Does it always have to be turned into a movie?!

[Ogyshi]

So that's what Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs came from? ahaha. I saw a movie poster and I thought the title was lovely.

I saw that pac-man movie trailer before as well, but it doesn't even begin to compare with how awesome this one is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHY8NKj3RKs
A minesweeper movie. simply amazing.

About those Cloudy Meatball and Cat in the Hat movies though.. They are alright. Kinda silly and lacking in depth, but cute and lighthearted. We just have to accept that kids don't read books as often as they used to, so movies are made-- perhaps not for the better, but whatever. I do want to see a Green Eggs and Ham movie.  

[Ogyshi]

Yeah, movies have their limits. The only thing keeping me from as many books as I want to read though is time restraints. However, that's not an excuse for books like Cat in the Hat. I mean, the movie takes even longer to watch than the book takes to read.  

[aretoo]

*shrug* Meet The Robinsons was a lovely little nothing of a book with beautiful artwork; the movie was a nicely fleshed-out souffle of a movie. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. smile  

[XxDarkMalicexX]

Excuse me for offending anybody who is a Twilight fan... but the movie was really a downfall and a disappointment.
I think the entire movie was wrong: things were left out that should've been there, the characters were not how imagined them (except Carlisle and Esma, I imagined them being portayed the way they did), and, in all honesty... ROBERT PATTISON JUST STINKS!

Seriously, I don't see what is such a big deal about this guy! What makes him so special? It freaking irritates me when I hear people talking about Twilight and they all go giddy for Edward/Robert Pattison.
Now, I like Edward but, I didn't imagine Robert playing him. The Edward in the movie didn't have orange hair like he was supposed to in the book and he surely didn't have it spiked up in the front (which that hairdo just looks retarded!).
And Kristin Stewart didn't make Bella "emotional" enough. The Bella in the book had more "life" in her than just being so damn simple.

I really don't have any intentions of "wanting" to see New Moon. But I guess I have to see it anyway since my girlfriend is such a fan about it... stressed  

[The Dinosaur Next Door]

Movies can be a good thing. While I'll agree that reading is important, sometimes it takes a movie to shut kids up for an hour and a half. I mean, it really depends on what they're watching and how much.

A lot of movies based on books are, in my opinion, lacking creativity. Producers and directors have run out of ideas, so they're "modernizing," "updating," or "retelling" stories that were perfectly fine the way they were.  

[Elcia]

Like all things... some movies work others don't it all comes down to quality put in and how true they stay with the plot. Or how well they compliment the lack there of with new material.

I love reading and yes the movie effects are great in fact they seem to get better in general all the time but it's not the same as what you can do inside your own head.

As for your point Kyla, remember these are adults with adult preconceptions making movies for kids. Think of the gap.
Kids either ask a million whys or they just take things with a grain of salt. Its a town where it rains food, thats so awesome as is, why would one even question why. And from there the kid's probably thinking about how their favorite food would come down and what it would look like all over their lawn. xd  

[Liltweet_gal]

I loved the cloudy with a chance of meatballs book. I didn't have a copy so almost every time I went to my grandma's I read it~

I think that the movie is an okay idea. It's a plot based off a the general idea (I'm not really sure how to explain what I'm thinking), but I wish they could have done the original story and original art.

Also, I want my kids to read a lot. I want to teach them to read early so that they can read well and do good in school 3nodding  

[Ogyshi]

What's this? Meet the Robinson's was a book too? Goddamnit I have a reading deprived childhood.

But I really honestly wonder why so many people complain when they rewrite stories for movie adaptations. I can understand why someone may not be a fan of the movie version, because frankly they rarely have as good of a story as the book, but... when people say the movie sucks simply *because* the story isn't *exactly* the same, I find it to be nonsense. If the movie is going to be exactly the same as the book, there is no point in making it.  

[aretoo]

My thought has always been that the book version and movie version (and any additional versions of a story) are going to be "alternate universe" stories; very similar, but with differences. My main concern is how well the story is told, and how well it is in keeping with the spirit of the original, whatever form the original had.

It's also why I don't mind remakes; after all, how many versions of, for example, A Christmas Carol and Alice In Wonderland are there now? However, I'm always eager to see what a new mind and different perspective (and usually a different set of actors, in the case of "filmed media) can bring to the story. ^_^