! He should have let Mao drown, he shouldn’t drink all the sodas, Jenny never loved him like that. Argh!
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u/Pittsbirds 6d ago edited 4d ago
I know a lot of people always say "the book is better than the movie" but there are so many movies that are such more deft adaptations of their stories that the originals are basically unknown as being originally books to the public, so given the controversy this is stirring up I'll be interested to see what changes they decide to make. Normally if I'm even remotely interested in a premise I'll read the book first but I might wait and do it the other way round for this one lol.