Sunday, October 26, 2008

Book to Movie

There are several great books that are turned into great movies. But there are more great books turned into movies that either have almost nothing to do with the book or just aren't as good.
I, Robot is one of the books turned into a movie that has almost nothing to do with the book. Other than the Three Laws of Robotics and the names of the characters it's insanely different.
I, Robot the book by Isaac Asimov took place mostly in outer space. The movie took place in Chicago. The book took place over a timespan of 50 years. The movie took place over a couple of weeks. The book was a collection of stories while the movie was one story.
I think the movie was so different from the book because it had to make money and get an audience that wouldn't typically read the book. I think it did a good job of that but didn't do the book justice.
Although I enjoyed both the book and the movie, they were completely different. I think they should have had more about the book in the movie.

1 comment:

Jenny Larson said...

You should consider this topic of books to movies with Twilight. Now that you've read it, you can compare the book to the movie. That is, once you see it!

I've already done so... hehe.

Just one aspect that won't spoil anything for you: it went by a chapter a minute. I felt like if i blinked i'd miss a whole section!