There could be few but I am yet to hear about the movie which then become a book. It should be a tough job. Pictures speak louder than words and so once the picture is out, it is hard to make them into words. Words enjoy their supremacy when the image that they create doesn't exist or yet to be seen by the world, only the writer's mind sees it.
The reverse too is chanllenging. Making a book into a successful movie is also not a easy job. The story is already known, scene by scene. The book writer enjoys creating the scene, the environment, using words for few pages for every scene. But in the movie, it is almost always goes unmentioned, hardly a second to show the background of the scene. For example, A tea cup; a beautiful tea cup; a beautiful tea cup with hot tea; a beautiful white colour tea cup with red roses printed on them...; In the movie, you can see the teacup, no mention of it, it is upto to you to see the details.
I watched the movie The Kite Runner directed by Marc Forster after reading the novel by Khaled Hosseini. I thought it could be boring as I already read the book and there could be not much to see it in the movie. I was startled and I couldn't stop praising the way the movie is taken. The movie filled everything that cannot be written, that cannot be said using words, in the book. The Kabul background, the houses, the streets, the market place, Amir, Hassan, Baba, the pomegranate tree... amazing. I was mesmerised by the cuteness of the scenes. Yes, I know the story and the dialogs but I couldn't take my eyes of the movie for even a second. Superb! I wish every good book become a movie like this.
I can say reading the book The Kite Runner is completing 60% of what it is, the rest is the movie. Watch it! Even if you have no knowledge about the book, this movie is one of the good movies of all times.
Kovil Pillai P.
The reverse too is chanllenging. Making a book into a successful movie is also not a easy job. The story is already known, scene by scene. The book writer enjoys creating the scene, the environment, using words for few pages for every scene. But in the movie, it is almost always goes unmentioned, hardly a second to show the background of the scene. For example, A tea cup; a beautiful tea cup; a beautiful tea cup with hot tea; a beautiful white colour tea cup with red roses printed on them...; In the movie, you can see the teacup, no mention of it, it is upto to you to see the details.
I watched the movie The Kite Runner directed by Marc Forster after reading the novel by Khaled Hosseini. I thought it could be boring as I already read the book and there could be not much to see it in the movie. I was startled and I couldn't stop praising the way the movie is taken. The movie filled everything that cannot be written, that cannot be said using words, in the book. The Kabul background, the houses, the streets, the market place, Amir, Hassan, Baba, the pomegranate tree... amazing. I was mesmerised by the cuteness of the scenes. Yes, I know the story and the dialogs but I couldn't take my eyes of the movie for even a second. Superb! I wish every good book become a movie like this.
I can say reading the book The Kite Runner is completing 60% of what it is, the rest is the movie. Watch it! Even if you have no knowledge about the book, this movie is one of the good movies of all times.
Kovil Pillai P.
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