Discussion Part 2 - Clo the Critic. ;o)

My turn!

As Lizzy knows, I normally do not like the movie version of the books. However, ironically, that does not necessarily mean I do not look forward for movies that are based on a novel. Strange, right? This is what held true for Memoirs.

I love this story. And although I do find that some elements were left out or misrepresented from it when you compare it to the book, it was still a quite enjoyable movie. For example, the opening in the movie misleads what happened vs. what the little girl thought. She never was lead to believe she would be adopted as it happened in the book. The wood and water references were misconstrued too. But, despite all of the differences (which I promise for th sake of brevity, I will not nitpick), the element of the story was still there.

Although I did miss some of the "emotion" and "imagery" that were present in the book, I find the movie does well as a stand-alone, which is what I feel a good rendition should do. You should be able to understand the basics of a good story without the foreknowledge of a book or the history, which I think was accomplished for the most part.

When I saw the movie for the first time with my sister, she did get a little confused with the vocabulary, so it may have been nice for the director to explain a little more about that without directly defining it. But, despite those minor confusions, she enjoyed the movie, and since she had yet to read the book, which shows the movie was well done. And, if interested her in reading the book, which is quite complimentary to the filmmaker.

All in all, although the movie wasn't a verbatim telling of the book, I think both are well done and hold their own.

That's all for now... Comments?