Hey, look! It’s based on a book, it’s about 9/11, and it stars Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock! Must be Oscar time again:
The problem with adaptations of books narrated by children is this: When you’re reading a book, you can forgive a precocious narrator because you’re effectively telling the story to yourself. We all secretly believe we were precocious children. But we hate other people’s precocious children, so when you make a movie about precocious children, you have to convince the audience not to hate the child first. That can be an insurmountable goal.
“We all secretly believe we were precocious children. But we hate other people’s precocious children”
Wow, speak for yourself.
Does look like a crappy film, to me, but not for that reason.
Next stop: Cynicville
I am pre-crying.
Where’s the choice for, “the book was awesome but the movie will probably suck?”