Books vs. Movies

I've been reading Julie & Julia for the past week now and still have 30 pages left to read. I've spoiled the ending of the book by going to watch the movie today with the family. I always end up having mixed feelings when I've attempted both the book and the "major motion picture". Things get left out or are twisted into different plots and I usually vote for the book being the better of the two since it is the original. Sadly in this case, I choose the movie over the book.

Meryl Streep and Amy Adams acted wonderfully as in "Julie & Julia". The movie carved Julie Powell's story perfectly and cut out the excess obsession of how dreadful turning 30 was. I'll admit I was too thrilled turning a year older this year, but the book was constant whining for pages.

I chose to stick with the original work first before jumping into the adapation of it. Even though Julie & Julia was a national bestseller, the interest for me stopped short after the first few chapters. By the time I got through halfway I was expecting a little more depth with Julie. There are only so many food battles that will keep me giggling but the f-bombs took away from the seriousness of her story. It made me actually Google up her blog to see if her writing was any different from her book; hoping it'd be more mature and coherent.

Nearly the same. I would have voted the blog over the book.