Funny, I don't remember being so opinionated about who Rachel ended up with in the book. (In all honesty, I remember very little about the book.)
Long story short... Rachel has been in love with her best friend, Dex, since law school, yet she never told him. He meets her best friend and they end up engaged. During the engagement activities, Rex and Rachel feel drawn to one another again and start strolling down memory lane.
Maybe the movie was a poorly adapted version of the book, which is too often the case with books-turned-movies. Or, maybe I read the book and got swept away. I don't remember, but I was so annoyed with Dex and Rachel that I wanted to throw my remote at the screen. Did they get together? Yes. Did I want them to? No.
I wanted more for Rachel than some guy who could only fall for her once he fell for someone else. Even with the eye candy that is Colin Egglesfield, Dex was a ruined character. Instead, I found myself wanting Rachel to end up with her best friend, Ethan. Sadly, she did to him what Rex initially did to her. She broke his heart.
Why all this pontificating on a movie? I find why characters and story do and don't work fascinating. The book didn't offend me, the movie did. I don't even remember the character of Ethan from the book, but I was besotted with him in the movie version. There's a study to be done here.
The winners in this. Emily Giffin, who sold me a story that producers couldn't, and John Krasinski, who created an Ethan I could sink my teeth into. No pun intended.
When a book/movie annoys you, do you try to figure out why? Or do you simply chalk it up to preference and mood?
3 comments:
I felt the exact same way. I saw the movie first and wanted Rachel to end up with Ethan and was frankly disappointed when she didn't. And then I read the book and Ethan wasn't even the same character. From what I remember, I don't think he even professed his love to her.
Anyway, John Krasinski did an awesome job, but the movie in general wasn't a good adaptation of the book.
It is precisely this reason that I try very hard not to read a book before I watch the movie. Only a few have not disappointed me. I watch the movie, then pick up the book, and find a lot of gaps being filled in. Pride and Prejudice was the single exception. The movie helped me to understand the book a bit better. Perhaps it was the language. WRITE ON!
Melanie, I'm so glad someone confirmed my feelings. I was starting to wonder if I really had read the book. I read so many...
Jo, I rarely love a movie adaption of a book I loved. But I often like movie adaptions of books I didn't like. I think it's the expectations I go in with.
Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
Post a Comment