Books as Movies

I spent a good portion of this summer with my guilty pleasure... the Shopaholic series by Sophie Kinsella. I absolutely adore the books, and I read all five of them faster than I have ever read even one book. Because I had become so obsessed with the books, I was ecstatic to hear that they were turning the books into a movie. Well, I got curious and went online to watch the trailer for the movie. I was absolutely horrified. It was not how I imagined it at all, and they have changed many of the fundamental things from the books. This always seems to happen when people attempt to turn books into movies. No matter how good the movie is, people always say that the book was better. There is no way to appreciate the story in both mediums. If you have already read the book, the images you have created in your head are not what is presented in the movie, and you are disappointed. If you see the movie first, your thoughts are tainted by the images from the movie while you are reading the book. There is just no way to win in this situation, so I don't think that stories should be told in both ways. Writers must decide if it should be a book or be a movie. Both simply shouldn't be an option. Here is the cover of the first book and a picture of the actress playing the main character in the movie. Not a good match in my opinion.