bibliophile: 25 Films That Bibliophiles Still Love

bibliophile: 25 Films That Bibliophiles Still Love

25 Films That Bibliophiles Still Love

  "The book was way better than the movie",


"The movie spoiled my memory of the book"

These are the usual comments of a bibliophile, a voracious reader, because it is true most of the movies do seem to disappoint when compared to the books they are based on. But if you really want to experience the movies in the whole history which were milestones, and which broke the stereotype by at-least being as good as the book if not better, Try this :)


http://www.bachelorsdegreeonline.com/blog/2011/25-films-that-bibliophiles-still-love/


Glimpse of the article :

"It's inevitable, really. The second a film adaptation of a popular or cult novel is announced, everycollege student's English major friends chime in a (Greek) chorus of woe and detraction before any details even emerge. Understandable, to be certain, but just because Hollywood has a tendency to tinker entirely too much with many literary works doesn't mean they always squirt out artistic diarrhea. Behold! A list of films even the prickliest bibliophile can appreciate. OK…well…maybe the worst of the lot will shoot down every single one of them. But who wants to hang out with negative nancies like that anyway?"

1. Gone with the Wind (1939) by Victor Fleming:This not-so-romantic movie began life as an equally not-so-romantic novel by Margaret Mitchell, and like all adaptations, it squashed and stretched and deleted and added to make the original plot and characters fit the format......
   
   
   
   
   
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The Diary Of A Wimpy Kid : by Jeff Kinney

   What’s life like for a middle school kid who ranks around 52nd on the popularity totem pole? Not too good…at least for Greg Heffley. Fortunately for his readers, he’s kept a journal of all his embarrassing moments throughout the year, complete with hilarious cartoons and he calls it "his journal" and not "a diary".

The only reason he is keeping a journal is because he thinks, one day when he will become rich, he would have better things to do than answer people's stupid questions. So this book will come in handy :D.

Let's get his own words on this :

The "Cheese Touch"

In Greg’s journal, you’ll find encounters with bullies, the school principal, and of course the moldy cheese that’s been sitting on the basketball court since last spring. It took one curious student to poke the cheese to start the school-wide “Cheese Touch”—a new take on cootie catching. It was downright hilarious, it was such a hype that a student in fact had to leave school because he had the so called "Cheese Touch". 

Holidays

Greg’s journal describes his disappointing holidays: his Halloween spent first trick-or-treating with his five year old brother, and then running from a truckload of teenagers armed with water-filled fire extinguishers; and his Christmas where the only gift he didn’t receive was the one thing he asked for.

Friendly Adventures

Greg’s best friend 'Rowley' is about 150th on the popularity totem pole (as said in the Book). The two do everything together, from playing video games to creating a haunted house in Rowley's basement and charging two dollars a pop (that is, until Rowley’s father discovers theirmoney making scheme and shuts down the operation). They attempt to set the world record for biggest snowman, start a comic strip for their school newspaper where every punch line is “zoo-wee, Mama!”, and sign up to be safety patrol officers (which may not sound cool, but with the free hot chocolate and excuse to miss half their pre-algebra class, signing up was a no brainer.)

Tough Life

Life in middle school is tough, especially for scrawny kids like Greg. With a dimwitted best friend and the kind of parents who insist you participate in the school play, the chance of getting through middle school embarrassment-free is slim to none.And Greg's experiences are the ones we can relate to or even if not then at-least have a laugh about it ;)

 

                              

Conclusion:

The Diary of a Wimpy Kid is downright hilarious. With funny, sarcastic cartoons on every page, you’ll be laughing out loud from start to finish. It has the most entertaining characters. I know it is a bit embarrassing to be reading a book from Kid's section, but this one's totally worth it!! All the more the entire book is written in almost like a 13-year old kid's Handwriting, thusthe reason behind this font :D.

Iam definitely looking forward to the movie and the other books in the series.

Dear John: By Nicholas Sparks: A Review

Dear John: By Nicholas Sparks

          Anyone who would have read this book would definitely rate it as a Love story but to me what aspect that was more appealing was the relationship of Father-Son that has been projected in the book.

Besides 'Dear John', I have also read 'A walk to remember' of Nicholas Sparks and anyone with a decent enough sense of observationwould note the basic two similarities in his books - The father & son relationship: which is always portrayed as faulty initially and then through a series of steps of getting to know each other a little bit better, which of course is always a silent affair but with immense efforts mustered in, leaves the reader in tears simply just to watch the whole journey of reaching simplicity from the complexities. 

The second thing would be his respect for women that is evident from his choice of characters. The lady characters in both these books are as compliant and as virtuous as they possibly can be imagined which at times seems less genuine to be true, but nevertheless expresses the view of the author of women in general which is definitely flattering to know :)

The Love story in the book is pretty much predictable but the journey of experiencing it is definitely what one should go through by reading it because well to be honest most of our classic epical Love stories are the ones which can be predicted from the cover to the end like, on top of my mind - Eric Segal's  A love story.

But its definitely not the only thing this book is all about. From the start its very prominent that the author wishes the readers to connect to 'John Tyree' (the main character) and the relationship with his father. John's father as even as he remembered him from his childhood has been an enthusiast for Coin collecting which he in-fact inherited from his father. But John is different, he is not that interested in Coins as his father, and it simulates all kind of resentful feelings in him when he becomes a teenager, like Why does his father has nothing to talk about but coins? or maybe he just feels distinct by not sharing the same passion as his father. What he fails to notice is that his father has 'Asperger's', which has been the reason through out of his behavior, his strict time-table, his lack of social desire, and the limited-topic conversations that they shared.

Its definitely a stirring sentimental story, one which definitely deserves tears at certain moments in the story. Other than that its also a matured love story facing the complications of long-distance relationship as John is a soldier in the 'infantry' of the army. It becomes monumental from mundane, when John getsenlisted for the 'war' after the 9/11 event. The author leaves the details of the war to a minimum, exempting the book from becoming a war-novel to a normal love story with a background of war to reason for the various situations that arise in the story, which is a bit unsettling and unauthentic. 

But its definitely worth a read, mostly for the first part and it implies a lot more in the simplicity with which it has been written.